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How to Tell if That Email From Target is Fake

  • CNN Money, Wednesday, January 22, 2014 9:02 AM
Trust for emails from Target are at an all time low. After the company's major data breach over the holidays, the company sent out an email offering a year of free credit reporting to victims. Then scammers faked the email. CNN Money has put together a list to help consumers figure out if the email from Target is for real or not. They point to a number of clues. For example, legitimate Target emails are being sent from TargetNews@target.bfi0.com. Target is not asking for money or personal information like a social security number, as the spam emails are. In addition, the spam emails contain grammatical errors.

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