Retail superstore Walmart stunned many yesterday when an auto-generated email marked “Welcome to Walmart” arrived in the inboxes of people who hadn’t registered for accounts.
Upon opening the email, recipients were surprised to find a greeting that read, “Welcome to Walmart, N ger.”
The email and its contents started trending on Twitter when users said they received the message Monday after an unknown party registered for Walmart’s online shopping using their email addresses.
An auto-generated email marked “Welcome to Walmart” arrived in the inboxes of people who hadn’t registered for accounts, and in it, a greeting read, “Welcome to Walmart, N ger.” (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)
Walmart Issues Apology Racial Slur Is Emailed To Customers By Dawn Geske
on May 25 2021 9:25 PM Walmart reported strong earnings behind higher sales at US stores, with consumers shopping less frequently, but spending more at each visit AFP / Robyn Beck
Walmart (WMT) is apologizing to customers after a “bad actor” sent emails from its email addresses containing a racial slur.
Walmart was alerted to the issue by a number of Twitter users, who posted screenshots of the “Welcome to Walmart” email that was sent from the company’s official help@walmart.com address to customers in both the U.S. and the U.K., calling them a racial slur.