New York (CNN Business) Dozens of people took to Twitter on Monday to say they received emails with a racial slur from a Walmart account after someone created fake accounts with their addresses on the company's site. An auto-generated "Welcome to Walmart" email, which was sent to the accounts after they were signed up for a Walmart shopping account, contained the n-word. "What's the best way to contact you guys for a very inappropriate email my daughter received in their inbox from you?" @Walmart i received a very disturbing email from you this am. — Clare Kennedy 💙 (@53clare) May 24, 2021Walmart WMT spokesperson Molly Blakeman said in a statement that "an external bad actor" created fake user accounts "with obvious intent to offend our customers."

Source: CNN May 24, 2021 20:24 UTC