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Big Y Warns Customers of Online Scam

​This message was posted on the Big Y World Class Market Facebook page on March 15.

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This message was posted on the Big Y World Class Market Facebook page on March 15.

ATTENTION - It has come to our attention that a newly created and unauthorized Facebook profile is using our name and logo to contact our customers by posing as our official page. This page has been sending friend requests to our customers and has been asking for sensitive information as a requirement to claim a prize from our Pi Day Giveaway.

Please be advised that https://www.facebook.com/bigyworldclassmarket is our only Facebook page. We DO NOT send friend requests to our customers, and if you receive a friend request from a profile that appears to be from Big Y, please know that it is not from us. Big Y will never request payment information as a requirement to win a giveaway, and we ask our community to be vigilant and to not provide this information to other Facebook pages.

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