Good! I must have dreamed it up!

No it didn't as of last time I looked at that page which was weeks ago. In fact, I never remember it ever saying that to begin with. It was never promoted that way.

Why this thread has not been merged into the existing Redcard thread by now speaks volumes about... I'll let you think about it.

Wow, really? Create a new username to spread this garbage?

What garbage? What a weirdo, I am new and have no idea why you are calling me someone else. Thanks for that.

FWIW all of my "Your Prepaid REDcard Reload was Successful" does not capitalize "was" so I don't think pointing out that "has" was not capitalized is not a relevant point.

Are you saying if indeed it was an issue it would have been merged already? Why would Flyertalk Mods be in on this? Not saying you're wrong, just curious.

I think that thought arose from "Has" being capitalized in the payment e-mails. You do raise a good point.

Correct, however, in the "Your Payment Request Has Been Sent" emails, it is.

That's true.

Has anyone seen or been forwarded the original raw email directly from someone who's been shut down? Anyone can doctor up a screenshot. But if there was a way that the shutdown emails did indeed come from [email protected] then I'm not sure how this could be a hoax unless someone hacked into AMEX and sent emails lol

Doctoring email headers are even easier than making a screenshot.

IMO it's a hoax and I do not understand the mentality of people who start threads and/or post things like this. Maybe it's to keep others away from Target?

RIP Redbird... Fun while it lasted
 

Myth Busted :cool:

Very true. Bad idea on my part. I guess the only way would be to see the original email yourself, not a forwarded version.

As I'm getting more skeptical this is a hoax, the only way I'd believe this is if I received an e-mail forwarded to me or had my account shut down myself. Not to mention, the doctoring of the original e-mail was done so poorly (purple text and such).

Here is what I received. I received it on the same day the first time I ever did a 1000/1000/500 load in the same day even though it was during different visits to different Target locations. While different from what was cited by OP, I will not be loading 2500 in one day again. Thoughts, should I call them as suggested?

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