Beware of phishing scam email from 'WordPress.com – (email visible only to moderators and staff)'

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  impressonion · Member · Jan 26, 2017 at 4:39 pm

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  Hi, I just wanted to let you all know that I received a phishing scam email that appears to be very legit, from ‘WordPress.com – (email visible only to moderators and staff)’ …I can forward the email if you want to see the whole thing, but here is the text version:

  WordPress.com Please verify your email address.
  Action required:
  Please verify your email address.
  Dear xxx,

  We noticed that you need to verify your email address. All you need to do is click the button below (it only takes a few seconds). You won’t be asked to log in to your WordPress.com account – we’re simply verifying ownership of this email address.

  Verify your email address

  If you don’t verify your email address, we’re required to temporarily put your website on hold until verification is complete.*

  Thanks for being a WordPress.com customer.

  Sincerely,
  WordPress.com
  *ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, requires that all domain registrars maintain correct and current WHOIS contact data for domain owners.

  Please do not reply to this email. Emails sent to this address will not be answered.

  Copyright © 2017 WordPress.com. All rights reserved.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  impressonion · Member · Jan 26, 2017 at 4:41 pm

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  The email that was redacted: sales @ secureserver.net

  Really WordPress, I’m just trying to help you out here. I don’t need your help. So thanks for not having an actual “contact us” feature.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jan 27, 2017 at 8:21 am

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  Hi there,

  That email is not phishing. It is an email sent out by our domain registrar to verify the email address for all new domains that are registered on WordPress.com.

  In some cases you might also receive that email if you have a domain that recently expired, as is the case with your domain, impressonion.com

  You can see screen shots of the emails that are sent out in our support documentation on registering new domains:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/register-domain/#email-validation-and-verification

  So thanks for not having an actual “contact us” feature.

  You submitted this thread via our contact form. If you had a paid upgrade that form would have directed you to email or live chat. You were directed here to the forums because you don’t own any paid upgrades.

  You can find details on all the contact options available here:

  Contact WordPress.com Support