getting rid of spam followers (e.g., mortgage lenders)
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Lately I’ve been getting mortgage lenders following our blog, and WordSisters has nothing to do with finance. I’m worried that they’re a form of spam or looking for a way to plant a virus. Can I block them? How?
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The wordpress.com platform has a very high security, so your spam followers can’t just plant a virus on your site.
You can’t block them but you can remove those followers, https://en.support.wordpress.com/followers/#how-to-remove-a-follower -
I removed the mortgage lender followers yesterday, and now they’re back. Here’s the list so far, in case you want to keep an eye on them or if others have this issue. Still concerned — somebody’s got a spam problem — maybe it’s the lenders, although I couldn’t find websites for the first two lenders.
thetexasmortgageexperts
mafcufederalcreditunion
texasfhamortgageloanlenders
prodigylending
mortgagecompaines (the misspelling is theirs)
alex melnichuk mortgage lending
I’d appreciate any further guidance you can offer.
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@ellenshriner – there are a number of us having the same problem with the same set of entities. You can see the other thread on it here:
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Marking this one resolved; we’ve cleaned up those bots.
If you need more help though please do post in this other thread:
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/a-possible-botCheers!
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