Is this a scam or real email from WordPress?
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I just received the following email sent to my email created via WordPress. So, from my email/To: my email. It looks like a scam. Or do you have new regulations?
We want to bring to your attention some important changes in our rules and regulations that affect the operation of your WordPress website.
To ensure safety and service quality, it is necessary to accept the new regulations. If you do not agree with them and do not take the necessary actions, your website will be disabled.Agree to the new regulations
Please review the changes and make a decision by 12/03/2023. We appreciate your cooperation and are ready to assist you with any questions or concerns.
Thank you for your understanding and prompt action!
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there, first it looks like your site oob-records is not hosted here on WordPress.com, the hosting provider, whose forums these are. WordPress is software that you’ve installed on your web hosting provider, Bluehost.
If you have any questions about any changes in your hosting provider’s terms and conditions, you’ll want to check with your web host. If you have a plugin of a similar name, check directly with them.
To me personally, such an email “from my email/To: my email.” and the link you’ve shared makes it look like a scammer notice.
Staff: please remove the scammer link from the OP’s post. Thanks!
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I have received the same e-mail. The senders address is (email visible only to moderators and staff)
This makes me feel that this is spam.
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Hello,
Thank you for sharing this. This email was certainly not sent by WordPress.com and does look to be spam. Please report this email as spam through your email provider.
Emails from WordPress.com will always be delivered from an “@wordpress.com” address, and if you are ever unsure whether an email is legitimate, feel free to reach out to us directly as you did here, and never click on suspicious links.
Hope this helps!
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hello. I received this email from. mailserver-wordpress.org. is it legit?
Dear userThe WordPress Security Team has discovered a critical vulnerability on the website: solutionslinegroup.com The Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability found on your site is classified as a high-risk threat, potentially enabling malicious code execution and putting your data, user info, and overall site security at risk. We advise you to apply the CVE-2024-46188 Patch immediately, as we are working on addressing this critical security concern in the next WordPress update. Simply download the plugin by clicking the button below, install and activate it on your site. This guarantees prompt and seamless protection against potential exploits and malicious actions linked with this vulnerability.
the link is a shortened url which Makes me suspicious
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It’s a scam – WordPress will only roll out updates via their included updater and will never ask you to install a plugin
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Hello,
anyone got replay from WordPress. I have got the same email as you guys and immediately thought hoax but this one looks pretty realistic.
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Yep, got one too. Clicked on the link to see where it goes even, and the next page is en.us-wordpress.org/plugins asking to verify that you have secure connection. Just as suspicious as the email.
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