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Likes by Amazon

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    tonyhuby · Member · Oct 6, 2023 at 10:33 am
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    Recently, in the past few weeks, I have received likes from Amazon. I only discovered this when I attempted to visit the profile of one of the ‘likers’ to see their site. The username was “maryang2” and the address was “amzn.to/3Pv4SgL”

    This was the most recent. Can you advise how this happens and what I can do to prevent it happening?

    Many thanks

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

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    tonyhuby · Member · Oct 6, 2023 at 11:13 am
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    More information: I just received a “like” from the site below which turned out to be a scam. Fortunately, I did not fall for it.

    This is worrying, if scammers are able to access my site. should I make it private?

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    staceyha12 · Member · Oct 7, 2023 at 11:38 am
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    I get the same thing every day. If it doesn’t stop I am done with WordPress.

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    supernovia · Staff · Oct 8, 2023 at 11:18 pm
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    Hey folks, sorry to hear the spammers are at it! We work to block them, but sometimes they’re able to slip past our radar. We’re checking out the accounts you’ve mentioned. Rest assured, though, while they may be able to like in annoying ways, they won’t have access to change your site.

    Please send us links to any spam-liked posts, and share the offending usernames (or a screenshot like @tonyhuby shared) and we’ll investigate. Thank you!

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    sionjlewis · Member · Oct 10, 2023 at 7:18 pm
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    I have the same issue. The most of the like I’ve received link to Amazon page. Here are some examples: @hollytur @rileycamp @natmihi @doigbannat

    I guess my options are to turn off the “Like” functionality or hope that WordPress either removes the “link from like” functionality.

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    supernovia · Staff · Oct 12, 2023 at 1:52 am
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    Thanks @sionjlewis – we’re checking on those for you.

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    thotpurge · Member · Oct 16, 2023 at 5:09 pm
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    Several in the last few days… hope you’re going to block these soon.

    Emma Watt

    amzn.to/47etD7D

    Blake

    amzn.to/44PaRB7

    Madelyn Irene

    amzn.to/459Gsyf

    Ellie Glair

    amzn.to/45fvV4H

    Tony Self

    amzn.to/44KlWDw

    Natalia Mihis

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    staff-totoro · Staff · Oct 16, 2023 at 5:18 pm
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    Thanks @thotpurge for your report!

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    tonyhuby · Member · Oct 20, 2023 at 10:36 am
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    Here’s the most recent:

    Olivia Flow

    https://amzn.to/3Krlva9

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    tonyhuby · Member · Oct 20, 2023 at 10:38 am
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    And also

    Riley
    amzn.to/462MMI9

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