Phishing scam asking to verify my email address or have my domain suspended?

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    bigblackdogstudio · Member ·

    I have received two emails this week that appear to be phishing emails. They are set up to look like they are coming from WordPress, but since I use my account all of the time, and have several sites, the email not mentioning any of my domains immediately made me suspicious. I went to my account, my profile, the security section, searched WP’s help topics and did not find any mention of such an email request being sent out, nor did I find anyone yet questioning it as I am doing now.
    Here is the email:

    WordPress.com <(email visible only to moderators and staff)>
    Today, 4:02 AM
    You
    WordPress.com Please verify your email address in order to prevent domain suspension.
    Reminder:
    Please verify your email address.
    Dear Valued Customer,

    We noticed that you still need to verify your email address. ICANN requires that we temporarily put your website on hold if you fail to verify your address.* Please take care of it right away to avoid disruption of services.

    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

    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.

    Needless to say, I did NOT click on their link. BTW, the “return address” of “secureserver.net” listed was a bust. No surprise there.

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

  • staff-zinnia · Staff ·

    Howdy –

    Thanks for reaching out about this. The email is legitimate and it came from our domain partner. Failure to confirm a domain via email will result in domain suspension.

    bigblackdogstudio.com has been verified.

    More details can be found here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/register-domain/#email-validation-and-verification

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