received a scam email pretending to be wordpress?

  • Unknown's avatar
    nerdfelt · Member ·

    I received an email that I believe is a scam, but pretending to be WordPress. I can send you screenshots if need be. But it links to this URL:
    https://copyrighttakedown.wordpress.com/
    I’m not sure how else to alert WordPress.

    WP.com: Unknown
    Jetpack: Yes
    Correct account: Yes

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to moderators and staff)

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Hey, thank you for letting us know! We’re reporting it to our Trust and Safety team.

  • Unknown's avatar
    nerdfelt · Member ·

    Thanks! Also, here is the full email I received. It came through my contact page.

    —–

    From: [redacted]
    Subject: Your website received a copyright claim

    Message Body:
    Hi!

    Your website or a website that your company hosts is infringing on a copyright-protected images owned by myself.

    Check out your wordpress copyrights dashboard with the links to my images you used and my earlier publications to get the evidence of my copyrights.

    The wordpress official copyrights dashboard can be found at:

    https://copyrighttakedown.wordpress.com

    I believe you have willfully infringed my rights under 17 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq. and could be liable for statutory damages as high as $150,000 as set forth in Section 504(c)(2) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (”DMCA”) therein.

    This letter is official notification. I seek the removal of the infringing material referenced above. Please take note as a service provider, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act requires you, to remove or disable access to the infringing materials upon receipt of this notice. If you do not cease the use of the aforementioned copyrighted material a lawsuit will be commenced against you.

    I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

    I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

    Best regards.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    That’s a phishing attempt, yes.

    We will never use a contact form on your site to contact you regarding your WordPress.com account or site, and any email from us will be from a @wordpress.com address.

    Thanks for reporting this – should you receive anything like this in future, you can report it to our terms of service team directly by following the process at https://wordpress.com/en/support/report-blogs/

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