spam followers

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  dianapage · Member · May 14, 2018 at 10:10 am

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  I am getting notified on gmail of a slew of supposed new blog followers all with outlook addresses. Is this phishing and how do I stop it?

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

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  catkiinson · Staff · May 14, 2018 at 10:17 am

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  Hi,

  Our developers are working to remove the spam followers and they are posting updates here if you would like to keep track: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/more-weird-likesfollows

  You can also remove these followers by taking these steps: https://en.support.wordpress.com/followers/#how-to-remove-a-follower

  Hope this helps :)