Suspicious followers
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at least 3 times a week for the past few months I have getting random email followers like: (email visible only to moderators and staff) and I have deleted them. They have all been from various names @outlook.com – is there any way you can check these out to see if my suspicions are warranted or not?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there,
Thank you for reporting this. We’re aware of this issue and we’re working to block these spam followers.
I know this is incredibly annoying, but I also want to reassure you that there is no way these spam followers can put your site, your content or your private account data in any danger.
You can remove the spam followers under My Site > People, but that won’t prevent new follows from coming in. You might also consider temporarily disabling email notifications of new followers in your account settings until we manage to get these blocked. You’ll still see a notification each time in the WordPress.com admin bar, but at least you won’t have your inbox flooded with emails from fake subscriptions.
Please don’t email these addresses back – another potential reason for this is that someone is fishing for emails which they can then use to try and spam directly, and emailing them back will only provide them with your personal email address – something they cannot get hold of by merely following your site.
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Thanks so much for this reply fstat, I’m glad my suspicions were true and that I reacted appropriatley
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