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  cooksue88 · Member · Apr 24, 2018 at 3:06 pm

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  In the last few days I’ve had a sudden rush of notifications that I have a new follower by email. There is no link or profile to follow to check out who these are and the email addresses are all rather odd – no obviously recognisable name. How do I find out what’s going on?

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  vishalmukadam · Member · Apr 24, 2018 at 3:29 pm

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  Hi, @cooksue88

  Sorry for the inconvenience, this is a known issue and the WordPress.com team is working on fixing this as we speak.
  Please see the Staff replies in this thread: 
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spammy-follows-from-outlookcom-email-addresses/#post-3092975
  Meanwhile, you can turn off email notifications by changing your settings
  here: Notifications page 
  Click the arrow on the drop-down menu and uncheck the box next to Site follows > Email.

  I am also adding modlook to this thread, so I can report to this issue to staff and can be fixed Asap!

  Thanks!

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  cooksue88 · Member · Apr 24, 2018 at 3:44 pm

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  Many thanks. I was extra worried as they weren’t showing up as followers on the site, but the link you provided explains that.
  Sue

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  vishalmukadam · Member · Apr 24, 2018 at 4:56 pm

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  You’re welcome!
  Happy Blogging!

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Apr 24, 2018 at 5:13 pm

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  Hi folks –

  I’m following up on the modlook tag here, but it looks like everything is sorted. Write back to me with any other questions/concerns.

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  vishalmukadam · Member · Apr 24, 2018 at 7:03 pm

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  Hi staff-zinnia

  I had added modlook tag because I thought, it should be reported to staff to put the site on the priority list, is there any list you guys are handling in behind for those reported outlook spam site issue.
  Let me know if I need to add the modlook for the future post of this outlook-spam?

  Thanks!

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Apr 24, 2018 at 7:24 pm

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  Hi there,

  Hi! Yes, there is indeed spam emails that are affecting many of our users. They from outlook.com, @cooksue88? I found one under your account now, but I take it there were more earlier? If so, we are steadily removing that spam from your accounts.

  We’ll trying to get this issue solved as soon as possible, but let us know if you have any other questions or issues. Thanks!

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  cooksue88 · Member · Apr 25, 2018 at 5:00 pm

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  They were all outlook addresses, yes.

  S

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Apr 25, 2018 at 7:43 pm

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  Thanks for confirming. It is an ongoing, tricky issue, but we’re definitely still at work eliminating the spam for good.

  Thanks!