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  rosegoldpearl · Member · May 15, 2018 at 9:08 pm

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  Over the last month I have been getting follow requests from mailboxes ending in outlook.com (over 30+ to date) it when I look at my followers these people aren’t there. Am I being spammed or hacked? What can I do to stop these?

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  kosiew · Member · May 16, 2018 at 8:24 am

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  hi,

  Your followers could be spam followers. The Staff are cleaning them up.
  Read more here.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/email-followers-not-showing-up-in-site-stats/

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  fstat · Staff · May 16, 2018 at 11:54 am

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  Hi there,

  We are fully aware of the spam follower issue from outlook.com addresses that is affecting many of our users. We are steadily removing that spam from the affected accounts and I want to reassure you that there is no danger for your site, your content, or your account.

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