wordpress [] Password Reset spam

  • Resolved wpforosupport

    (@wpforosupport)


    3 years, 12 months ago

    Hi, I am getting emails from wordpress@”mydomainname” with the following content

    Someone has requested a password reset for the following account:

    Site Name:

    Username:

    If this was a mistake, just ignore this email and nothing will happen.

    To reset your password, visit the following address:

    If I look up the Username in the database it calls up a subscriber account with a name that I have not set up, my profile photo on it and my email address.

    I found a post from 2 years ago: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/constant-user-password-reset-emails/

    It does not resolve the problem though.Is this a physical person hacking our account? What else can be done?

    Thank you!

    • This topic was modified 3 years, 12 months ago by wpforosupport.
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  • Do you really consider your webserver’s requests for help with an issue, reporting a possible problem, offering you as a user some guidance, or else a misdirected request as SPAM?

    It’s probably some miscreant trying to gain access to some account to do something malicious but it could possibly be a user or someone very confused.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    I get a couple of these per day. It’s just bots hitting your login page. Things are working properly. You can reduce this *a bit* by using a plugin like WordFence, but you’ll never eliminate it.

    Thread Starter wpforosupport

    (@wpforosupport)

    Thank you Steven, I am using Wordfence and I appreciate your response.Take care.

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