WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Weird user registrations with .pl emails http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/weird-user-registrations-with-pl-emails-1 WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Weird user registrations with .pl emails en Tue, 21 May 2013 20:11:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 supportbot on "Weird user registrations with .pl emails" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/weird-user-registrations-with-pl-emails-1#post-1143160 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:41:05 +0000 supportbot 1143160@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The blog you specified at http://www.levihobbs.com does not appear to be hosted at WordPress.com.

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]]> ljh65536 on "Weird user registrations with .pl emails" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/weird-user-registrations-with-pl-emails-1#post-1143158 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:41:05 +0000 ljh65536 1143158@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ On my WP site, I keep getting user registrations that look pretty weird. The usernames are always a seemingly random string of letters and numbers, and the emails are always the same, but they end with @[something].pl.

Example below (not exact to protect confidentiality):
Username: d6x2ad2
E-mail: [email redacted]

Obviously, anyone can create a weird username, but does anyone know what is up with these weird pl emails? Should I be worried about these user accounts? I can't think of anything a scammer could gain by registering users on my site...but it seems very suspicious/computer-generated.

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