Title: check current users
Last modified: October 18, 2021

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# check current users

 *  Resolved [Mitch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/n2rga/)
 * (@n2rga)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-current-users/)
 * How can I check current users if they are spammers before they try to spam? I
   got a bunch of test1234567@…. logins today Obviously they are bot test accounts
   but how to check current users?
 * Mitch
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcheck-current-users%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-5837566)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-current-users/#post-14978913)
 * There are a lot of tell-tale signs of a fake accounts. Some manual work will 
   be involved, but once you find patterns, you can bulk delete more.
 * The email name and username usually never match, for example:
 * **sammyanderson**637@gmailcom **lisamacdonald**783
 * They almost always have numbers on the end because they’re auto-generating a 
   bunch of email accounts, and the only way to do that is advance the numbers:
 * sammyanderson**637**[@gmail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmail/).com
 * Be careful and look out for years though because a lot of legitimate users use
   either their birth year or graduation year in their emails and usernames:
 * johndoe**1979**[@yahoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yahoo/).com
 * Finding patterns.
 * If you see that multiple different accounts have registered with the same non-
   common domain, you can filter the users through search, check all, and bulk delete:
 *     ```
       jdjdskksl@erpin.org
       hdhdjakakka@erpin.org
       duiakkadjksk@erpin.org
       gjallahbahjskl@erpin.org
       ```
   
 * In this case, it’s pretty obvious that all users using **erpin.org** as an email
   service can safely be deleted.

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## Tags

 * [bots](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/bots/)
 * [users](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/users/)

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 * Last reply from: Anonymous User
 * Last activity: [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-current-users/#post-14978913)
 * Status: resolved