Title: Akismet Count Increases …
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# Akismet Count Increases …

 *  [toytrains1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toytrains1/)
 * (@toytrains1)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-count-increases/)
 * … but there are no spam messages to examine in Akismet. How can the number of
   spams in Akismet go up when it shows none for me to examine? I’ve already caught
   it flagging as spam a legitimate comment and I’m worried that it’s deleting things
   without giving me the chance to see them first. On the other hand, it says that
   it’s nailed over 600 spams so far, so I don’t want to just turn it off. Thanks
   for any help.

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 *  [womanwithmanyhats](https://wordpress.org/support/users/womanwithmanyhats/)
 * (@womanwithmanyhats)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-count-increases/#post-482180)
 * I’ll bump this because I’m having the same problem, and had it before I upgraded.
   It will tell me I have spam, but it doesn’t show me anything in the Akismet Spam
   box, so I have no idea if I’m getting false positives or not.
 * Yes, it’s the preloaded version for the WP version I’m using (2.1), as was the
   version for 2.0.6 I was using. And it’s activated, and I have a valid API key.
   I just can’t see where I can tell what it is that’s being moved!
 *  [Niklas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niklasbr/)
 * (@niklasbr)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-count-increases/#post-482193)
 * I came here looking for a solution for just this problem. Looks like many are
   experiencing this but no solution is to be found.
 *  [sacredpath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sacredpath/)
 * (@sacredpath)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-count-increases/#post-482204)
 * Handysolo’s comment in this thread sheds some light on the subject: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/101169?replies=4](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/101169?replies=4)
 * And another thing to remember, if a source has already been itentified (by anyone)
   as a spammer, then those will be caught and will not show up under “Akismet spam”
   for you to approve or delete since Akismet already know it is spam.
 * I still believe there may be a couple bugs in Akismet. I’ve had several friends
   leave comment that did not show up for me to approve, and also did not show up
   under caught spam. I have no way of determining if Akismet caught them and then
   did not display them for me to see, or if there was some sort of glitch or error
   when the comment was made. Given Handysolo’s comment and a tidbit or two I have
   seen, I think _for the most part_ it is working as it should.

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 * Last reply from: [sacredpath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sacredpath/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-count-increases/#post-482204)
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