Title: Has the arithmetic captcha worked?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Has the arithmetic captcha worked?

 *  Resolved [tparki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tparki/)
 * (@tparki)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/has-the-arithmetic-captcha-worked/)
 * I was surprised to receive this spam item: –
    [https://www.dropbox.com/s/52qlbr0ogr8g4lf/Screenshot%202014-12-03%2009.10.44.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/52qlbr0ogr8g4lf/Screenshot%202014-12-03%2009.10.44.png?dl=0)
   It was sent from: `http://henburybrentrycommunity.org.uk/wordpress/?page_id=935`
   Can anyone tell me if this is the result of human or machine action on with a
   form which has BWS Captcha installed? Thanks Tim

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/has-the-arithmetic-captcha-worked/#post-5540181)
 * Spam sucks doesn’t it? 😉
 * Captcha just are not effective, don’t work in a lot of cases and don’t do anything
   for trackback or blog pings.
 * Try giving this a read, those methods work better.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Combating_Comment_Spam](http://codex.wordpress.org/Combating_Comment_Spam)
 *  Thread Starter [tparki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tparki/)
 * (@tparki)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/has-the-arithmetic-captcha-worked/#post-5540232)
 * That’s helpful ,Jan. Thanks.
    In this case the spam originated from a BestWebSoft
   form with a BestWebSoft captcha so I’ll ask them.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/has-the-arithmetic-captcha-worked/#post-5540232)
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