Title: Spam issues
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Spam issues

 *  [HSKundra85](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hskundra85/)
 * (@hskundra85)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-issues/)
 * Hi all.
 * I have been experiencing problems with receiving spam messages through a WordPress
   site I maintain. On the site we have an online form, which when completed, redirects
   the answer to a functional e-mail inbox for the text to be vetted. In the last
   week or so the inbox has been full of spam e-mails from fake e-mail addresses.
 * Can anybody please advise if there is a way to stop these emails from coming 
   through? Someone advised introducing a recapture (the function which requires
   visitors to input the distorted letters shown on screen) as that would stop them.
   Has anybody added this to their site, and if so can they advise how it was done?
   Please note I am very new to WordPress and have limited knowledge about coding.
 * Thank you
 * Harj

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 *  [Norm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/casualmagic/)
 * (@casualmagic)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-issues/#post-3978026)
 * What form are you using?
 * I would suggest changing to [Gravity Forms](http://www.gravityforms.com/) or 
   [Fast Secure Contact Forms](http://wordpress.org/plugins/si-contact-form/).
 * I use Fast Secure Contact form on a number of sites and it’s free and has Captcha
   built in.
 * If you want to keep your current form then you can find plugins to add Captcha.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Norm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/casualmagic/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-issues/#post-3978026)
 * Status: not resolved

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