Unusual Contact Form Spam
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Hi Everyone,
Over the weekend, we got a number of spam emails sent through our contact form, but what makes this unusual is that it went to an email address that is no longer listed in the contact form. We used to have it go to our info@, but not anymore. The new email address has not got any spam, but the old one still is. Those spam emails all say at the bottom "This mail is sent via contact form (top) on Kempruge website."
How is this happening? What can be done about it? We have added captcha, but that only seems to help the site that is currently linked to the contact form, not the old one.
Thanks everyone,
Ruben
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Are you sure the old one isn't archived and existing somehow without your knowledge?
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Well, I can't say "I'm sure," because I don't know how to check if it's archived. I do know that, I didn't archive it. I also know that I changed it on both contact forms. And, when you enter data into both contact forms, they go to the new email address not the info@ email address.
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Hmmm... How is this site built? Are you coding, is it in a CMS (Wordpress, joomla, etc) or do you have a web designer doing this for you?
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It's a wordpress site.
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Is deleting that info@ email an option? If you have set up a new email that is used for the contact form?
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Unfortunately, no. It's on all (or at least most) of our promotional items. Thanks for the suggestion, though! I had not thought to even consider that option.
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Found it (thank you Screaming Frog custom filters)
It's on this page - http://www.kempruge.com/bankruptcy-common-reasons/
-Dan