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    • KempRugeLawGroup
      KempRugeLawGroup last edited by

      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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      • jesse-landry
        jesse-landry last edited by

        Are you sure the old one isn't archived and existing somehow without your knowledge?

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        • KempRugeLawGroup
          KempRugeLawGroup @jesse-landry last edited by

          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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          • jesse-landry
            jesse-landry @KempRugeLawGroup last edited by

            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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            • KempRugeLawGroup
              KempRugeLawGroup @jesse-landry last edited by

              It's a wordpress site.

              http://www.kempruge.com/

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              • vmialik
                vmialik last edited by

                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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                • KempRugeLawGroup
                  KempRugeLawGroup @vmialik last edited by

                  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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                  • evolvingSEO
                    evolvingSEO last edited by

                    Found it (thank you Screaming Frog custom filters)

                    It's on this page - http://www.kempruge.com/bankruptcy-common-reasons/

                    -Dan

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