russian bots

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  jasonriley71 · Member · Sep 24, 2018 at 7:45 pm

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  I have a wordpress account that allows people who visit my website to contact me. In the past few days, I’ve been getting a lot of emails from what appear to be Russian bots. What can I do about this?

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  torres126 · Member · Sep 25, 2018 at 12:07 pm

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  Hi there, could you please share the URL of your website? Are you using a contact form, which is the recommended option, or posting a plain email address?

  We don’t recommend creating contact links because spammers often use scripts to scrape web sites looking for email addresses or phone numbers. If you create this kind of links, you may see an increase in spam. We recommend using a contact form instead.

  Source: https://en.support.wordpress.com/links/email-links/

  Thanks. :)

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Sep 25, 2018 at 2:04 pm

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  Howdy –

  I’m following up on the modlook tag. Please let me know what site you are working on so that I can take a closer look, or point you in the right direction for help.