Answers.Body: <p>Please add required fields to your form, at the moment it's possible to submit form with no data and even a spam bot can bypass the CAPTCHA. </p>
  
  <p>Protect also the publicly accessible form with SSL certificate</p>
  
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Answers.Text: The spambots fill in all the fields as it is, so why would making fields required help at all?
  
  Also why would SSL help combat spambots? Certainly there are other reasons to install SSL, but I don't see how should stop spammers.
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Answers.Text: It's not to stop spam, it's a must for a public form where users are submitting personal data.  There is simply no reason to not be using SSL these days.
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Answers.Body: <p>I just had a look at your form (on my iPhone) and the issue is that there is NO reCAPTCHA configured.</p>
  
  <p>In the Profile that you’re exposing in this form -> hit its Settings -> click on its Advanced Settings (fieldset at the bottom of the form) -> check the reCAPTCHA box but most importantly hit that ? to the right of it to get a popup with detailed instructions on how to configure it.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Our online profile forms are receiving lots of spam, even though reCAPTCHA is enabled. Any suggestions? Example form is here: <a href="http://insideout180.org/donate/adult-allies-registration-form/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://insideout180.org/donate/adult-allies-registration-form/</a></p>
  
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Comments.Text: How much data per record is being submitted? It may not help that none of the fields are required.
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Comments.Text: Also are you sure it's from the form submissions - you have your email address easily available in the right sidebar on that page.
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Comments.Text: Here's a sample of a spam submission: Submitted For  HenryFutCD HenryFutCD
  Date  Sat, 09 Mar 2019 04:25:06 -0500
  Contact Summary  http://insideout180.org/wp-admin/admin.php?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fcontact%2Fview&reset=1&cid=5267
  Adult Ally Sign-Up
  First Name  HenryFutCD
  Last Name  HenryFutCD
  Email  howyamisu@gmail.com
  Phone Number  85174495258
  Street Address  Nuwara Eliya
  Supplemental Address 1  Nuwara Eliya
  City  Nuwara Eliya
  State  IA
  Zip Code  123142
  Group(s)  
  What else should we know about you? Volunteer interests, skills, etc.
Comments.UserDisplayName: user6925
Tags: <profile>
Title: Receiving Lots of Spam
ThreadText: # Receiving Lots of Spam
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-06)
  
  Our online profile forms are receiving lots of spam, even though reCAPTCHA is enabled. Any suggestions? Example form is here: <http://insideout180.org/donate/adult-allies-registration-form/>
  
  **Tags:** profile
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: How much data per record is being submitted? It may not help that none of the fields are required.  
  > **username_2**: Also are you sure it's from the form submissions - you have your email address easily available in the right sidebar on that page.  
  > **username_0**: Here's a sample of a spam submission: Submitted For  HenryFutCD HenryFutCD Date  Sat, 09 Mar 2019 04:25:06 -0500 Contact Summary  http://insideout180.org/wp-admin/admin.php?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fcontact%2Fview&reset=1&cid=5267 Adult Ally Sign-Up First Name  HenryFutCD Last Name  HenryFutCD Email  howyamisu@gmail.com Phone Number  85174495258 Street Address  Nuwara Eliya Supplemental Address 1  Nuwara Eliya City  Nuwara Eliya State  IA Zip Code  123142 Group(s)   What else should we know about you? Volunteer interests, skills, etc.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2019-03-06. Score: 2
  
  Please add required fields to your form, at the moment it's possible to submit form with no data and even a spam bot can bypass the CAPTCHA.
  
  Protect also the publicly accessible form with SSL certificate
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: The spambots fill in all the fields as it is, so why would making fields required help at all?  Also why would SSL help combat spambots? Certainly there are other reasons to install SSL, but I don't see how should stop spammers.  
  > **username_5**: It's not to stop spam, it's a must for a public form where users are submitting personal data.  There is simply no reason to not be using SSL these days.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2019-08-03. Score: 2
  
  I just had a look at your form (on my iPhone) and the issue is that there is NO reCAPTCHA configured.
  
  In the Profile that you’re exposing in this form -> hit its Settings -> click on its Advanced Settings (fieldset at the bottom of the form) -> check the reCAPTCHA box but most importantly hit that ? to the right of it to get a popup with detailed instructions on how to configure it.
  
  
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