# New User Registration Bot Spam

**URL:** <https://community.gravityforms.com/t/new-user-registration-bot-spam/16878>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** honeypot, captcha, turnstile, bot, user-registration, spam\
**Created:** [February 15, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/new-user-registration-bot-spam/16878 "2024-02-15T18:55:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/frank)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/new-user-registration-bot-spam/16878/1 "2024-02-15T18:55:21Z")

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We have a lot of new “bot spam” (Fig 1) coming through our “new user registration form” (Fig 2) in Gravity Forms seeking approval to become users. It is blatant “bot spam” meaning the usernames are very generated and not even close or realistic to anyone that would register. We already have the anti-spam honeypot option checked for the form in settings (Fig 3). Screenshots are below with corresponding figure number.

Are there any other options out there available from Gravity Forms to us to fight these spam requests?

 ![0ef6b0007be28352a2fc083082468647](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/gravityforms1/original/2X/2/20e7c69ccf947c310990c93c0127cafe454af156.png)

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**Author:** ![chrishajer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.gravityforms.com/chrishajer/32/88_2.png) [@chrishajer](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/chrishajer)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/new-user-registration-bot-spam/16878/2 "2024-02-15T19:47:48Z")

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We have recommendations for preventing spam in Gravity Forms submissions here:

> **[Fighting Spam](https://docs.gravityforms.com/spam/)**
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> Spam is a problem which impacts all publicly accessible forms eventually but there are steps you can take to reduce the amount of spam which is successfully submitted.

In addition to the Honeypot, I recommend using a CAPTCHA such as Cloudflare Turnstile:

> **[Cloudflare Turnstile](https://www.gravityforms.com/add-ons/cloudflare-turnstile/)**
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> An alternative to Google reCAPTCHA, help reduce spam while delivering a frustration-free, CAPTCHA-free experience for website visitors.

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**Author:** ![user5aaaf0cfd41547.8](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.gravityforms.com/user5aaaf0cfd41547.8/32/3325_2.png) [@user5aaaf0cfd41547.8](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5aaaf0cfd41547.8)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/new-user-registration-bot-spam/16878/3 "2024-02-18T18:28:17Z")

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Spam has increased considerably over the last month on dozens of client websites that I have deployed reCaptcha, Akismet and Honeypot fields on. When these forms are also integrated with external databases it becomes even more undesirable for the client. Is the increase in spam getting through something that is on your radar? What used to work, isn’t anymore.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/gravityforms1/original/2X/f/fef63f0599c45e0218c30d9f5d7ca8bff9b00189.png) [@system](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/new-user-registration-bot-spam/16878/4 "2024-03-19T18:28:48Z")

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