Why do comments continue when they're turned off?

I have comments turned off for every page and post on my site. However, spammers continue to get “comments” sent through by email. They don’t appear on the site, but it’s a pain to constantly have to mark them as spam and delete them.

How do they do this when comments aren’t allowed? What will make it impossible for them to send a comment?

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