Spambots

This is the second Spambot I found today, they always complement you and then if you reply they will always try to get you talk to them on a second site, mostly on Discord or something. I Haven't posted a story in a hot minute but these spambots always target less popular stories to try and get engagement to try and scam you. This apparently has been an issue on AO3 where they lure people to another site talking about make comics or illustrations for a fan's fic only to get nothing or a AI generated art. NEVER TAKE IT TO A SECOND SITE.
Stay safe out there.

Same them my way, I can play pretend they get to spam and I get more comments? Win win!

Don't forget to hit that report button, tell staff they're a scammer and watch them get blatted off the site!

thegingernut said:

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Don't forget to hit that report button, tell staff they're a scammer and watch them get blatted off the site!

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Already did.

thegingernut said:

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Don't forget to hit that report button, tell staff they're a scammer and watch them get blatted off the site!

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Also, to avoid collateral damage, always use the report button on the profile, not on the comment.

I've heard this so many times lately, yet I have never seen one myself.

Should I feel somehow offended, that my stories aren't even good enough for a bot to comment on?

Routinely dealt with this kind of scam on the SCP wiki, there's a few other good tells if they try and conect via discord:
- The accounts are typically a name with 4 numbers
- Accounts will be made recently
- They typically compliment art/pfps and ask 'where you got it'

I have already attracted one since migrating here, so I must be doing something right

Queerious said:

Routinely dealt with this kind of scam on the SCP wiki, there's a few other good tells if they try and conect via discord:
- The accounts are typically a name with 4 numbers
- Accounts will be made recently
- They typically compliment art/pfps and ask 'where you got it'

I have already attracted one since migrating here, so I must be doing something right

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I've got a name and three numbers.
My account has been made recently.
I like your profile picture.

And I can't seem to solve this captcha.


Oh dang, I'm a bot.