Most businesses have quickly adopted bots for their everyday tasks without errors. Although it saves a lot of time and energy, there are concerns about the increase in spam bots. It is a computer program that efficiently sends or posts spam messages on different online platforms. They can drive user interaction while sending bulk messages, including advertisements, inappropriate links, or even malware. 

 

These irrelevant and automated spam bots are a matter of concern for the audience, who look for solutions to identify them online. We talked to Faisal Abidi, Co-Founder of RNF Technologies, a company that helps businesses with online marketing, web/mobile app development, and gaming app development solutions. We asked him to share his understanding and expertise on these spam bots and highlight a few ways to prevent them.

 

Spam Bots & Online Platforms Underlined By RNF Technologies’ Faisal Abidi

Spam bots can create fake accounts on social media platforms and make them appear like real users’ activities. Attackers program them in such a way that they can fill the various fields that are asked while creating an account. Many times, these spam bots can even crack the CAPTCHAs. 

 

After creating an account online, Faisal Abidi, RNF Technologies, highlights that these spam bots either start sending spam messages in bulk. Others may help their scammers accomplish their desire by collecting users’ data and providing it to the scammers.  

• Email Spam

Spam email senders are always on the lookout for more working email ids. S[ammers get their needed target data from these spam bots. Once the scammer has the email ids, they send spam messages in bulk. However, it’s illicit to send emails containing malware or are meant to steal the user’s information. Spammers often draft legitimate-looking emails using email spoofing techniques to make users believe their authenticity. Faisal Abidi, RNF Technologies shares that spammers can get data from the dark web, steal a company’s information, or trick people.  

   

• Comment Spam

Comment spams are found on open platforms where bots can add comments related to product or service promotion. Many websites allow open commenting, making it easier for bots to look for and post in comments. Others demand an account, which is also not an issue for bots, as they can create it themselves. The bots create a fake account for posting comments, and if the website shuts them down, they can recreate new accounts. In this manner, spammers can automate publishing spam on different websites without human involvement, spotlight Faisal Abidi, Founder of Resourcifi. A go-to company for staffing solutions.

• Social Media Spam

Spammers train many bots for social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. These social media spam bots will send out messages or create posts offering free deals. Offers may include free items, discounts on consumer products, or other too-good-to-be-true buys. To state their genuineness, one can find these spam bots liking, sharing, or commenting on other comment threads on social media. Faisal Abidi, Resourcifi, stresses that spam bots may even copy a real user’s profile pictures and, in some cases, hack the genuine accounts to prove themselves authentic.  

 

After knowing about the functioning of these spam, let’s dive into the ways Resourcifi’s Faisal Abidi discussed to identify spam bots. 

 

• If you find bad English with lots of grammatical and spelling mistakes, it could be a spam bot. As they learn or are preprogrammed in such a way that it becomes too difficult to understand their language.
• Receive a suspicious message from an unknown person? Please don’t fall for it. It’s a spam bot trying to get your data or personal information. 
• Spam bots leave links and irrelevant texts on different websites to spread malware or promote their spammer’s fake products. 

 

If you come across any of these, stay alert before clicking or sharing personal data with these spam bots. Your one reply or click can make you spammer’s next target, shares RNF Technologies’ Faisal Abidi.