Scam Threads
- A scam thread / spam thread is the name I chose for a type of scam in which one fake bot will leave a top-level comment, then many other bots will pretend to be interested users, and eventually the bots will leave comments recommending some account or person to contact (a scammer).
- Usually these threads are 'investing' or 'trading' related, where multiple fake bots will talk about how much money they've made because of some 'expert investor', and recommend them
- The scammer often creates a fake alias / name, and multiple bots will mention this name. However, only a couple comments (or even maybe one) may will mention the actual account used to contact this scammer.
- The threads may or may not mention cryptocurrency
- As always, never contact or reply to these scammers
- Even though the usernames mentioned in these scam threads could be considered 'scam accounts' by my other definition, only submit these kinds of threads to this category. I want to differentiate them so I can handle them differently than other comment types.
- In your submission, try to include all the variations of the scam name used, plus the actual social media handle
- Some examples of variations used: "Mrs Jane Doe Smith", "Ms Jane Doe Smith", "Jane Doe Smith", "janesmithzzz" (username example)
- Don't include the usernames of the fake bot commenters themselves, unless the scam account name is put into the bot's username (such as a bot leaving a comment that says 'contact the person in my username', or using upwards pointing emojis or whatever)
- Stick to scam threads that are being used in relatively recent comments (within the past few weeks). Very old accounts may be abandoned or banned already.
- If you're submitting a screenshot, it would be very helpful (though optional) to underline in red the mentions of the scam name and the various 'versions' used in the thread (similar to how they are below with the red boxes, but you can just do a quick and dirty underline with Windows Snip & Sketch tool for example)
