Bots and “special” content
Besides endorsing games, these bots are also looking to make sites dedicated to adults popular and to turn these people into paying members.
In accordance with Satnam Narang, senior security response manager at Symantec, these spambots choose their victims and after that, they send them a flirty text, for example, “Wanna eat cookie dough together some time?”.
After a simple conversation, the spambot is curious if Tinder has certified the user. It’s not referring to the blue checkmark that usually appears on celebrities’ profiles on social media.
Furthermore, the spambots send the user a link to a foreign website which involves some combinations of words regarding the verification, safety, protection, date codes, and even background checks.
The majority of these websites have the word “tinder” in their URLs, in order to give off the impression that they are real and official. When the users do what the spambots are telling them to do, they might find a lot of revealing pictures with several women. The sites might say that Tinder members will be able to contact these women via social media, Skype, or email after they verify themselves.
…Here comes the trickiest part!
