spam accounts
Junk mail senders
Spam accounts are fake or automated social media profiles created to spread unwanted content, inflate follower counts, or manipulate platforms.
They often post repetitive promotional material, phishing links, or bot-generated comments.
The term extends to any account that exists primarily to flood systems with junk: The comments were overrun by spam accounts pushing crypto scams.
Platforms regularly purge them.
- botsAutomated software agents
- bot farmsNetworks of automated accounts
- fakeNot the real thing
- trollsDeliberate online agitators
- phishingFraudulent credential harvesting
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- online fraudclick fraud, fake clicks, fake followers, bots, botnets
- online manipulationastroturfing, bots, bot farms, disinformation, fake news
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