Spambots begin targeting Xbox Live users
While having these accounts follow you is harmless enough (one of them followed mine just this morning) the messages are more of a concern as they appear to be geared towards asking users for personal information such as their name, age, and address. Information that could potentially be used to log into a user’s account on another social network, utility provider, or other service.
This does appear to be a fairly new problem on Xbox Live, at least to the degree that it’s happening now, and Microsoft hasn’t made a statement on it or offered a solution. For now, users should be cautious when communicating with new accounts with no Gamerscore and report them either via the Xbox app on PC or mobile or from on the Xbox One console.
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Source: https://www.onmsft.com/news/spambots-begin-targeting-xbox-live-users
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SimpPosted:
Hopefully they can do something to stop this. I know a lot of users are getting frustrated with receiving messages from these bots.
DeftonesPosted:
Of all time I have had a total of 0 bots contacting me and I'd like to keep it that way.
kamilcaPosted:
The last couple of months i have had 4 all together, each time ive reported the account
FibrilPosted:
I've had a bot message me once so far. Though seemed legit at first since they messaged me a few times before I replied and things got naughty. I ended up reporting and blocking haha.
ImDittonPosted:
Potion it is getting very bad i had to change my settings to not allow messages
Its not that bad... you get 1 message and they dont even respond unless you do, its based off of your response. ive had one bot message me so far, they cant get any information unless its user error. Blocking all messages is just over dramatic...
TrevorPosted:
I like replying to them with random information but then my Xbox disconnects from the internet
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