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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BioPosted:
I remembered something of the very similar happen on the 360, really easy to see if it's a real account or not.
TOXICPosted:
Not really a big deal, I had a message come through, and just ignored it like I do with all my messages lol
RyokoPosted:
I called this July 4th, and everyone told me i was crazy and that it was impossible for bots to be on Xbox Live
Whos crazy now??
"Bot-Pocalypse"
Whos crazy now??
"Bot-Pocalypse"
KixaPosted:
I actually got one yesterday I figured it was a bot since it replies to my messages instantly and the conversation was way off from what I was talking about.
SagePosted:
FourStar Ive had one of these,
Bot - are you there?
Me - I am here
Bot- I got ure name from this xbox app cuz I was bored and lookin 4 sum1 to talk to
Bot - how old r u?
Me - well you better keep looking because I dont want to talk to you
Bot - 22 f what r u up 2?
Me - 72 m paraplegic and depressed
Ive not had a response since
They only have so many programmed lines m8.
FourStarPosted:
Ive had one of these,
Bot - are you there?
Me - I am here
Bot- I got ure name from this xbox app cuz I was bored and lookin 4 sum1 to talk to
Bot - how old r u?
Me - well you better keep looking because I dont want to talk to you
Bot - 22 f what r u up 2?
Me - 72 m paraplegic and depressed
Ive not had a response since
Bot - are you there?
Me - I am here
Bot- I got ure name from this xbox app cuz I was bored and lookin 4 sum1 to talk to
Bot - how old r u?
Me - well you better keep looking because I dont want to talk to you
Bot - 22 f what r u up 2?
Me - 72 m paraplegic and depressed
Ive not had a response since
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