If you're looking for #coronavirus profiteers that will also load up your account with useless followers, this is the botnet for you. #SundaySpam #coronagrift
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This network consists of three mixed English/Japanese accounts (@MoreOker, @MoreThanBetter4, and @MostOkest) with various #Followback hashtags on their profiles. They tweet 24/7 via "Botbird Tweets", with (possibly) organic tweets via Twitter Web App thrown in.
The bulk of this network's tweets occurred during one of two spikes in activity. The first was a barrage of #followback tweets sent around the new year via Twitter Web App, and the second (late Feb-March) is round-the-clock automated tweets hawking face masks and hand sanitizer.
The dual themes of follower farming and #coronvirus profiteering surface once again in the botnet's repeated tweets. The face mask/sanitizer tweets mostly link to hypothetical sales of said products on rakuten(dot)com.
Finally, these three accounts have also liked quite a few tweets. What have they liked? Follower growth spam, more follower growth spam, and even more follower growth spam, from the looks of it. (Sample liked tweets and wordcloud shown.)
In a hilarious yet not entirely unexpected development, a #followback bot has retweeted this thread. Howdy, @Retrospectss!
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