r/SupermodelCats • u/clouddevourer currently catless • Oct 18 '22

PSA: don't click on any links to cool mugs, T-shirts or posters with cats shared in Reddit comments or posts

These bots have been active on Reddit for a while, but now they have increased their efforts, so I thought a PSA was in order.

There's a type of bot present on cat subreddits that operates in a following way: posts a photo of a cool cat mug/T-shirt/poster. Then another bot asks where they could buy one and the OP or other bot comment with a link. Sometimes yet another bot chimes in with a comment that they bought the thing from that store and how cool the thing is. Any comments calling the bots out for being spammers get flooded with downvotes.

I'm sure you guys are subscribed to many cat subreddits, so please don't fall for that. It's a scam, you won't receive your product and your info will probably be stolen. It's best not to click those links at all, report the post and move on.

Stay safe!

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u/Kanuckinator Jul 05 '24

God, they're putting on plays now

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u/isaiaseluney Aug 21 '23

Thanks 🔥

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u/lovely_lil_demon Nov 05 '24

Is it only cat subs???

Like do they have something against cat lovers, or something?

Also, Thank you for this PSA. 🙏

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '23

Yes thank you so much!!! Wow I feel like such a noob for not imagining this