Knowing whether or not a a Skype account is a real person or a Skype spam bot (in this case, an e-whore bot) just requires a bit of common sense: why would a random woman message you, a total stranger, and give you images of herself and a free pass to her next cam show? The amorous people in denial who are reading this may try to say that it’s a real woman who just wants to make a bit of money with her cam show, but allow me to show you a few ways to detect if she, I mean “it”, is a bot.

Hint #1: Their Messages Are Pre-Written

Skype spam bots are not people nor are they sophisticated, so they won’t be able to tailor their responses based on your responses. Just take a look at how the Skype e-whore bot in the image above just ignored my messages and went on about its fictitious breakup.

Hint #2: The Image Is Too Sexy

This image is actually PG compared to some of the other Skype spam bot profile images I’ve seen before, but the image are usually a woman in a provocative position.

Hint #3: The Stolen Image Is… Well, Stolen!

If you save the image or drag and drop it into Google Images, you can perform a reverse image search to find out if the image is stolen or not. 10/10 the image is stolen from websites like Imgur or any other photo sharing website (although Imgur seems to be quite popular with these bot users).

Hint #4: They Want You To Sign Up To A Cam Site

This is, after all, the goal of their bot use. The cam site affiliate links usually appear toward the end of the pre-written messages, however in the case above, the messages will sometimes be sent in the middle of the image links.