On the other hand, some bots are made with the intention of harming, countering, or deceiving others.
A bot that I want to mention are bots with the intent of scamming people. For example, there are bots that randomly follow people, or post comments on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, or even YouTube displaying themselves as a female model. When people go into the bot's social media profile they see a link which promises to provide "special" content, which then promptly asks the user for their bank information, so they can obviously steal money from the unsuspecting user. Most people don't fall for these scams, but a small portion of users play right into the bot's creator's hands allowing them to easily steal their money. There are also different versions of these bots, with the same end goal that can be targeted towards a specific group of people. Like, there are bots claiming to have free Fortnite or Roblox currency, that might show up for a child watching content for one of those games.