Bot creating fake accounts on my SaaS website
Hi
I just noticed that a bot is creating fake accounts in my SaaS website and had to put a "block visitors by IP" solution in place in a hurry.
In order to use my website users need to pay and there isn't any community aspect to it.
I can't think of a single reason why anybody would create fake accounts.
Did anyone else experience anything similar? What can the motivation be?
I have no idea. I have a contact form on my site that had a similar issue. I fixed it by putting a hidden input on my form with a tab-index of -1 that should always be blank if the user if human. If the field is populated, I know that it must have been a bot that submitted the form. Mailchimp does the same thing.
Thanks! that's a great idea. I will implement something similar.
On the bots and the why , there are some programs available that will flood the target email address with email by subscribing to as much newsletters and saas as possible.
why ?, just to get even with someone. Once you are a target as a saas or newsletter, you will see the same program with the same firstname lastname patern comming back from different ips. The only solution is a recaptcha or hidden field implementation.