--- title: "Investigation Finds What Really Happens If You Actually Click Those ░P░U░S░S░Y░I░N░B░I░O░ Links" description: "A mad genius has clicked through those \"my pussy in bio\" links spamming X-formerly-Twitter — and found something as dark as it is mundane." date: "2024-03-31" modified: "2024-03-31" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/x-twitter-link-scam-investigation" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "scams" - "sex work" - "the digest" - "twitter" --- # Investigation Finds What Really Happens If You Actually Click Those ░P░U░S░S░Y░I░N░B░I░O░ Links ![A mad genius has clicked through those "my pussy in bio" links spamming X-formerly-Twitter — and found something as dark as it is mundane.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Pussy Galore A mad genius has clicked through those "░M░Y░P░U░S░S░Y░I░N░B░I░O░" links spamming X-formerly-Twitter — and found something as dark as it is mundane. In an investigation conducted by technology writer John Herrman [for *New York Magazine*](), the journalist found that ultimately, all those hilariously-horny declarations lead to the same place: a scammy Dutch-owned sexual fantasy chat site that outsources its labor to low-income countries. As Herrman found, all those "PIB" links go through the same chain of redirects: first a site called Xkos, then a site called Meetdats, and then a plethora of phony social network links imitating OnlyFans and TikTok. Clicking one of those ads prompts users to respond to a series of bizarre sign-up questions that ask everything from one's age to whether they're down for "quick sex, not dating." After completing the inquisition, users are redirected one final time to a site called Provocative Neighbors, which only asks people for their credit card information at the very end of a second set of sign-up questions. According to its own terms of service, that site is a "fantasy entertainment" service where "profiles are fictional and your interactions will be with operators." https://twitter.com/madidoubleu/status/1772974972178248016 ## Neighbor Danger Provocative Neighbors, it turns out, is owned by a Netherlands-based company called Meteor Interactive. In 2022, that company was the subject of a [*BBC* investigation]() that found that it contracts with gig work companies sourcing cheap sexually-oriented labor from Suriname, the former Dutch colony sandwiched by Brazil and Guyana on South America's east coast. The Surinamese workers that Meteor contracted with were, as the *BBC* found in its previous dive into the contractor's business practices, provided with scripts and incentivized to collect commissions by essentially inundating users with $1-per-message exchanges. In one [post on the r/RomanceScams subreddit]() from two years ago, a visitor to another Meteor-owned site, Womenwithsecrets.com, said that they ended up being charged $2,000 after several drunken exchanges, some of which led to other swindles, including a bitcoin scam. (Lest you feel bad for that user, however, they also admitted in their post that they ended up sending "unsolicited" dick pics.) Notably, Herrman wrote that although it seems outrageously widespread, it's unlikely that the "PIB" bots are part of a massive botnet. Rather, "we’re probably seeing a deceptively small cluster of affiliate marketers seizing on X’s diminished defenses with industry-standard techniques" — and the memeification of the phenomenon, with lots of actual humans posting fake "[░M░Y░P░U░S░S░Y░I░N░B░I░O░]()" replies, only serves to inflate its perceived size. "Things like these come and go every six months," an adult marketer who uses the handle SocialManipulator on hacker sites told *NYMag*. Before the PIB spam, SocialManipulator notes, there was "Netflix and F U C K M E," from which people "made a killing." The bottom line? "Your audience is dumb," the marketer concluded. **More on scams:** [*Woman Discovers Trick to Get $27,000 in Free Gas*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()