If you notice that all the images and interests are too common and the profile lacks a personal touch, it might not be authentic; The bio looks fishy. If the bio includes lots of grammar mistakes, invitations to suspicious links, or personals details that do not make sense, you might have encountered a bot.

Can a Tinder BOT text you?

Apparently, Tinder spam bots simply changed their scripts in order to get users phone numbers instead. They then proceeded to text them the spam links via SMS. Of course, just because Tinder made a technical change then Tinder-related SMS spam increased, that doesnt mean that the change caused the spams increase.