Are there bad people who answer phishing or spam questions?

What are bots? Do people answering questions that tell you about websites try phishing you? How can you tell if its a legit answer?Are there bad people who answer phishing or spam questions?
A lot of posts you see on Answers are definitely spam. Most are sites that will either try to cheat you in some way if you make a purchase from them, or possibly malware that can damage or hijack your computer.

Bots are simply programs that do repetitive tasks quickly, in this case generate spam. We see a lot of them on Answers.

There are different ways to spot them. But the first sign is they offer some website for you to go to. Often that is pretty much their whole answer. Then if you check you will see they are almost always very new accounts and almost always Level 1. And if you look at their Q%26amp;A you will see they are repetitive. Sometimes they may give a very brief and poor answer before posting their website. An example often seen on Health category is they will say to take such-and-such a drug for your medical problem, then for more info go to blah-blah.com.

Safest thing to do is never go to a website you did not seek out unless you recognize it as a known good site and trust the person posting.

If they are only here to advertise, even in the unlikely event they are giving a legitimate site, they do not deserve our business for unwelcome posts on Answers.