# Fake Clicks

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/fake-clicks/145835>\
**Category:** Sales Email\
**Tags:** professional\
**Created:** [February 4, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/fake-clicks/145835 "2026-02-04T19:34:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![CReyes91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@CReyes91](https://community.hubspot.com/u/CReyes91)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/fake-clicks/145835/1 "2026-02-04T19:34:00Z")

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How can I distinguish between fake clicks and opens and real clicks and opens on sequenced sales emails?

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/fake-clicks/145835/2 "2026-02-04T19:36:40Z")

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Hi @CReyes91,

HubSpot filters out not activity: [Understand HubSpot Sales email open and click tracking | Knowledge Base](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/connected-email/understand-hubspot-sales-email-open-and-click-tracking)

“HubSpot will not generate open or click events for sales emails when the interaction comes from a non-human source, such as bot activity.”

Best regards

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**Author:** ![CReyes91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@CReyes91](https://community.hubspot.com/u/CReyes91)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/fake-clicks/145835/3 "2026-02-04T19:47:20Z")

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We reviewed this activity and it appears similar to a robotic spam filter or something. All opens and clicks are happening the same minute the email was sent, including multiple opens/clicks and documents are opened for 0:00.

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/fake-clicks/145835/4 "2026-02-04T19:58:27Z")

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@CReyes91 if your convinced that it can’t be human activity, you could flag it with HubSpot support in-app I chat or email.

In general, as per the documentation, HubSpot will attempt to filter it out. It’s likely a cat and mouse game however and not all bot engagement can be detected reliably. When it isn’t, HubSpot can’t flag it as such either.