Why all the bogus uploads?

[Tramp78]

It isn't that they aren't hard to spot. 25 movies all get uploaded from the same person within a few minutes. They are all the exact same size. Most of them haven't even been released yet. May or may not include a link to go to get the password to unlock the RAR file and get the movie. 

What's the end point? Is it phishing? Is there a virus or malware in there somewhere? What are they doing it for because there doesn't seem to be an end in sight.

[Sid]

There is malware in there. They are doing it for financial gain. It costs them barely anything so if they hook one fish out of a million casts they win. Humans attempting to take advantage of other humans will never end--it is in the nature of our species.

As you say they are easy to spot, so just avoid them. Most are deleted before you even see them, most of those you do see are deleted within an hour or so, and the remainder are deleted within a day.