A Texas Republican on Monday said President Obama's gun control campaign is a  fraud based on fake messages over Twitter.

Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) accused Obama of trying to make support for his  position look stronger than it really is by flooding Twitter with messages from  people who don't exist.

"Obama's anti-gun  campaign is a fraud," Stockman said. "Obama's supporters are panicking and  willing to do anything to create the appearance of popular support, even if it  means trying to defraud Congress," he added. "I call upon the president to  denounce this phony spam campaign."

Stockman said that in response to Obama's call for people to tweet their  congressman in support of gun control legislation, he received just 16 tweets.  But he said all of these messages were identical, and that a closer look at them  revealed that only six were from real people.

"The other 10 are fake,  computer-generated spambots," his office said in a press release. As evidence,  he said these 10 tweets use default graphics and names, and have not engaged in  any interaction with other people. Two of the tweets were sent at nearly the  same time, and both follow just one person: Brad Schenck, Obama's former digital  strategist.

Stockman also added that only one of the six tweets from real people is a  constituent of his in Texas.

"If you are a real person who contacted us  about your support for the president's anti-gun campaign, we are listening,"  Stockman said. "We do not agree with you, but we appreciate your sincere  opinions and encourage you to continue to contact us.

"But the vast  majority of the president's supporters have no feelings because they fake  profiles from spammers."

Stockman said Obama's anti-gun activists "are trying to defraud Congress  using the same scam that sells 'male enhancement pills.'"