If an account is trade banned, are all accounts on the same device also trade banned?

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SSRJ 23 Jul @ 11:56am

my little brother and I share a family computer, and he recently wanted to play a game called "Marvel Rivals" and bought an account for it, and then logged into our family PC without my knowledge. I have been using steam for a while and have a lot of games on here, will I be punished too? He also stole my credit card to buy skins on the game, but he payed me back so I don't plan on refunding them, but just was wondering if that would impact this at all either?

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Wolf Knight 23 Jul @ 12:03pm

generally, its just that account that will be banned. however, accounts with the same phone number may also be affected.

when you say he "bought an account", do you mean he made a steam account and bought the game or that he bought an account that had the game on it? one is fine, the other is a violation of the SSA and the owner of the account can take back the account when ever they wish.

I would advise going over ground rules for what can and cannot be downloaded to the family computer. you are responsible for the security of your account. the computer gets keylogger on it, that is your problem, not steams.

Last edited by Wolf Knight; 23 Jul @ 12:05pm

Maria 23 Jul @ 12:06pm

Marvel Rivals is free, why did your brother buy an account? Was it a steam account?

As for your question, I don't think it will affect you at all.

PurpleCreativeValiant 23 Jul @ 12:08pm

Originally posted by SSRJ:
wanted to play a game called "Marvel Rivals" and bought an account for it

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/purrplecv/inventory/#753_6_14067923708

SSRJ 23 Jul @ 1:41pm

Originally posted by Maria:
Marvel Rivals is free, why did your brother buy an account? Was it a steam account?

As for your question, I don't think it will affect you at all.

HE bought an account online because he wanted some stupid skin. My parents really don't care about anything regarding this, so I'm on my own. thanks for the help tho!

SSRJ 23 Jul @ 1:43pm

Originally posted by Wolf Knight:
generally, its just that account that will be banned. however, accounts with the same phone number may also be affected.

when you say he "bought an account", do you mean he made a steam account and bought the game or that he bought an account that had the game on it? one is fine, the other is a violation of the SSA and the owner of the account can take back the account when ever they wish.

I would advise going over ground rules for what can and cannot be downloaded to the family computer. you are responsible for the security of your account. the computer gets keylogger on it, that is your problem, not steams.

he bought an acc online from some guy for a skin, and I made him log out of the account on our pc and am trying to convince my parents to ban him from the use of steam alltogether. I hope he didn't use my phone number (my parents dont want him to have one until hes in highschool), but i haven't been banned yet and its been a bit so I should be fine, thanks for the help tho!

cSg|mc-Hotsauce 23 Jul @ 2:08pm

He can reclaim the account at any time and there is nothing you can do about it.

SSRJ 24 Jul @ 6:48am

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
He can reclaim the account at any time and there is nothing you can do about it.

:nkCool:

I made my brother delete the account to teach him a lesson anyways.

Wolf Knight 24 Jul @ 7:22am

Originally posted by SSRJ:
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
He can reclaim the account at any time and there is nothing you can do about it.

:nkCool:
I made my brother delete the account to teach him a lesson anyways.

deletion of an account takes 30 days after the account owner has provided steam with proof of ownership. uninstalling/deleting the game from the computer is not the same as deleting the account.

your brother is unlikely to have what steam wants. you may want to do a chargeback on your brothers purchase of the account and get your card replaced.

SSRJ 24 Jul @ 6:59pm

Originally posted by Wolf Knight:
Originally posted by SSRJ:
I made my brother delete the account to teach him a lesson anyways.
deletion of an account takes 30 days after the account owner has provided steam with proof of ownership. uninstalling/deleting the game from the computer is not the same as deleting the account.

your brother is unlikely to have what steam wants. you may want to do a chargeback on your brothers purchase of the account and get your card replaced.

Alr thanks so much, yall have been a great help. I hope you have a wonderful day!