So what is the deal with this scam like behavior?

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HazyHolo 18 Aug @ 5:11am

Some random person friended me and claimed that someone impersonated my account to scam items from TF2. They said that I should “complain” to the administrator of the group before the “1580+ active member mass report you”.

I went ahead and friended the administrator out of curiosity and asked to be removed from the “scammers” post they had. By this point I already had a feeling something was up, but I was curious to see how this scam played out.

Anyways I was told by the administrator to post my trade link in the DMs so they could “check my trade history”, and wouldn’t accept the one that’s on my profile. By this point I just stopped communicating.

So my question is, what the heck is the goal of this scam? If it’s not a scam then what could be the reason for this? From my googling, there should be someone claiming to be steam support, not some random person claiming I’d be “mass reported”.

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Zarineth 18 Aug @ 5:14am

They first tell you you are mass reported and then send you to a "Steam Support" on Discord. I think you were asking too many questions and they didn't know how to proceed.

Lilim 18 Aug @ 5:34am

You can read more about it here:

Scam: I Have Been Reported and Will Be Banned

J4MESOX4D 18 Aug @ 5:36am

Originally posted by HazyHolo:
I went ahead and friended the administrator

There are no administrators on Steam. Make sure you report that account which is impersonating Steam staff.

The whole point of this scam is to simply scare you into believing you've done something wrong and then to follow their instructions which will ultimately lead you to being scammed.

Just report all accounts involved and read here https://steamhost.cn/help_steampowered_com/en/faqs/view/3195-9FFB-BA06-F25B

HazyHolo 18 Aug @ 5:43am

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:
Originally posted by HazyHolo:
I went ahead and friended the administrator
There are no administrators on Steam. Make sure you report that account which is impersonating Steam staff.

The whole point of this scam is to simply scare you into believing you've done something wrong and then to follow their instructions which will ultimately lead you to being scammed.

Just report all accounts involved and read here https://steamhost.cn/help_steampowered_com/en/faqs/view/3195-9FFB-BA06-F25B

I should mention, I meant the admin of the Steam group, not a Steam admin.

rawWwRrr 18 Aug @ 5:53am

The goal is to trick you out of your inventory, money, and/or your account. Whatever you might be gullible enough to hand over before you catch on.

J4MESOX4D 18 Aug @ 5:58am

Originally posted by HazyHolo:
Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:
There are no administrators on Steam. Make sure you report that account which is impersonating Steam staff.

The whole point of this scam is to simply scare you into believing you've done something wrong and then to follow their instructions which will ultimately lead you to being scammed.

Just report all accounts involved and read here https://steamhost.cn/help_steampowered_com/en/faqs/view/3195-9FFB-BA06-F25B
I should mention, I meant the admin of the Steam group, not a Steam admin.

I'd report the admin and the group itself. It's possible that the members of the group are also scam victims as well as probably having scammers in it but if it is being used for malicious purposes then certainly report it.

Space is the Place 18 Aug @ 1:16pm

I miss the NIgerian prince email scams, at least those were funny.

TheStoryteller01 18 Aug @ 1:31pm

Originally posted by HazyHolo:
Some random person friended me.......

This is the point where I block and forget that random person.

Ben Lubar 18 Aug @ 7:22pm

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:
Originally posted by HazyHolo:
I went ahead and friended the administrator
There are no administrators on Steam.

There absolutely are administrators on Steam. They're the ones with this text at the top of their profiles:

Valve Employees will never ask you for personal or account information, on Steam or anywhere else. You can safely ignore anyone who claims to have mistakenly reported you - that will not get you banned. If you need help with your Steam account, go to https://steamhost.cn/help_steampowered_com/.

J4MESOX4D 19 Aug @ 2:22am

Originally posted by Ben Lubar:
Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:
There are no administrators on Steam.

There absolutely are administrators on Steam. They're the ones with this text at the top of their profiles:

Valve Employees will never ask you for personal or account information, on Steam or anywhere else. You can safely ignore anyone who claims to have mistakenly reported you - that will not get you banned. If you need help with your Steam account, go to https://steamhost.cn/help_steampowered_com/.

There are no Steam staff called administrators on this platform. Valve may hire administrators in their office but no user will ever be directed to contact an administrator of any kind or receiving messages/correspondence from someone identifying as one.

The ones with the text are identifiable Valve employees - predominately community moderators. They also wont contact users or have any control over accounts. ALL contact is done through Steam Support.

Last edited by J4MESOX4D; 19 Aug @ 2:23am

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skOsH♥ 19 Aug @ 3:31am

Originally posted by Zarineth:
They first tell you you are mass reported and then send you to a "Steam Support" on Discord. I think you were asking too many questions and they didn't know how to proceed. :LaughingRebecca:

I would like them to try that on me so I can say "oh well I dont have discord"

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