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😎Astran😾 11 hours ago
Scam attempt: screenshot of a $600 tradeable item on my name
Apologies, am a bit tipsy atm (couple beers on Friday's evening) and forgot to take screenshots. Then the whole chat disappeared.

I don't care much about privacy and identity and once in a while I post how I like various games to the point where I buy cosmetics for my toons. Apparently this is an invitation for the scammers on Steam - an institution I didn't even know exist till today (I mean the scamming on Steam, not Steam itself, of course).

A level 3 account sent "friend" request yesterday. I have accepted it because of my rule "anything above 0" because "0" is usually an irrelevant temp family access blabbering something about them being close with my mom (after them being 360-no-scoped by me, I suppose) - but my investigations always result of them not being my dad who went to buy cigarettes few years ago and never returned :lunar2019shockedpig:

Today they've sent me a screenshot of the multiple sales with tradeable items such as Rust, Team Fortress, Counter Strike - with my avatar and username against of the "Fire West" item from Rust sold for $610 . There we also 3 other items from other games ranging from $500 to $1300 each

Their balance on the screenshot was $110 and the question was - why did they receive so little from the sale?

The thing is - *I've never played Team Fortress, Rust, Counter Strike*. They didn't even bother to check my game play history. A completely amateur attempt believing me will be impressing by a $1300 in-game purchase (not impressed, I've seen a castle sold in Ultima Online for $4500 and stolen within 20 minutes afterwards, it's like $12k in the today's devalued dollars)

Either this is a major bug on Steam trading system or a major scam attempt (in hundreds dollars it seems), just I cannot figure out the follow up because I've asked them directly - what's the scam scheme? - and received no answer, surprisingly :lunar2019scowlingpig:

After me tried to find out more about them in the list of Steam "friends" - their account has vanished. Chat window too. So no screenshots. I'll be more sober ... I mean - smarter next time, I promise!

Could anyone explain, please - what's the scam scheme is? Quite fascinating :lunar2019piginablanket:
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K-Driver 11 hours ago 
They claim they reported you and you'll have to clear it up with a "moderator/admin" who then either tries to get personal information out of you to hijack your account with or blackmails you for money by threating to ban you if you don't comply.
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Wolf Knight 11 hours ago 
its a scam, report the accounts involved. steam accounts are reported thru their profile
discord accounts are reported to discord

fear is the goal. scare the target enough that they do what you tell them to do. either transfer items to them or hand over the account itself
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😎Astran😾 11 hours ago 
So I've found the image in the chat history:

https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/11650784955140347675/33EA8793B8FDD5AA2F022027A42C91D455FBF947/

I'm just amused how an L3 Canadian Steam account can have $3k worth tradeable items. Is there such a thing as a wealth collector or a broker, maybe? Tis very interesting stuff. Or a bug.
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😎Astran😾 11 hours ago 
Reported the whole thing to Steam, with the exact user. Those "prince" schemes are hilarious. I mean - $618 Rust clothing schemes :lunar2019crylaughingpig:

Or maybe the trade scheme is actually bugged (folks report delays with buying in-game currencies more often than not) - and I'm just a scared person defending myself via discrimination of poor L3 account with thousands-$$$-worth in-game items :lunar2019shockedpig:
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Thiesen 11 hours ago 
oh... naming and shaming:..

time for a report... :-)
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😎Astran😾 10 hours ago 
Originally posted by Thiesen:
oh... naming and shaming:..

time for a report... :-)

Naming whom exactly? Good luck not getting banned yourself for the completely useless report! :lunar2019laughingpig:

edit: err, the usual level 0 "family sharing" troll afraid of their own name and actions :lunar2019madpig:
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Overseer 10 hours ago 
They don't have to be competent for a perfect scheme because people fall for it anyways. So the first phase is to figure out if you are a viable target or not. Then they either move away or go to the next step. And in the end they will try to convince you to act in a way that only benefits them.
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😎Astran😾 10 hours ago 
I've checked out the user despite them being a bit too shy to simply apologize for "inconvenience" (or more like a bit of panic) they've caused - and it seems like they play the exact list of games on their sold items screenshot.

Must be a bug. Still, it's quite scary when a random person on the street ask you if you've found $600 they've just dropped? - and you have $1500 in your pockets :lunar2019shockedpig:
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