Originally posted by Currier Bell:

Phishers do not need to use the "add on Steam" button at all to get out there to others. They simply need a users SteamID number and can add others directly through the Steam client.

We've taken numerous points of action to lessen the effects of Phishers on the site that phishing comments are now rare. It's just that they've simply resorted to scrubbing the site for ID numbers, something they can get just about anywhere profile is publicly displayed. It's fully up to Valve at this point to implement anti-phishing policies.

imo your approach is wrong then.. its actually fairly simple what needs to be done and that is to remove the steamid 64 from the html source

<li><a href="steam://friends/add/765611XXXXXXXXXX" data-XXXXXX="Add on Steam"><div

this is all the info the bot needs and u provide it to them so what u need to do is remove that which would imply u wont be able to add a person from outpost to steam.

if this isnt an option, well then u should make an option like csgolounge that allows u to link ur tradeofferlink similiarly u could that with the 64id and allow a user to have the option to add his 64id and activate "add on steam".

this would give the users the option to decide wether a direct add link to steam is worth it or not :)

ye this is not phishing .. this pretty much a download link to a stealer/keylogger
what he did was bind the stuff together so when u open the file "png" it silently executes.

so what u should do is remove the link because its not that smart to post this here as people might download and execute it. (eventhough u seperated the link with empty spaces)
so instead do what shibe did post the virustotal scan link instead ;)

i know the solution to stop these bots, atleast a temp solution but cbf since i dont really actively use tf2OP that much anymore.

yawn this post made me care.. so i added sneeza if he wants to hear my idea sure ill tell him even purposed to make pseudo code / a real example oh how to do this :)

Originally posted by Roller:

I recently bought some Quicksells without knowing that it is Phished. Will I get banned from Outpost?

Originally posted by Roller:

Protected {C}
Steam Profile: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/profiles/76561198113083497

How could I even fall for that :/ He is still in my Friends list.

yep u the victim here ^^ lmao how could u not know something was wrong :P ?
i have a hard time seeing how u managed not to notice 1 game then recent game activity 0.3 hours steam level 1 and quicksells = plural so u didnt even bother checking his backpack to see if he had anything else you might wanted?

looks like u knew something was wrong, since u then obviously went to look the items up after u traded :)

its not rocket science googl how to make rss feed :)

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Royal_MaLeK/tradeoffers/privacy
press this link, its mine but it should redirect to your page anyway, if it doesnt, just change this it "Royal_MaLeK" with your customid.

uncheck / untick the last option in the settings because it sets ur gift inventory private regardless of the other settings.

whats the purpose of your bot?

why not make your site in your own way?
make your own scripts add a html and some css to it and you are done.

they are asking for paypal so u send them the money first or they send u the items first ddepending on how "trusted" one is, which is kinda BS but never the less thats how it works.