Steam Account Trade Scam Warning

[Cargøn]

i just instantly ignore all trade/friend requests from people i don't know

[Ad Bot]

[Trifax]

i just instantly ignore all trade/friend requests from people i don't know

Good call, man. Still can't believe this is the first time I've ever been a victim of this stuff.

[Quote Story]

how not to get scammed:

[Ninja Decoy]

how not to get scammed:
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Thats great if you don't use trade sites, though i don't know why people make their profile private at all.

[sir dooble]

Thats great if you don't use trade sites, though i don't know why people make their profile private at all.

Some people don't use steam for social gaming at all. It's literally just a tool to play games by themselves, or online without interacting with others outside of the game.

[Badger]

If the person isn't a bot, exploit them back and

1. Act stupid and vunreable
2. Ask for a few steam items such as cards or tf2 items to check their real( theyll expect them back if they are getting your account )
3. Profit from a small gain

this really only applies to some cases though

[McJob]

This doesn't look suspicious at all.

[Torin0101]

that pyro is a chicken

[randomtroll39]

Also,from what I've seen,block anyone named [unassigned].Block anyone at a low steam level and lots of friends.Block anyone with a private profile/not set up profile.Also if you're on tf2OP or any other trading website make sure to tell everybody NOT to add you without notice.

[Ipquarx]

Block anyone at a low steam level and lots of friends.

This is incredibly inconsiderate, holy stuff. "You have to have wasted this much of your life to be my friend!!"

[Blockaium]

Getting these now. Got it twice last night

wtf

really

REALLY

THAT loving HAS "MAL" IN IT

[Ninja Decoy]

This is incredibly inconsiderate, holy stuff. "You have to have wasted this much of your life to be my friend!!"

except its a good way to test its, except for the friends thing

What i noticed is that the name would be sketchy, their level is very low, and on multiple occasions their profile is private. I also noticed they tend to have the same avatar.

Another thing you can do is just block anyone you don't know. Simple as that. If it seems legit i check the profile for anything that we have in common, such as groups, friends or games. If none of those apply or their profile is private, i block them.

[Ipquarx]

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Or you can be logical and send them a message like "How much is a dozen plus 5?" and if they don't answer you and say something totally irrelevant multiple times then remove them

That and don't click on suspicious links, and if a link you clicked downloaded a file and you don't know what it is, don't click on the file.