Suggestion on how to reduce impersonation scams

this is my swamp....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQXDK2MPWjY

Impersonators generally change who they impersonate all the time, so the person who is being impersonated won't have time to add it to his or her profile before the impersonator has moved on.

+1 Have also suggested this to support in the past.

You could do the same thing on your Steam profile (at least I've seen a lot of traders doing so), but sure one more way to be alerted is never bad

Most won't read it anyways, there's always THAT kind of people.

I once had a Canadian user impersonate me and people were thinking I was some really nice guy and not a complete asshole. It took a while to make everyone hate me again. So there is hope if you find yourself impersonated! :D

Seriously though, the reason impersonations happen is because the victims don't bother verifying anything. So I can't see a permanent solution for it yet that doesn't involve making people aware that it actually happens and that it's a problem. Otherwise they'll just easily fall for it anyway.