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Community Ban after SteamGifts mention in Steam

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LonerD

Users can get Community Ban and block for buying and activating games SteamGifts mention in Steam. 🥳👍

Nothing foreshadowed trouble. After giveaway finished, I sent friend request to winner and write reason in his profile. After request was accepted I bought and sent a gift in Steam.
Translation for first screenshot: "Hi. You won on SteamGifts. Accept the friend request."

Two days(!) later I got Community Ban. And it's wasn't simple comban. I was even banned from buying games and activating keys.

It's been two days since giveaway, so it wasn't an automatic ban. Someone in support hates SteamGifts so much...

After contacting Steam support I was unblocked (my request was considered for eight hours).
Mistake, just mistake...be-be-be... All my messages for the last two weeks are gone, all Market sell listings and buy orders are gone. Steam support didn't even apologize for their mistake, they only "will be happy". 🤮

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Aradiel

It's more the "you have won" part that triggers the anti-spam than SG, or just call it SG if you're concerned.

https://consumer.ftc.gov/features/pass-it-on/youve-won-scams

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Carenard

yea, best to say SG space cat has arrived or something.

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lext

I was even banned from buying games and activating keys.

Steam: "it appears that a mistake was made."

Our digital landscape is a Kafkaesque hell.

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