PSA: A Lead In That Scammers Are Using

Lot of scammers about, be careful.

My friend sent me something the other day and I nearly fell for it. His account had been hacked and the hacker was typing without using a bot, luckily the spidey sense helped because I was drinking.

Thanks for the PSA!

which is why i never add anyone, this scam is not new.

I don't necessarily think it's related to CSGO activity... I got one of those comments on a screenshot yesterday and I've never played CSGO or posted in any related threads. Most likely it's a bot crawling through a few of the larger discussion forums and spamming that comment to anyone who posted recently.

Never add anyone with random numbers in their names, definitely never more than 4 digits, most people don't even want more than two numbers - or any at all - in any username.

I usually ignore those and then go ahead and block communications.

I made a whole lot of comments about the CS:GO pro and VAC ban but yet nobody has spammed me any such comments. I sometimes wish they did because I enjoy making fun of them. :)

Well yes, same, I linked my Steam to discord and join a lot of groups, mostly crypto & giveaway. These POS scammers come at me a lot saying either my Steam or my btc address could be vac, reported, hacked, stolen and shit, lmao, just a bunch of kids xD

"Sorry for bothering you but can you add me on steam? I have something to tell you, Its very important, Hope you will noticed me. TRADE IS NOT INVOLVED"

I recently received the exact same message from a numbered account through a comment on a screenshot that I had uploaded months back. I recommend to all that get a message like this to immediately BLOCK ALL Communication from the user.

Thanks for the PSA :D I always think "there's no way I'll fall for these", but let's be honest, we all dumb out sometimes. So I'll definitely be more aware at least. <3

Oh, I didn't know about this one. I probably would have added them out of curiosity, bump for awareness.

it must of been created by an idiot.

must have been

It's just a different lead in to the old "I accidentally reported you" scam rather than adding you directly. I've even started getting people adding me on discord to tell me they've reported me on Steam.

Bump

It seems like I get at least one of these "Add Me" scams a week. They leave them on my Steam wall and/or screenshots. I've even had them leave on as a comment on one of my Steam game reviews. They usually come in one of two flavors:

1. "We need you on our CS team." (I haven't played CS in something like 10 years.)
2. "I have something important to discuss." (But obviously not important enough to mention in this request.)

With the sheer number of scam attempts on Steam, it is no wonder that SteamGifts users are having their accounts frozen by Valve whenever they dare to say, "Congrats! You won my giveaway on SG!"

I just got a message from wany1981 to vote for a csgo team so beware of any messages from friends you might receive as this is still making the rounds