Dear Winner,
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a prize of a brand new 2015 Model BMW 7 Series CAR, a CHECK worth $500,000.00 USD and an APPLE LAPTOP from the international balloting programs held in the UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which you were selected.
The BMW Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary claims department for more information as regards procedures to the claim of your prize.
Name: Mr. David Alexander
Email: scamming_since_1998@gmail.com
Contact him by providing him with your secret pin code Number BMW:5653480403/09. You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible:
Mrs. Cheryl Reynolds.
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Yes, I literally opened my spam folder and copied random message, while changing only e-mail address
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hahahaha - classic!
although it seems quite legit
except for the mail name ... xD
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I actually got one of those emails a little while ago. Hilarious! Didn't know they still existed.
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Are you implying that that stranger is not gonna give me half of his millions of inheritance for the cheap amount of 9999.99€ ?
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Add text to your profile picture to say you have an impersonator and resync. Contact the person who gave you the negative rep and ask them to remove it after explaining.
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I left a giant message on my trade page and even changed my profile pic to see if it will help. But idk for how long. As for contacting them none allow comment on their profile except one, so I left them -rep in hopes they will read the message. I doubt they would add me on steam now after getting scammed by the faker.
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Add text to the pic. Also remove the negative rep you gave to the people who fell for the scam or you will be banned for misuse of trade feedback.
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Potential victims won't look for your trade page. They will just visit your sg profile. Editing the avatar is the best thing.
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What makes you think adding "I have an impersonator" helps? Clearly people can't be bothered to check people's profiles when the dude impersonating OP doesn't have the same profile layout anyways. The only warning this gives to people are users who already know to verify profile.
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They are only checking the SG profile, not clicking back to the Steam profile via SG like they should. Having a pic with text on SG about an impersonator is quite likely to be seen.
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Most people don't know to check those things or are really too stupid too. If they knew to check OP's page they would see the difference in the scammer's profile whether or not he warned people. Different levels, layout, games, badges.
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Report the copycat on SteamRep as suggested by a previous comment;
help spreading word about the Enhanced Steam browser extension, as it adds a wealth of useful data to Steam profiles, including an eye-catching red warning on those confirmed as scammers by SteamRep and their partners
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If you don't know what to look for in a trade, then that can happen to them. It's bad for them, but you can't change that. If i wouldn't have been quite some time before my first trade, who knows if i would have fallen for something like that, too :)
You should add text dirctly to your avatar warning them about the scammer and to double check if it's you, only thing you can do about it. These kind of a*seholes come too fast to save the first newbie victims, but at least that could save some of the later ones.
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Probably not. You still need to sync with SG https://www.steamgifts.com/account/profile/sync
Also, link the last two people to this thread. They might learn something.
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I managed to prove it to him using a screenshot of an order receipt and he's helping me clear my name now. Hopefully the other two will notice as well. I added text like you said. I wish steam would just ban these people. Steamrep says hes even scammed before.
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I don't think there is proof that you don't have multiple accounts, but at least he could now see if he's trading with you or not.
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If Valve actually machine banned all these impersonators/scammers from community access, which they could very easily do, then the problem would come to a screeching halt very quickly. But then that might shrink their user base & profit margins, so nothing gets done.
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Thats how you know you've reached the big time. Congrats!
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Unfortunately there is no real way to help this, as people will always fall for "anything" ... got negative feedback 1 time myself like that, remaining calm and friendly while explaining the victim that it wasn't you, to get your feedback undone, is probably the best course of action. Reporting the scammer on steam if you're able to find him is arduous and leads usually to nothing unless its been done by a 100 or whatever number required by steam, for them to take action.
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Best way is to have a custom URL link to your Steam profile. For instance, mine ends as /steamyprofile/. Also, buy a rare wallpaper or advertise specific hours played for your games. Finally, mention your list of past Steam usernames. The scammer will never have an exact copy of usernames like yours.
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Report the impersonator and block whole communication with him. To prevent troll attempts change visibility of your all content (screenshots, reviews etc.) for friends only. Be aware also that you unsubscirbed from disccusions threads, because of
bug attached below which occured to me everyday for past 6 months.
If he invites you to the group from alt account to send the message, just decline the invite and block that account too. Also it might be helpful to block all his friends, just because some of them might be his other alt accounts, which he used as mule accounts - where he store/farm cards/trade items further.
Also notifying the community might be useful by pasting his steamid on your profile and no I don't write about custom url, but steamid. If suspect changes the url and you click the link, you will get an error.
Hope it helps.
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...and I've never had one before. Whats the best way to deal with these? I reported them on steam and left a warning on my trade page but I woke up to find -rep on my profile. Is there any way to contact support to get those removed? What other precautionary steps should I take?
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