heads up, another scam making the rounds

yeah i know, but i think it's just a new iteration of a classic scam. it's a bot running a script, so thankfully the message they send is always the same. just wanted to get it some exposure so people will immediately know it's a scam without any doubts.

i guess since it's one of the most popular games on steam it has a higher success rate.

the worst part about this is that the person keeps messaging stupid shit like "bruh?" and "u there?" like every 30 minutes. it's a relentless bot lol. i didn't really wanna block the dude but i had to.

i don't play the game myself, but I know CS:GO skins are one of the most frequent traded items on steam community market, and some skins can be worth thousands of dollars. So I think the game is often targeted by scammers because how valueable those skins could be.

Guess they are counting on eager teenagers who play the game to just click on anything without thinking?

That type of message is the same as the only thing I ever get as the start of a scam attempt. That's a very typical lead into scam attempt. In my case I get comments on screenshots like that, the scammer wants to start a dialogue with you. After that I assume they just try and give you some kind of run around and sucker you into something.

Look at the profiles of these scammers derp CSGO player, private, low level, very few games or some combination of those things.

Yeah, I saw in a Discord server that people were reporting this too, a stranger will ask you to add them so they can "tell you something really important" and they will tell you that they "accidentally reported your account and are very sorry" and that the only way to remove the ban is to talk to a "steam mod" through Discord (lol) so they can appeal your ban or your account will be lost forever or something.

Every time I've got that message (always in a random screenshot) I've ignored them, and every single time the offending user has been banned shortly afterwards (the very same day) at which point I just delete their comment, so I'd say that's indeed related...

i get those very often on random screenshots i've uploaded. it's just a setup for another type of scam. i just delete the comment and block the user.

our "steamguard" down, heh XD