Barashin September 23, 2013 Share Barashin Member September 23, 2013 (edited) So I attempted to sell one of my CSGO skins through the Market today. I received a friend request from this user - GuardiaN. Check out his attempt to take the skin from me under false pretenses (Screenshot Attached). In the Screenshot, you can see his Steam Community Profile, usernames, the conversation, and the purported "transaction." Barashin Edited September 23, 2013 by Barashin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barashin September 23, 2013 Author Share Barashin Member September 23, 2013 Here's another scam attempt from user - walle. Are accounts being stolen now? These accounts really look like legit. But the way these conversations sound, it seems like they've been hijacked. Walle has since changed his name to "azertyyyy" and defriended me. Hilarious... Both reported also. Let's see if Valve follows up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggs September 23, 2013 Share Biggs GC Alumni September 23, 2013 Ya I think I've had one or two of those as well for tf2 items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbullTeRRoR September 23, 2013 Share turnbullTeRRoR GC Alumni September 23, 2013 I've been getting random friend request from peeps I've never played with and have no common friends with me I denied them because I figured something like this was happening. 2 denials in the last 3 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat September 23, 2013 Share walkingCat Member September 23, 2013 I never accept friend request, unless I know this person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan September 23, 2013 Share JackieChan GC Alumni September 23, 2013 I never accept friend request, unless I know this person. Same...unless they're from the L4D2 server. I always check for friends/groups in common, otherwise I just ignore the request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakgyrl510 September 23, 2013 Share oakgyrl510 Member September 23, 2013 My inventory is on private. I don't have these problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDude September 23, 2013 Share TheDude Member September 23, 2013 Been getting the same thing for Dota 2, apparently i have a dagger worth 13 dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPG1770 September 23, 2013 Share MPG1770 GC Server Admin September 23, 2013 I got no crap, gave it all away. This is why I hate shopping, scammers everywhere. Some new guy I added recently, bombarded me with messages asking for $90 s0 he could buy new games and get more trades. He didn't last long on my friends list. If I do get anymore garbage in future to trade, 1st come 1st served, or I'll trade for a time machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX September 23, 2013 Share NOFX Member September 23, 2013 Reminds me of the time when I bought my CS:Source key off ebay. For some reason or another, I had to give him my password and let him log into my steam account to activate it. I gave him my account info, he informed me it was activated and I played source for many years afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat September 23, 2013 Share walkingCat Member September 23, 2013 Reminds me of the time when I bought my CS:Source key off ebay. For some reason or another, I had to give him my password and let him log into my steam account to activate it. I gave him my account info, he informed me it was activated and I played source for many years afterwards.I think, there is more to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuma September 23, 2013 Share Kuma Member September 23, 2013 I think those can be alt but most likely they are stolen/hijacked accounts. The previous owners had to clicked on some pshing links (entering email, password,...etc etc) and their account got stolen. Usually those hijackers try to massively trade, scam other people on behalf's of other persons name, before steam even lock the account down. So, be extremely careful on links. Usually they have improper grammar or number instead of letter, like www.comunnity, www.comunity or even www.c0mmunity (zero instead of o). Also, this new feature of trading (offer a trade) is more likely for friends, I would still recommend the usual, steam trading that is! If you trade anything valuable, always check for steamrep, get his steam id, make screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbullTeRRoR September 23, 2013 Share turnbullTeRRoR GC Alumni September 23, 2013 I think those can be alt but most likely they are stolen/hijacked accounts. The previous owners had to clicked on some pshing links (entering email, password,...etc etc) and their account got stolen. Usually those hijackers try to massively trade, scam other people on behalf's of other persons name, before steam even lock the account down. So, be extremely careful on links. Usually they have improper grammar or number instead of letter, like www.comunnity, www.comunity or even www.c0mmunity (zero instead of o). Also, this new feature of trading (offer a trade) is more likely for friends, I would still recommend the usual, steam trading that is! If you trade anything valuable, always check for steamrep, get his steam id, make screens. I knew I shouldn't have trusted Barashin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaRvIn September 23, 2013 Share MaRvIn Member September 23, 2013 People need to find better things to do with their time......I mean hell the prince of africa keeps trying to get me to take a trip down there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbullTeRRoR September 23, 2013 Share turnbullTeRRoR GC Alumni September 23, 2013 My co worker has won the European lottery about 200 times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat September 24, 2013 Share walkingCat Member September 24, 2013 Alright, guys. I think, I got lucky. I've gotten a steam message from a wife of Myammar Gaddafi to help her out to transfer all her weapon skins worth of $1000. Her representative requested my steam login and password to verify eligibility of my account with VALVe. So silly of them. I'll just keep all weapon skin for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX September 24, 2013 Share NOFX Member September 24, 2013 Reminds me of the time when I bought my CS:Source key off ebay. For some reason or another, I had to give him my password and let him log into my steam account to activate it. I gave him my account info, he informed me it was activated and I played source for many years afterwards.I think, there is more to tell. Nope.. I bought the key. I gave some random person my username and password. He activated it, I changed my password and played CS:Source happily ever after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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