Bitskin scam method

[AwkwardDingo]

Heads up to all new or even experienced traders. There's a common scam method involving people offering better than market value prices on your unusuals. However, they follow it up by saying they use bitskins and they plan on selling your items there. And so, they want you to prove your items can be sold. How is this accomplished? by giving all of your items to a bitskin trade bot. If anyone directs you to do this, it's a trick. Dont fall for it. Immediately report and block them.

and for those curious, if you go on bitskins and it has a price on it, it is sellable.

[Pakaku]

It's just another "middleman scam", and quite honestly one of the least creative methods by far. Really pathetic by scammer standards.

[TKOdarkshadow]

It's a relatively old scam by now.

[HeatGuy]

This is true. My son us3dhos account and logged into bitskins and somehow all his good stuff is gone now. I contacted bitskins and they said the account is compromised but my son uses steamguard and he didn't give them the password. He typed the URL into his browser, not a link. I'm confused as how it can be this easy to steal your stuff. Bitskins said that I need to reset my apis but IDK what that means. Isn't steam guard supposed to protect you from this sort of thing? I'm hella annoyed because I'm going back and forth with bitskins biu basically they said it's not their bot. Now I'm pleading with steam to get my son's stuff back.

[Danizk0]

Originally posted by HeatGuy:

Now I'm pleading with steam to get my son's stuff back.

Good luck lol

[Popdop007 / Trade.tf]

Someone just tried this scam on me a second ago. Told them they scam and they just instantly leave.

[AwkwardDingo]

Originally posted by Popdop007 / trade.tf:

Someone just tried this scam on me a second ago. Told them they scam and they just instantly leave.

always get their names first. bring them along for a ride and waste their time. it's fun

[NerfPlayeR135]

Originally posted by AwkwardPorg|BORDERLANDS3YES:

Originally posted by Popdop007 / trade.tf:

Someone just tried this scam on me a second ago. Told them they scam and they just instantly leave.

always get their names first. bring them along for a ride and waste their time. it's fun

Even better if you get them to click on a link to a screamer site or something like that.

[76561198054660710]

well i got scamed just now by it aswell

[CMO_000]

i just owned the scammer he was saing bitskins is 100% legit and other things and even send me a robot trade that i didnt even accept on bitskins that i want to get the offer so i was sure its a scameer

[IT'S A BIRDMAN]

Originally posted by Pakaku:

It's just another "middleman scam", and quite honestly one of the least creative methods by far. Really pathetic by scammer standards.

[Momo Ria]

What do I do if my items are in this bot, how do I get them back?

[IT'S A BIRDMAN]

Originally posted by Momo Ria | trade.tf:

What do I do if my items are in this bot, how do I get them back?

you cant

[Dzindra❤]

is it possible to get the skins back?

[SiEgE]

Originally posted by Dzindra:

is it possible to get the skins back?

With a chance of 99.99% - no. There is no way to get them back.
That 0.01% chance is to cry the hell out of the Bitskin administration, but that is only if you've lost at least a couple of thousands of dollars there. Yet still that wasn't their fault you gave your stuff away, so they are doing something that goes against their own rules.

[SuperSoulSandwich]

Some clown just attempted to pull this on, I believe I got the report in, thanks for the heads up man