"I accidentally reported you" scam

[TheGeneral550]

So, you all know about the scam where someone tells you that they accidentally reported you and then you have to talk to a (fake) steam admin? Well that almost happened to me but i dodged a bullet at the last second. The thing i don't get is why isn't that person banned from steam? I reported all of the profiles involved in that but they are still there when i go to their profile ID.

[Kargor]

They are most likely dealing with it.

You are actually demonstrating why the scam works: you are expecting your report to have an immediate effect. That's not how support should work; they need to look at things before taking action.

Also, keep in mind that those accounts are most likely hijacked. For that reason alone they won't be removed.

[TheGeneral550]

Alright

[Kërpudha]

This happened to me my account got hijacked and i almost lost my account if i didnt reported it, The guy's og name was E L M N O or something like that but he or she changed it to Happy Hunter so idk if that was a hijacked account but yeah be careful

[Cybershadow 2030]

My suggestion to Valve is this. Being that things like this are happening more and I, like many others, browse steam everyday. Why not put a small news section on the store page I can click so I can become aware of issues like this?

[Your Mom's Oshi]

So you want stolen accounts to be banned? I bet the owners would like to recover them. Also if you stop using fake trading sites you will see less scammers.

[Cybershadow 2030]

I reread what everyone has said, and I don't read it as anyone advocating that. I just want a news article saying, beware of that scam and nothing else. I had to come here to find out after browsing this section for an hour. I only browse this section once a month. So a simple 2 or 3 page news article telling me what's going on is all that I want. I agree with the notion that Valve has to be careful actually. That they should NOT be banning people without extensive investigation because these accounts are often highjacked by the sound of things. So either you misread what I saying or I didn't communicate what I meant well enough. I am definitely NOT saying they should be banned.

[The Dogfather]

Lol who the hell falls for this crap?

[76561198835650060]

Originally posted by general550 | trade.tf:

So, you all know about the scam where someone tells you that they accidentally reported you and then you have to talk to a (fake) steam admin? Well that almost happened to me but i dodged a bullet at the last second. The thing i don't get is why isn't that person banned from steam? I reported all of the profiles involved in that but they are still there when i go to their profile ID.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by D҉a҉m҉a҉g҉e҉d҉:

some copypasta

There is still no achievement in steam for spamming the forum. Try READING that achievement's requirements please.

[Exorbitant Mango]

I have a bunch of screenshots of convos and downloaded the videos they sent me lol

[76561198887146265]

Also, keep in mind that those accounts are most likely hijacked. For that reason alone they won't be removed.

Another words, why they are still around doing as they please. It's against the law,
but unless you actually know how to Track Internet Hackers & thief's, not much you
can do right now.

[CYCO]

this just happend to me about 20 mins ago!! the first thing i did was tried to voice chat and they wouldn't answer!! first clue second clue was how they were speaking in there texted you like " you go bro talk to admin " what i did was copy our whole conversation with the url link to the profile and sent it to steam support help and then just to be safe i unfriended and blocked all communication! hopefully that works/helps idk! when or if i hear back from steam i will return with the outcome! cyco

[Rextimina]

just got a person who is trying to do this scam to me, but I've never done trading through a shady site, so they just said they reported me cause they bought something illegal, im just sitting here looking at this and wondering how they think Id fall for this.

[Xaelath]

Originally posted by Rextimina:

just got a person who is trying to do this scam to me, but I've never done trading through a shady site, so they just said they reported me cause they bought something illegal, im just sitting here looking at this and wondering how they think Id fall for this.

Some people aren't well informed of how scam work in internet.

It's the similar people who probably got scammed game as well because they don't ask any other player about suspicious site, or deals to good to be true.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by sυiɔidal ɔγɔo:

this just happend to me about 20 mins ago!! the first thing i did was tried to voice chat and they wouldn't answer!! first clue second clue was how they were speaking in there texted you like " you go bro talk to admin " what i did was copy our whole conversation with the url link to the profile and sent it to steam support help and then just to be safe i unfriended and blocked all communication! hopefully that works/helps idk! when or if i hear back from steam i will return with the outcome! cyco

You won't hear anything other than "a profile you reported" thanks, if they do something and you're among the first to report that profile.

You did the right things at least after you bothered to try talking to them lol.