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The Politest of Cats Jan 6, 2020 @ 12:04am
Trade Scam
So, recently i sent a trade to my friend, my whole CS inv, and a trade bot seems to have redirected the trade and has taken the items. I really hoped that it would only be that trade, but it seems that trade bots keep snatching items from my trades with other friends. Can this be stopped?
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reg1s7 Jan 6, 2020 @ 12:12am 
Your account is hijacked. Do not confirm any trade! You must do account recovery step first.
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Seretti Jan 6, 2020 @ 12:15am 
Follow all the steps below:

Originally posted by Zekiran:
Scan for malware. https://www.malwarebytes.com/

Deauthorize all devices https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

Change your password on a secure device.

Generate new back up codes. https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

Revoke the api key https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey
** If there is nothing in the API key area, that’s fine. If there IS something, remove it. Nothing should be there.**

No items that have been traded away during this time will be returned to you.
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J4MESOX4D Jan 6, 2020 @ 12:50am 
4 scam sites in name history including 3 phishing ones that were likely responsible for this. Do the following steps in order and stop using such sites. Your credentials were captured, login-botted and your API key jacked which means you lose control of your trades upon confirmation.
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The Politest of Cats Jan 7, 2020 @ 1:14pm 
Originally posted by Seretti:
Follow all the steps below:

Originally posted by Zekiran:
Scan for malware. https://www.malwarebytes.com/

Deauthorize all devices https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

Change your password on a secure device.

Generate new back up codes. https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

Revoke the api key https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey
** If there is nothing in the API key area, that’s fine. If there IS something, remove it. Nothing should be there.**

No items that have been traded away during this time will be returned to you.

So, it says that it'll stop some apps from working. Will they ever get to function again?
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Yasahi Jan 7, 2020 @ 1:31pm 
Originally posted by The Politest of Cats:
So, it says that it'll stop some apps from working. Will they ever get to function again?

If you mean the API key, that's what was used to hijack your trade offers. Stop visiting those shady 3rd party skin sites or you'll just fall victim to them again.
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Zekiran Jan 7, 2020 @ 2:09pm 
Do you see how these are censored? That's because they're all scam sites.

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Officialmon125 Oct 18, 2022 @ 4:40am 
did you ever end up getting your stuff back or stopping the guy who scammed you?
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The Politest of Cats Oct 20, 2022 @ 11:53am 
Originally posted by Officialmon125:
did you ever end up getting your stuff back or stopping the guy who scammed you?

No, i never retrieved any of the items again, and it actually made me quit CS for 2 years. Now i bought my fav skin in a better condition and have been opening cases. I've since used the experience to learn how to be better at avoiding scammers
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