... Steam flagged account

[frappawccino]

This account has been flagged as suspicious for violation of the Terms of Service Agreement by Steam Support. Trading on the following account will be permanently disabled in 24 hours. We have allowed you to send the valuables skins to a friend or a storage account. Why is this coming up so randomly? I've never scammed someone and my most recent trades have been gifts to friends. So why has this pop up now and what should i do?

[frappawccino]

I've contacted them about the situation and why i was flagged for suspicious activity or violation.

[Grogwind]

It’s a scam!

Do not trade your items!

[frappawccino]

Wdym?

[Cathulhu]

Do not trade anything. Your account is compromised.

1. Generate new backup codes if you use the Steam Mobile Authenticator.
2. Change your passwords.
3. De-authorize all devices.
4. Revoke your Steam web API key.
5. Stop entering your login credentials on fake websites.
6. Scan for malware on your computer.

[Grogwind]

Follow this users advice listed below:

Originally posted by Daddy Kim Kong-un:

YOU ARE NOT BANNED

DO NOT TRADE YOUR ITEMS!

Your account was compromised.

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

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by 76561198811487245:

This account has been flagged as suspicious for violation of the Terms of Service Agreement by Steam Support. Trading on the following account will be permanently disabled in 24 hours. We have allowed you to send the valuables skins to a friend or a storage account. Why is this coming up so randomly? I've never scammed someone and my most recent trades have been gifts to friends. So why has this pop up now and what should i do?

Ask yourself the following question: Why should an official warning appear in the form of user-customizable profile text and not in the form of an actual warning message? Next, if your account is indeed guilty of, well, something, why should you get a 24h period to save your virtual items?

[Bridge]

but if he will change password and something like that,he will get a trade hold and if is it a real trade ban?:)stupid advices

[Gilga ™ |Yonaguni|]

Originally posted by Bridge:

but if he will change password and something like that,he will get a trade hold and if is it a real trade ban?:)stupid advices

Yeah its a good idea to keep the account compromised

[frappawccino]

So whats the advice here?

[Grogwind]

Originally posted by Bridge:

but if he will change password and something like that,he will get a trade hold and if is it a real trade ban?:)stupid advices

Valve doesn’t warn users that there going to ban an account. They will just ban it.

[Cathulhu]

Originally posted by Bridge:

but if he will change password and something like that,he will get a trade hold and if is it a real trade ban?:)stupid advices

Sure, go trade and get your items redirected by a bot to another account losing everything. Surely that's more acceptable than a trade hold in your eyes.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by ßad†:

So whats the advice here?

>>>>>

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Do not trade anything. Your account is compromised.

1. Generate new backup codes if you use the Steam Mobile Authenticator.
2. Change your passwords.
3. De-authorize all devices.
4. Revoke your Steam web API key.
5. Stop entering your login credentials on fake websites.
6. Scan for malware on your computer.

>>>>>

Originally posted by Bridge:

but if he will change password and something like that,he will get a trade hold and if is it a real trade ban?:)stupid advices

Please, just stop posting if you dont know what you are talking about. You are not helping.

[frappawccino]

Nah, i decided to change my password and deauthorize all devices. I was able to remove the summary thanks to that and im guessing it was a scam. I don't really care about a trade hold, i'm not that impatient. Losing money cause you aren't patient is not worth it.

[Grogwind]

Originally posted by ßad†:

So whats the advice here?

Follow the advice I listed above.

If you don’t do that and choose to trade your items you will end up trading them to a bot account that will hijack the trade.

It will cancel your original trade and send a counter trade from an account made to look exactly like the account you were trying to send your items to.

[Cathulhu]

Originally posted by ßad†:

Nah, i decided to change my password and deauthorize all devices. I was able to remove the summary thanks to that and im guessing it was a scam. I don't really care about a trade hold, i'm not that impatient. Losing money cause you aren't patient is not worth it.

Do everything and don't skip a step, unless you want to keep your account compromised.