New scam? "hey bro? sorry to bother you..."

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Ghost_Ship_Supreme Jul 8, 2020 @ 11:10pm

New scam? "hey bro? sorry to bother you..."

So i just randomly got this message on a screenshot from a game i posted over 3 years ago... wtf? It's very fishy and baity... Is this yet another new and annoying scam? it follows as...

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗼? 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺? 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲.

A quick google search shows 2 other exact instances, seemingly being a copy-paste... Return of the annoying bots?

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rawWwRrr Jul 8, 2020 @ 11:27pm

it is very likely the start of the "accidentally reported you/your items" scam.

it's so important that they can't tell you without friending them. sounds suspicious to me.

Crazy Tiger Jul 8, 2020 @ 11:32pm

Nothing new, very likely a variant on the reported scam.

CookieClicker :) Jul 9, 2020 @ 12:15am

Yes, it is a scam.

These people will tell you that they "accidentally" reported you for having "duped" items (even though duped items haven't been a thing for a really long time) and that you need to add a "Valve Admin" in order to "verify your items".

Just block and report anyone who approaches you using this method.

Steve Jan 2, 2021 @ 1:17pm

I just had a comment like this on one of my screenshots aswel. Thank you for identifying this as a scam. I've been able to report that person

crunchyfrog Jan 2, 2021 @ 1:23pm

Well, you did absolutely the right thing.

First off you were suspicious and Googled the intriduction text. Then you asked here.

Bottom line, if it smells fishy assume it is. You lose nothing by ignoring them. If it's that important to you, then Valve will have already told you.

MinjiBears Jan 2, 2021 @ 1:59pm

annoying bots maybe doing a comeback?

Northside Coolguy Jan 2, 2021 @ 10:09pm

same thing happening to me right now. guy commented on my sceenshots claiming he has something very important to tell me. Its funny because I checked his profile earlier and his steam level was 0. Now when I check it his steam level is 30.

Question Jan 3, 2021 @ 12:07am

Yes, it’s suss; yes, there’s a 99.99% chance it’s a scam; and yes, you should just delete the comment, and then report and block the user.

If it becomes a consistent issue, you may want to consider changing your privacy settings.