Chinese people adding me but I don’t know how they got my profile

[Star9z]

I’ve been having Chinese people adding me. It is about 10 a day and I aren’t in any groups so how are they getting my profile? I’ve logged into third party sites but since changes all of my information, literally all of it, so how can they still find me?

[PocketYoda]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Yessss:

I’ve been having Chinese people adding me. It is about 10 a day and I aren’t in any groups so how are they getting my profile? I’ve logged into third party sites but since changes all of my information, literally all of it, so how can they still find me?

This is why you block your profile.

[crunchyfrog]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย DanteYoda:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Yessss:

I’ve been having Chinese people adding me. It is about 10 a day and I aren’t in any groups so how are they getting my profile? I’ve logged into third party sites but since changes all of my information, literally all of it, so how can they still find me?

This is why you block your profile.

Well yes and no.,

it rather depends how and what you do online.

For example, I have always kept my account open and public. Do you know how many such messages i get, despite being active on these forums and in certain games?

Virtually zero.

So it can entirely depend on what you do and where you play. If you end up playing a popular free to play games where there's a considerable economy for items, you're likely to pick them up. BUt you can also mitigate those messages by adjusting when you play too.

Back when I used to play Team Fortress 2, I would still not get anything much in the way of such messages simply because I played in the evenings and night.

[Kargor]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย crunchyfrog:

For example, I have always kept my account open and public. Do you know how many such messages i get, despite being active on these forums and in certain games?

Virtually zero.

So it can entirely depend on what you do and where you play.

And what, in particular. When I saw the opening post, I looked at the account -- and guess what, he was playing Counterstrike... that's inviting scammers of all sorts.

Account hijacks, scammers... there's always Counterstrike involved. It just has the kind of playerbase to attract scammers.

[PocketYoda]

Also stay away from Valve games that use the market for trading, if you have nothing to trade they have less reason to steal your account.

[Axø]

Set your profile privacy "only to friends" it will private your account and only your friends/contacts will see it. set up your inventory to private so none knows what you have, set up your friends list to private too incase one of your "friends" get the account hijacked the scammer don't target all your contacts.

This turn off the majority of scammers begging to add them as friends, random spam or unsolicited requests, etc. But has it's cons one of them: kiddos on online games will call you "hacker/cheater" for have your profile set to private/only friends

[Magma Dragoon]

Add the Tiananmen copypasta to your profile, the bot farm will get raided

[crunchyfrog]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Magma Dragoon:

Add the Tiananmen copypasta to your profile, the bot farm will get raided

Lol, this IS actually a valid approach. A bit silly but it DOES work.

OP, remember this. Any Chinese people that actually live in China do not contact you, as it's ILLEGAL to go outside of the great firewall. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen (it does) but it means the only people who are contacting you who are LIVING in China, must therefore be breaking the law willingly, or are CCP members or their family and get a bit of leeway in doing so.

So, post some pictures of Xi JinPing as Winnie the Pooh, some liberal Tiannemen Square or pro Taiwan stuff and it's a bit like having a vaccine.

Papa wumao-mao
Papa wumao-mao-mao.

[zaphodikus]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย SneakyPeeky:

No I don’t talk in discussions. Ever since I bought a knife on CSGO I’ve been having this problem

that's your answer

[SMIFFY]

*Checks profile, sees CSGO*

Not surprised in the slightest.

Why can't CSGO just play the game and stick to Steam? Why must they feel compelled to give 3rd party scam sites all their information?

[zaphodikus]

+1 this ^^
I despair of the human race, I suspect it's the way we feel pressured to belong to a club or clan. And I'd love to see more support for people with addictions; from game publishers. For example I have addictions to certain kinds of games, games in my Steam catalogue that I cannot install for fear they will suck my life up to the point I will play all night, and either annoy the Missus terribly for being antisocial and skipping chores , or fall asleep at work. so, I just don't play those games.

Publishers need to put up health as well as social warnings, there are so many things wrong with the internet, and would love to support folk stuck on the grind. It's not the real world, there is life outside of CSGO. Having the game in your catalog makes you a target, I've just plain reported people for spamming when they friend me just to get any stuff from me.