My main account got banned due to a "pending ban"

[NotGIGN the Second]

So this guy, Itamer befriended me and said that he "accidentally" reported me for something, he then sent me an account that was "The real deal". So I talked with this "Steam Moderator" for a bit and said there was a pending ban on my account, I didn't have time to see his account if he had the Steam Employee badge to see if he was real or not. Then after we talked he sent me his discord, banned my account and we talked on discord, then he said my account was gonna get deleted, but here is the strange part, he knew what my credit card number was, at least the 4 digit one. He then wanted to see Valid proof so that my account could get unbanned, the way to get proof was for him to see my billing receipt, of course, it was a bit sketchy that he sent me to the Mannco store, and♥♥♥♥♥websites to buy a steam gift card.

Not sure if this guy is actually a real employee but I couldn't get onto my account any more, tried everything to get it back, tried to change the password, but I couldn't.

This was the guy who befriended me and said he "Accidentally reported" me (i think a ticket?):
<EDIT : Link to community banned account>
And the guy who I talked to, can't really remember his name but it starts with a Ms. (forgot the name) V A L V E

Would appreciate the help.

[NotGIGN the Second]

Could be he was a Volunteer Moderator.

[Theblaze]

No, and the fact his account is community banned already speaks for itself.

There is no such thing as "pending bans" or "duplicated items".

[NotGIGN the Second]

Alright I get it, but I still can't log into my main account.

[Theblaze]

Use the recover feature.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithLogin

[Count_Dandyman]

A ban wouldn't stop you logging in odds are he has used the access you already gave to your account to change the password on it

[NotGIGN the Second]

The thing is, the password isnt changed, when i type in my email to change the password, the account is gone, may of have gotten deleted, not sure, but it may of have gotten banned, not sure again.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198282108255

[Count_Dandyman]

NotGIGN the Second님이 먼저 게시:

The thing is, the password isnt changed, when i type in my email to change the password, the account is gone, may of have gotten deleted, not sure, but it may of have gotten banned, not sure again.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198282108255

They can also change the e-mail address deleting an account takes 30 days and a lot of proof of ownership. go through the account recovery system using the account name that cannot have been changed.

[NotGIGN the Second]

Count_Dandyman님이 먼저 게시:

NotGIGN the Second님이 먼저 게시:

The thing is, the password isnt changed, when i type in my email to change the password, the account is gone, may of have gotten deleted, not sure, but it may of have gotten banned, not sure again.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198282108255

They can also change the e-mail address deleting an account takes 30 days and a lot of proof of ownership. go through the account recovery system using the account name that cannot have been changed.

Thanks, man. Hopefully, this helps me.

[Washell]

NotGIGN the Second님이 먼저 게시:

I didn't have time to see his account if he had the Steam Employee badge to see if he was real or not.

If you're talking to someone "official" and they don't give you any time, than you're being scammed. Whether it's on steam, somewhere else, or the real world.

[NotGIGN the Second]

Washell님이 먼저 게시:

NotGIGN the Second님이 먼저 게시:

I didn't have time to see his account if he had the Steam Employee badge to see if he was real or not.

If you're talking to someone "official" and they don't give you any time, than you're being scammed. Whether it's on steam, somewhere else, or the real world.

I see, thanks for more information.

appreciate the help.

[Mikasa Ackerman]

Washell님이 먼저 게시:

NotGIGN the Second님이 먼저 게시:

I didn't have time to see his account if he had the Steam Employee badge to see if he was real or not.

If you're talking to someone "official" and they don't give you any time, than you're being scammed. Whether it's on steam, somewhere else, or the real world.

as a former moderator i can confirm
i was a moderator on a minecraft server for a long time , and the only times we gave someoen a time to do something was if we caught someone griefing a bit ( breaking into a house by breaking 2 blocks , then you would normally first pm them to repair it and if he does so and apologizes , its usually fine with a small note on the staff forum that he broke into a house but fixed the damage
but if it happened again , it would be a ban


but for any other offense , there was no "you have X minutes or else you get banned, sometimes we waited to see how far someone would go with begging but at that point it was already decided in the ingame staff only chat that he gets banned , and at most one moderator asked him if he ignored the server rules or something

one example is "dont ask to become a moderator , and dont annoy staff about it" and then we had users come in first time , ask "is the owner online" and 9/ 10 times that resulted in a ban , however , the question in its own wasnt banable , if i was the only staff member on right now i asked "no , hes not , what do you need? " and even if someone would go "i dont talk with you i only want to talk with the owner , i generally said , okay ,you can wait and see if he happens to come online later" unless someone started cursing , or griefing i didnt ban them , moderators rarely ban you on a minor thing ,and especially not give you a time limit for you to do stuff

the only time a moderator might give you time , is if they could ban you but want to give you a 2nd chance , on steam however ,theres no reason for a moderator to do that , the rules are self explanatory , you agree to them when making the account , and while doing things on the forum you shouldnt do isnt as bad as cheating , you still get increasingly bigger timeouts , for cheating i think its good to not allow it at all

[Fancyslimshady]

Rikka Takanashi님이 먼저 게시:

Washell님이 먼저 게시:

If you're talking to someone "official" and they don't give you any time, than you're being scammed. Whether it's on steam, somewhere else, or the real world.

as a former moderator i can confirm
i was a moderator on a minecraft server for a long time , and the only times we gave someoen a time to do something was if we caught someone griefing a bit ( breaking into a house by breaking 2 blocks , then you would normally first pm them to repair it and if he does so and apologizes , its usually fine with a small note on the staff forum that he broke into a house but fixed the damage
but if it happened again , it would be a ban


but for any other offense , there was no "you have X minutes or else you get banned, sometimes we waited to see how far someone would go with begging but at that point it was already decided in the ingame staff only chat that he gets banned , and at most one moderator asked him if he ignored the server rules or something

one example is "dont ask to become a moderator , and dont annoy staff about it" and then we had users come in first time , ask "is the owner online" and 9/ 10 times that resulted in a ban , however , the question in its own wasnt banable , if i was the only staff member on right now i asked "no , hes not , what do you need? " and even if someone would go "i dont talk with you i only want to talk with the owner , i generally said , okay ,you can wait and see if he happens to come online later" unless someone started cursing , or griefing i didnt ban them , moderators rarely ban you on a minor thing ,and especially not give you a time limit for you to do stuff

the only time a moderator might give you time , is if they could ban you but want to give you a 2nd chance , on steam however ,theres no reason for a moderator to do that , the rules are self explanatory , you agree to them when making the account , and while doing things on the forum you shouldnt do isnt as bad as cheating , you still get increasingly bigger timeouts , for cheating i think its good to not allow it at all

Omg loooool a minecraft moderator ...

[BossGalaga]

Just to reiterate what has already been pointed out:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1523781462

[Mikasa Ackerman]

Fancyslimshady님이 먼저 게시:

Rikka Takanashi님이 먼저 게시:

as a former moderator i can confirm
i was a moderator on a minecraft server for a long time , and the only times we gave someoen a time to do something was if we caught someone griefing a bit ( breaking into a house by breaking 2 blocks , then you would normally first pm them to repair it and if he does so and apologizes , its usually fine with a small note on the staff forum that he broke into a house but fixed the damage
but if it happened again , it would be a ban


but for any other offense , there was no "you have X minutes or else you get banned, sometimes we waited to see how far someone would go with begging but at that point it was already decided in the ingame staff only chat that he gets banned , and at most one moderator asked him if he ignored the server rules or something

one example is "dont ask to become a moderator , and dont annoy staff about it" and then we had users come in first time , ask "is the owner online" and 9/ 10 times that resulted in a ban , however , the question in its own wasnt banable , if i was the only staff member on right now i asked "no , hes not , what do you need? " and even if someone would go "i dont talk with you i only want to talk with the owner , i generally said , okay ,you can wait and see if he happens to come online later" unless someone started cursing , or griefing i didnt ban them , moderators rarely ban you on a minor thing ,and especially not give you a time limit for you to do stuff

the only time a moderator might give you time , is if they could ban you but want to give you a 2nd chance , on steam however ,theres no reason for a moderator to do that , the rules are self explanatory , you agree to them when making the account , and while doing things on the forum you shouldnt do isnt as bad as cheating , you still get increasingly bigger timeouts , for cheating i think its good to not allow it at all

Omg loooool a minecraft moderator ...

minecraft or other games, it still stays mostly the same across games , enforcing rules is the same in a steam forum and a minecraft server , and in both the moderator needs to be able to stay calm even when someone is acting rude , the only difference is that the minecraft server had 50 player slots while steam is quite a bit bigger