My Account Was Reported By Mistake

[Kalelcgamin]

I got a dm from this random person I didnt know saying is this your account showing my account I sayed yes and then they said ohh cz I accendently reported you they told me because someone scammed them off the market and they had the same profile icon as me so they mistakened me for them. The person who scammed them had changed their username and icon pic so it resulted in me :(

[( ( < < <🤖> > > ) )]

its a scam... report that person block that person...

hang loose...

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Report and block anyone who says they reported you by mistake, both on Steam and Discord and anywhere else.
Valve will put a very important message on your screen from steam itself that no ordinary user could possibly do. If you don't have that then you're being scammed.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

There's no such thing as a false report that you need to take steps to solve. This is a scam.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6639-EB3C-EC79-FF60

[potato]

i wish discord would stop existing

[Chika Ogiue]

Publicado originalmente por kalelcgaming:

I got a dm from this random person

It's a scam. Do not listen to anything they tell you. Do NOT send them money.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Publicado originalmente por potato:

i wish discord would stop existing

That right there should tell you it's a scam, Valve does not contact anyone through Discord.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Publicado originalmente por potato:

i wish discord would stop existing

You can get scam sms, or even letters.
Should all that feature not exist?

[potato]

Publicado originalmente por Muppet among Puppets:

Publicado originalmente por potato:

i wish discord would stop existing

You can get scam sms, or even letters.
Should all that feature not exist?

before discord there weren't nearly as many scam threads

[Muppet among Puppets]

Publicado originalmente por potato:

Publicado originalmente por Muppet among Puppets:

You can get scam sms, or even letters.
Should all that feature not exist?

before discord there weren't nearly as many scam threads

The only difference i see is that there are more topics that contain discord. It could be anything else that allows scammers to talk to you instead of leaving traces for example in steam chat.

Also time has passed, so its expected that more bad people try their deed.

At most the account connection at discord could be seen as a cause. There the scammers not only have a place to talk but also to find steam people they look for, by checking their account that was linked.

[BJWyler]

Publicado originalmente por kalelcgaming:

I got a dm from this random person I didnt know saying is this your account showing my account I sayed yes and then they said ohh cz I accendently reported you they told me because someone scammed them off the market and they had the same profile icon as me so they mistakened me for them. The person who scammed them had changed their username and icon pic so it resulted in me :(

Hey, OP. Why don't you take 10 seconds to Google "I accidentally reported your Steam Account" and get back to me with the results.

[Kiryn]

Publicado originalmente por kalelcgaming:

I got a dm from this random person

"I got a phone call from this random person saying my car warranty was expired / my iPhone I never ordered was being held for shipping / 'Hey Grandpa'. . ."

Yeah, those are all scams.

[NakiBest]

Obvious mindless scam no one should fall to. :)

(Does not matter if scam is on Discord, Whatsapp, Viber, MS Skype, MS Teams, FB Messenger, Signal, Telegram, Google Chat, Apple iMessage or any other messenger or even mobile phone SMS - different scammers will use different favorite chat/IM clients but the actual scams are quite similar or the same. :) )