Why scam bots are adding me?

[hello_friend]

I literally have nothing on this account, not selling or buying anything either, yet even here those bots sending invites.

[TGC> The Games Collector]

You have counterstrike and team fortress.
Maybe they're trying to steal your hats. lol

I dunno. it's not like they specifically target people, they just randomly spam everyone until someone will bite.

[Tito Shivan]

Scammers, like spammers don't choose their targets.

They cast a vast net at a large segment of people and hope for someone to take the bait.

They're not adding you specifically. They're adding everyone.

[HikariLight]

Unless it is someone you know, just ignore/block the invite.

[Kargor]

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

They're not adding you specifically. They're adding everyone.

Not me, for some reason. I haven't had an invite in ages.

So yeah, I'm guessing that playing Valve games might be a condition to be counted as a potential victim.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by Kargor:

Not me, for some reason. I haven't had an invite in ages.

There's certain factors that put you in higher risk. Like having a public inventory, belonging to large trading/giveaway groups or actively playing games dropping items.

Still is the same as scammers don't target you specifically. They target whole groups you happen to be a part of.

[Dura_Ace]

Originally posted by TGC> The Games Collector:

You have counterstrike and team fortress.
Maybe they're trying to steal your hats. lol

I dunno. it's not like they specifically target people, they just randomly spam everyone until someone will bite.

Make phone calls asking for a Mr Mike Hunt till one answers. This is how most scams work. They try until they find one who answers the phone.

Dont answer the phone and you wont have problems.

[Dura_Ace]

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

Originally posted by Kargor:

Not me, for some reason. I haven't had an invite in ages.

There's certain factors that put you in higher risk. Like having a public inventory, belonging to large trading/giveaway groups or actively playing games dropping items.

Still is the same as scammers don't target you specifically. They target whole groups you happen to be a part of.

Beingf scammed before also puts a BIG bullseye on your forehead as that nfo is traded.

[Ben Lubar]

Originally posted by Dura_Ace:

Originally posted by TGC> The Games Collector:

You have counterstrike and team fortress.
Maybe they're trying to steal your hats. lol

I dunno. it's not like they specifically target people, they just randomly spam everyone until someone will bite.

Make phone calls asking for a Mr Mike Hunt till one answers. This is how most scams work. They try until they find one who answers the phone.

Dont answer the phone and you wont have problems.

Sorry, there's no Michael Hunt here. Do you want to talk to Hugh Janus?

[=Snappy=]

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

Scammers, like spammers don't choose their targets.

They cast a vast net at a large segment of people and hope for someone to take the bait.

They're not adding you specifically. They're adding everyone.

Yeah, no.

It's targeted.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by hello_friend:

I literally have nothing on this account, not selling or buying anything either, yet even here those bots sending invites.

Could simply be the group you are in - scammers can mass bot invites and using group API listings is an easy way to target thousands of users in one swoop. If only 1 in 10,000 users is worth targeting and complaint, it's an easy job done.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by =Snappy=:

Yeah, no.

It's targeted.

The bots sending invites? No they aren't. They're the same that clogged people's notifications with hundreds and hundreds of requests until Valve put limits.

They're sending invites to everyone they can.

[Taebrythn]

Originally posted by Dura_Ace:

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

There's certain factors that put you in higher risk. Like having a public inventory, belonging to large trading/giveaway groups or actively playing games dropping items.

Still is the same as scammers don't target you specifically. They target whole groups you happen to be a part of.

Beingf scammed before also puts a BIG bullseye on your forehead as that nfo is traded.

yup this is very true. If anyone watches the scammer payback channel you learn your information is sold like it was nothing.

[Dura_Ace]

Originally posted by Ben Lubar:

Originally posted by Dura_Ace:

Make phone calls asking for a Mr Mike Hunt till one answers. This is how most scams work. They try until they find one who answers the phone.

Dont answer the phone and you wont have problems.

Sorry, there's no Michael Hunt here. Do you want to talk to Hugh Janus?

I called to talk to a Mike Hunt. Not a Hugh Janus.