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]

Diposting pertama kali oleh 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]

Diposting pertama kali oleh 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]

Diposting pertama kali oleh 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]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Tito Shivan:

Diposting pertama kali oleh 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]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Dura_Ace:

Diposting pertama kali oleh 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=]

Diposting pertama kali oleh 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]

Diposting pertama kali oleh 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 ♥♥♥ 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]

Diposting pertama kali oleh =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]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Dura_Ace:

Diposting pertama kali oleh 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]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Ben Lubar:

Diposting pertama kali oleh 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.