Scam - Girl gamers

[Kimiiya]

Just want to put a warning out there, there are people claiming to be "sugar daddies" targetting women. To me its kinda obvious, but in case someone has been contacted and is trying to find if its a known scam.

They will try to convince you to buy a steam gift card, from a store near you. Claiming they can use it to give you thousands of dollars. That the card is just to pay for transaction fees. (YOU WILL NEVER NEED TO SPEND MONEY TO GET MONEY) I talked to this guy cause I've always wanted to stick it to a scammer XD

[Xedhadeaus]

Meh. If they're in the market for trying to be spoiled rotten, chances are those people don't actually care about fellow human beings in a healthy enough way or they'd get their own money.

I think this is less of a problem than some unaware person with an account they care for being told they'll get banned and lose all of their stuff if they don't play the ransom game.

But, what do I know... I'm not looking for anyone to spoil me, and I think most people here aren't, because everyone knows begging is against ToS here, so they probably aren't actively looking for somebody to take care of them in a place where everyone will send them packing for doing so immediately.

Telling Sugar babies how to not get scammed... seems one sided anyhow. If you care about people, shouldn't you be trying to stop behavior like that from happening? Supporting it is just going to make people roll their eyes at you, lol.

[Kimiiya]

I am NOT supporting sugar babies AT ALL. You are misunderstanding my intentions here. I'm coming from a place of concern for other people... I think it's such a shame that anyone would take advantage of another. I hate how the world is now. I don't know where you are all from, but here, it's a lot of the men who are f***ing over the women. Not the sugar daddy thing, otherwise.

I just want the world to be a better place. It's not about letting women get sugar daddies safely. F*** that. I hate those women for having an entitled attitude and not getting off their a**.

Honestly, there's so much crap in the world nowadays, I'm making the choice to not add more to it.

Sue me.

[ploppo]

How do they target women? I mean, how do scammers know which user is a a woman?

[Jackie Paper]

I'm solely into chicks, but I'll take a sugar daddy hahaha.... just kidding

[Placenta Salad]

Yes, I think it's good to warn people of a new scam. As is always the case, if something sounds too good to be true, it likely is. Some people forget that.

But, let's be honest: "sugar daddy" scammers probably would not exist if sugar daddies were not in high demand. By women. Scammers aren't just targeting the uninitiated, but also the desperate. Even on Steam, you do not escape the amount of women (or men in disguise) looking for people to clean out their wishlist -- whether it be for Steam, Amazon, etc. Many of them even offer "services" in exchange for your generosity. Like sending you pictures of themselves, which I wouldn't be surprised if those are fake.

But I digress, I miss the days when Steam had actual gamers and not people with ulterior motives, whether it be these scammers you've experienced, or all the others.

That being said, I would totally be your Steam simp.