marked as a scammer/fraudulent item holder

[Carrot]

what do i do?i contaced steam support already and read some of the discussions here i contacted a guy who has a 15yr old account is he a scammer? please help

[Wolf Knight]

report the account thru its profile. there are no pending bans, no duped items, no item verification, no fraudulent items. its a set up for a scam

[Umbrella]

Don't trade or interact with the person. Report him, block and move on. DON'T give him or anyone else anything.

Steam and Valve employees have full control over Steam, they will never ask you to give them anything, and certainly not through a Steam account. Moderators don't have that power.

Also, If he sent you a link, don't press it and don't log into anything.

[Zekiran]

He is a scammer, REPORT, IGNORE, BLOCK.

Do NOT believe anything they say - they are trying to phish your account and get items from you.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Pattern of scam:

Bait, story, steps

[Carrot]

Thanks guys I learned that I'm am a total dumbass

[Count_Dandyman]

Originally posted by FirstsonV:

Thanks guys I learned that I'm am a total dumbass

you had enough sense to come here and look for more info before blindly giving the scammer everything they asked for so at least you did better than way too many other people have.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Did they ask you to send them items, or to send them to a friend or so?

[Carrot]

Thanks guys I'll be more cautious next time

[Muppet among Puppets]

This scam might mean more than that. Did they ask you to send the items to them?

[Carrot]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

This scam might mean more than that. Did they ask you to send the items to them?

No they just asked for a password and I told them that like a total idiot well gladly I already changed my password

[Muppet among Puppets]

Do you use steam guard app?

Wont hurt to go the better safe than sorry lane.

Scan for malware. https://www.malwarebytes.com/

Deauthorize all devices https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

Change your password on a secure device.

Generate new back up codes. https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

Revoke the api key https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey

[Umbrella]

Originally posted by FirstsonV:

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

This scam might mean more than that. Did they ask you to send the items to them?

No they just asked for a password and I told them that like a total idiot well gladly I already changed my password

You didn't download or login to something they sent you a link to did you? Just making sure.

If you did, do what Muppet wrote above.

[Carrot]

Originally posted by Umbrella:

Originally posted by FirstsonV:

No they just asked for a password and I told them that like a total idiot well gladly I already changed my password

You didn't download or login to something they sent you a link to did you? Just making sure.

If you did, do what Muppet wrote above.

No I didn't

[The Giving One]

Here is how some of these work :

You are asked to add this "official person", who is not an official person anyway. Claims of being an employee, moderator, Support Admin...they use different terms to try to look official.

If you add this person, they will tell you how to not get into trouble with what the claim has been made against you is. Item duplication, reported by accident, fraudulent or bugged items......it's all nonsense and made up bull to try to scare you and look all legit.

There is always going to be a price for this "help" they will offer you, and that price is almost always giving your items to them so they can "check" them, or giving them your account login credentials, so they can have "better access" to your account and see what they claim is the issue. It's all nonsense and they are just trying to scam you.

Most of this type of stuff is covered here :

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3415-WAFH-6433

[Carrot]

Originally posted by The Giving One:

Here is how some of these work :

You are asked to add this "official person", who is not an official person anyway. Claims of being an employee, moderator, Support Admin...they use different terms to try to look official.

If you add this person, they will tell you how to not get into trouble with what the claim has been made against you is. Item duplication, reported by accident, fraudulent or bugged items......it's all nonsense and made up bull to try to scare you and look all legit.

There is always going to be a price for this "help" they will offer you, and that price is almost always giving your items to them so they can "check" them, or giving them your account login credentials, so they can have "better access" to your account and see what they claim is the issue. It's all nonsense and they are just trying to scam you.

Most of this type of stuff is covered here :

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3415-WAFH-6433

Big thanks but I kind of figured it out by myself but still thanks