Account getting scammed?

[thesillygoober]

A "steam developer" who didn't show up on their official website or the moderator list was trying to get me to change login credentials to put my account to "safe mode" so he could "prevent a ban" because I apparently got accidentally reported by somebody on my friends list I don't know well at all for scamming him. Is this "steam developer" telling the truth or can I just roast him? PS: There are many red flags in our convo (on discord) that he is a scammer. I'm pretty sure he has an account with a valve employee badge, can that do any damage to me at all?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

It is a scam.

And now al has added new info to his profile info at the top of his profile...

Valve employees will not attempt to contact you via Discord.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/afarnsworth

[thesillygoober]

cSg|mc-Hotsauce님이 먼저 게시:

It is a scam.

And now al has added new info to his profile info at the top of his profile...

Valve employees will not attempt to contact you via Discord.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/afarnsworth

:qr:

I figured he was a scammer, but what can he do with a valve employee account? Here are the links to the account.
Valve Employee Account: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197967144365
The first account I was given: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960265729

And the steamrep links:
VEA: http://steamrep.com/?id=76561197967144365
TfaIwg: http://steamrep.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcommunity.com%2Fprofiles%2F76561197960265729

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Anyone can link you to any account and claim they are them. This is why they tell you to talk on Discord.

[thesillygoober]

cSg|mc-Hotsauce님이 먼저 게시:

Anyone can link you to any account and claim they are them. This is why they tell you to talk on Discord.

:qr:

Never actually noticed that, thank you. I have one little concern still, he sent me this gif of my profile. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/812885867324375040/812887805650010183/1.gif
Could you tell me about that?

[thesillygoober]

Northix님이 먼저 게시:

cSg|mc-Hotsauce님이 먼저 게시:

Anyone can link you to any account and claim they are them. This is why they tell you to talk on Discord.

:qr:

Never actually noticed that, thank you. I have one little concern still, he sent me this gif of my profile. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/812885867324375040/812887805650010183/1.gif
Could you tell me about that?

Actually, just found somebody who had the same problem. https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamScams/comments/hkqh1l/steam_i_accidentally_reported_you_for_illegal/

[FFL2and3rocks]

Northix님이 먼저 게시:

Never actually noticed that, thank you. I have one little concern still, he sent me this gif of my profile. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/812885867324375040/812887805650010183/1.gif
Could you tell me about that?

Anyone can edit the page or use a browser plugin to make it look like that and then record a video of it.

[✨Saint✨]

If you have doubts, always refuse.

[Supafly]

Northix님이 먼저 게시:

cSg|mc-Hotsauce님이 먼저 게시:

Anyone can link you to any account and claim they are them. This is why they tell you to talk on Discord.

:qr:

Never actually noticed that, thank you. I have one little concern still, he sent me this gif of my profile. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/812885867324375040/812887805650010183/1.gif
Could you tell me about that?

It's a GIF. Anyone can make those. Anyone could edit them to appear/show whatever they want. Plus how do you know thats what a REAL Steam employees profile and options look like? You don't.

Where's the standard controls? Can A Steam Moderator/employee NOT edit their own profiles? According to that fake Gif they can't do anything except BAN accounts. That only screams Yeah right BS. They'd have Extra functions not basic ones removed.

[natshely]

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

Read what is in the red frame. And the rest FYI.

[J4MESOX4D]

Northix님이 먼저 게시:

Northix님이 먼저 게시:

Never actually noticed that, thank you. I have one little concern still, he sent me this gif of my profile. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/812885867324375040/812887805650010183/1.gif
Could you tell me about that?

Actually, just found somebody who had the same problem. https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamScams/comments/hkqh1l/steam_i_accidentally_reported_you_for_illegal/

If you search the forums you'll see hundreds of threads each week on this. It's the most obvious and common scam around.

The GIF you were sent could be faked in a minute and no company on earth would behave in this manner of dangling a threatening video.

There's far more convincing (yet still obvious) scams around similar to this. All you have to remember is the only Steam Staff that will ever contact users is Steam Support and this is done securely through the client via notifications or tickets. Valve staff do not use other accounts to contact users or any other platform to conduct their business and this includes Discord. Even real Steam employees outside of Support have absolutely no business regarding other users accounts and will never contact you directly.

If anyone adds or talks to your about anything account-related, they should be blocked and reported on the respective platform.