someone "reported" me and now i'm talking to an admin?

[Covorus]

he said that he reported me "falsely" and sent me some socials about an admin named veleron harpoon joe. When i sent him a friend req he accepted it pretty fast (around 15 seconds) and he wanted my Purchase history (i sent him censored) and now he wants me to log out of anything so he can delete my *pending reports*. This feels very suspicious.

[Banana The Collector Of Bans]

its a scam block them and report them

[Beardface31]

It is a scam.. Read the Scam FAQ:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/70E6-991B-233B-A37B

Any claim that you've been accidentally or falsely reported for fraud or any other infraction is always the introduction to a scam. If someone did report your account falsely and you're concerned about being banned, you can rest assured that Steam disregards false reports. Do not follow any instructions provided by anyone claiming to have accidentally reported your account.

[Haruspex]

Scam.

[Yasahi]

It's a scam, simple as that. False reports do nothing. Report them both and stop talking to them.

[BloodShed]

It's a scam!

You're a fool a sending them your purchase history.

[Covorus]

Originally posted by BloodShed:

It's a scam!

You're a fool a sending them your purchase history.

lol you're right, at least i censored my info tho

[RiO]

Originally posted by Covorus:

Originally posted by BloodShed:

It's a scam!

You're a fool a sending them your purchase history.

lol you're right, at least i censored my info tho

It's the actual purchase data they want. Not your personal info.
Information from purchase history is one of the things Steam Support uses during account recovery to prove you are the authentic owner of the account.

Basically; you just handed them what they needed to social-engineer ownership over your account.

[JohnMars78]

Originally posted by RiO:

Originally posted by Covorus:

lol you're right, at least i censored my info tho

It's the actual purchase data they want. Not your personal info.
Information from purchase history is one of the things Steam Support uses during account recovery to prove you are the authentic owner of the account.

Basically; you just handed them what they needed to social-engineer ownership over your account.

Not necessarily, no. Not if the purchase history provided was the one from the Steam account.
The account owner has access to full bank/Paypal accounts' records and full credit card number, not just last 2-4 digits. That'd be proof beyond what any scammer can provide, in this case.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by RiO:

Originally posted by Covorus:

lol you're right, at least i censored my info tho

It's the actual purchase data they want. Not your personal info.
Information from purchase history is one of the things Steam Support uses during account recovery to prove you are the authentic owner of the account.

Basically; you just handed them what they needed to social-engineer ownership over your account.

They want the account name, and then they ask for a code by sms.

[Hamless Hog]

So you just add some random guy and show him your trade history?

[Covorus]

Originally posted by JohnMars78:

Originally posted by RiO:

It's the actual purchase data they want. Not your personal info.
Information from purchase history is one of the things Steam Support uses during account recovery to prove you are the authentic owner of the account.

Basically; you just handed them what they needed to social-engineer ownership over your account.

Not necessarily, no. Not if the purchase history provided was the one from the Steam account.
The account owner has access to full bank/Paypal accounts' records and full credit card number, not just last 2-4 digits. That'd be proof beyond what any scammer can provide, in this case.

thats what i tought

[Covorus]

Originally posted by Hogarth:

So you just add some random guy and show him your trade history?

yep panic attack hit hard