"Accidentally reported you, Steam said message them on Discord."

[ControversyB]

What is the goal here? I don't interact with many people on here, but posting in a Discussions forum, someone replied with "Can you add me, I have a question." I add them, get some story about someone impersonating me that scammed this person. I apologize, say I've never played the game they got scammed in. They say they reported me, and feel bad. I say it's okay, it wasn't me, I'm sure all will be fine. Then the kicker: "You need to message the steam support guy on discord or he said he'll suspend both of our accounts." I immediately knew this was BS. Reported and blocked them, but my question is simply - what is the end game? What are they gaining? Would the discord link, if I had continued messaging long enough to see one, have been a phishing link? I can't figure any other way this works, or why a regular job isn't substantially more effective, lol.

[Ogami]

You contact that admin, he tells you that they need to "verify" your inventory to make sure its not stolen, so you send the items to the Steam "admin" and he tells you that you will get them back in a few days after he contacts you again.
Thats it. And you dont want to know how many people actually fall for this and happily give all their items away. Its so bad that Steam had to write an entire FAQ about this "scam" and includes it in their help section.

[TKane]

Sometimes it's to steal your account info with a log token hidden in a jpg. They post a screenshot of what they claim is the email from Steam/Discord Support, and when you click the image, due to Discord's shoddy security measures, a file embedded in the image downloads onto your computer and hijacks your discord account as well as any accounts you have actively logged in on your PC. Because it's using a bot, it'll exit Discord, access your email, then change your discord's pass and email. All of this is accomplished even with 2Fa enabled.

They then try to ransom your account back to you as well as use your account to scam people on your friends list with the same or other tricks.

[HikariLight]

Scam.
It's a scam to steal your Steam login info.
Block the people messaging you and report them to Discord for attempting a phishing scam.

[rawWwRrr]

ControversyB eredeti hozzászólása:

What is the goal here? I don't interact with many people on here, but posting in a Discussions forum, someone replied with "Can you add me, I have a question." I add them, get some story about someone impersonating me that scammed this person. I apologize, say I've never played the game they got scammed in. They say they reported me, and feel bad. I say it's okay, it wasn't me, I'm sure all will be fine. Then the kicker: "You need to message the steam support guy on discord or he said he'll suspend both of our accounts." I immediately knew this was BS. Reported and blocked them, but my question is simply - what is the end game? What are they gaining? Would the discord link, if I had continued messaging long enough to see one, have been a phishing link? I can't figure any other way this works, or why a regular job isn't substantially more effective, lol.

They want to move the conversation off Steam, hence the link to Discord.

It's always to gain access to your account and/or empty your inventory by various means. Sometimes if they're lucky enough, they can even coerce cash money by holding the account/inventory hostage, which they don't return anyway.

It's a variation of the confidence scam. Good on you for recognizing the BS.

[ControversyB]

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rawWwRrr eredeti hozzászólása:

Thank you guys for the insight. I felt it was a rather obvious scam, but I'm sure many out there fall for it - I'm assuming lots of younger kids who may not realize how incredibly inappropriate it would be for someone working for a giant platform to try and move the conversation off said platform. I reported the person on here for attempting a scam, and blocked them. The conversation never made it far enough to get to Discord, or else I would've reported them there as well. Anyway, thanks again!