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JWY 1016 Oct 25, 2019 @ 3:57am
Wrong Trading,my friend knife is gone,I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!
Today,my friend told me to give him back the CSGO knife that he borrow me last 3 week,when I sent the trade to him.everything is fine except I need to sent it again because of unknown reason.After I sent it,I ask my friend through whatsapp did he received the knife,BUT HE SAID NO!!!When I go to have a look of my inventory,it has already gone.after a few minutes of looking,we found that i trade was sent to a guy using the same name and icon with my friend,but the point is I never added he to be my friend!!!Now that guy dont accept my friend request,how can i get back my friend knife?????I remember we cannot trade if we are not friend???So how can i gave him?And how can i get it back??Pls someone help me
Last edited by JWY 1016; Oct 25, 2019 @ 3:58am
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KillahInstinct Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:03am 
You can't, you fell for a scam and gifted the item away.

Learn from your mistakes, improve account security and scam awareness and report the player involved.
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JWY 1016 Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:05am 
Originally posted by KillahInstinct:
You can't, you fell for a scam and gifted the item away.

Learn from your mistakes, improve account security and scam awareness and report the player involved.
but i have a question is how can i trade with him when i am not his friend?
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KillahInstinct Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:06am 
Originally posted by JWY1016:
Originally posted by KillahInstinct:
You can't, you fell for a scam and gifted the item away.

Learn from your mistakes, improve account security and scam awareness and report the player involved.
but i have a question is how can i trade with him when i am not his friend?
You were, or your account was compromised.
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Theblaze Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:06am 
You haven't used a third-party site recently that promised you free stuff?.
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JWY 1016 Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:07am 
Originally posted by KillahInstinct:
Originally posted by JWY1016:
but i have a question is how can i trade with him when i am not his friend?
You were, or your account was compromised.
but i cant find him in my friend list<it just my friend account
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KillahInstinct Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:08am 
Originally posted by JWY1016:
Originally posted by KillahInstinct:
You were, or your account was compromised.
but i cant find him in my friend list<it just my friend account
He probably removed himself. Please read up on common scams, and how to fix them.
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Crazy Tiger Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:08am 
Very likely a compromised account.

Do these steps in order and don't skip one.
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

Read up on phishing and NEVER use your Steam login on anything other than the Steam website and the Steam client.

The hijacker friended the scam profile, got you to cancel the first trade and made sure the second trade went to the scam profile. Afterwards he deleted the scam profile from the friend list.
Last edited by Crazy Tiger; Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:09am
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GobboKirk Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:10am 
He probably un-friended you as soon as it was done
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JWY 1016 Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:11am 
Originally posted by Theblaze:
You haven't used a third-party site recently that promised you free stuff?.
although i have a few acc,but i never get any free stuff from it
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Theblaze Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:12am 
Originally posted by JWY1016:
Originally posted by Theblaze:
You haven't used a third-party site recently that promised you free stuff?.
although i have a few acc,but i never get any free stuff from it

Any site pretending you won a free expensive/semi-expensive skin or a knife is phishing.

Follow the steps explained by Crazy Tiger's post.
Last edited by Theblaze; Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:13am
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JWY 1016 Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:16am 
Originally posted by Theblaze:
Originally posted by JWY1016:
although i have a few acc,but i never get any free stuff from it

Any site pretending you won a free expensive/semi-expensive skin or a knife is phishing.
oh yes, i got a lot of those friend request since a few week ago,but just have accept one or two,after i know it is a phishing,I block them all
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JWY 1016 Oct 25, 2019 @ 4:32am 
Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:
Very likely a compromised account.

Do these steps in order and don't skip one.
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

Read up on phishing and NEVER use your Steam login on anything other than the Steam website and the Steam client.

The hijacker friended the scam profile, got you to cancel the first trade and made sure the second trade went to the scam profile. Afterwards he deleted the scam profile from the friend list.
I followed all the step,am I safe now?
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Zekiran Oct 25, 2019 @ 11:18am 
As long as you stay away from "free! get stuff!" sites, links, and people, that's good enough to learn from.
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