how do i know if it is a real admin or fake? and how can we contact any admin

[KUMAAAAA]

there was someone said that they reported my account, then i tried to contact the so called 'admin' to clear the issue but the longer i chat with the admin the more suspicious it gets

[Bee🐝]

It's a scam. They’re not admin. They do not work for Steam. Report. Block. Ignore.

[Cathulhu]

Simple. They always are fake.

Read this official statement from Valve:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1266-OAFV-8478&l=

[wuddih]

there is no reason to find out if someone is real.

nobody "from Steam" will ever contact you about anything, especially not in any chat and especially not in discord.

[Start_Running]

Admions will contact you either via the email you have linked, or via the communit message in the client

[KUMAAAAA]

thank you so much for replying. great help

[kitt]

you would know if you would read the warnings on Steam, not that hard to be honest.

[unca.alby]

I will share with you my Rule of Thumb, the Ultimate Law of Internet Physics:

TRUST NO ONE.

"But Unca.Alby, how can I trust what you're saying about trusting no one if I can't trust you?"

Now you're starting to get it.

[J4MESOX4D]

There are no Steam Staff working in a visible administrator capacity. If anyone contacts you on Steam or anywhere else regarding anything to do with your account, it is a scam. Steam Support are the only entity that will ever do this and this is done through tickets or notifications within the client when you are logged in.

Not even real Valve employees will contact you about anything to do with your account.

[Kargor]

Anyone claiming to be a Valve employee through Steam chat/messaging or external platforms such as Discord is NOT a Valve employee.

Any and all official communication is done through the support system, which has its own message channel in Steam that users have no access to.

Also, they don't initiate communication from their end, as far as I know: for example, they don't tell you "we'll ban you soon", they'll just do it. Support is always about YOU contacting them first, and they are replying.

[ペンギン]

What many forget here... if Valve would want anything from users... they have physical database/server access. They don't need to ask or even have to contact customers.

Community messages (as example for revoked keys) are displayed in the client, unmistakable in the header with "account message". Same counts for bans or other stuff which can be found under "community messages"

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

You will NEVER receive a warning about any action Steam is going to take in regards to your account. Even real accidental reports don't matter as they are looked at and if nothing actually happened no punishment will occur.

[Radene]

Always fake.

[HellsingAlucardĀkādo]

The only thing that saved me was my phone number and looking scams up before I sent the code unfortunately all my information was leaked I deleted all the screen shots I sent I’m just hoping my account is still safe.

[Dan5000]

it says in every chat that no admin will ever try to reach out to you via chat and to be careful etc. every single one who claims to be, is out to scam you. so you always know that it isn't really an admin, because it never is.