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arthurbabaev Jan 19, 2015 @ 3:40am
[Suggestion]: To Prevent SCAM/Phishing Accounts to add Legit Steam Users
[Suggestion]: To Prevent SCAM/Phishing Accounts to add Legit Steam Users

make it so that only Level 5 and above would be able to add another Steam User.
they should also have bought at least $10 worth of product on Steam Store.
you can only add if the account profile is set to PUBLIC.

reasons:
Phishing Accounts are VERY Rampant now.
you will almost likely recieve 10 invites minimum from phishing accounts with level 0-3.

having level restriction requirement of Level 5 will help minimize this problem. Level 5 is still quite easy to achieve for legit steam users.

having at least $10 worth of product bought in the Steam Store will also help validate that it is a legit steam user.

Phishing Accounts are almost always set to PRIVATE...so people will not see the contents of their profile which are most likely doesn't have anything in it.
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A captcha for adding people would be best. One that takes a minute, like a video captcha. When adding two in a specific time.
Stix6029 Jan 19, 2015 @ 7:22am 
This is how it should be,i don't understand why valve didn't implement it yet.
wuddih Jan 19, 2015 @ 7:27am 
Originally posted by WNx Stix6029:
This is how it should be,i don't understand why valve didn't implement it yet.
to not prevent new people that just bought a retail copy of a game that requires steam to play with their friends?
Originally posted by wuddih:
to not prevent new people that just bought a retail copy of a game that requires steam to play with their friends?
Captcha keeps bots out, and one minute video captcha doesnt hurt a regular player
Stix6029 Jan 19, 2015 @ 7:34am 
Originally posted by wuddih:
to not prevent new people that just bought a retail copy of a game that requires steam to play with their friends?

Upgrading badges to level 5 is easy and doesn't require much money,also everyone should be a able to spend 10$ on their accounts,i've seen steam users with 5-6 accounts of csgo.
need more at least 50€/$ and minimum 8 to 10 user rank.
or a option to block all upcoming invites (close open invites/messages).
got 34 invites today within 8 hours !!!!!
http://s12.postimg.org/sodk9hugc/Neue_Bitmap.jpg


DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SH!T STEAM !!!!!
Option would be great, disabled by default ofc.
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Date Posted: Jan 19, 2015 @ 3:40am
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