Getting random friend requests and comments

[Trill Clinton]

I got a random friend request from someone I don’t know. He also left a comment on my page asking “that i should accept and that he wanted to discuss something”. Do you guys think this is a scam? Should I block this user?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Yes, it is a scam.

Report them first and then block them.

[Trill Clinton]

Tyvm

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Yes, it is a scam.

Report them first and then block them.

:qr:

[Amelia]

I've been getting a few of these. I added the first one and hey didn't do anything but send me a message 4 days or so later, which was odd. It's a scam but a somehow even worse one then all the other scam attempts i've gotten.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by Amelia:

I've been getting a few of these. I added the first one and hey didn't do anything but send me a message 4 days or so later, which was odd. It's a scam but a somehow even worse one then all the other scam attempts i've gotten.

I hope that you've reported, blocked and unfriended them.

[Kael]

The past like 2 months I would say... ive started getting random friend requests. To clarify... I havent had a single one of these in probably 12 years... now.. like starting about a week ago... I am getting 2-5 requests a day.

Nothing is sacred.

Furthermore... all of them private... and almost all them, if left ignored.. no longer exist after 2-3days, like the accounts name is either changed, or its just gone.

[♥ catgirl connoisseur]

yeah, every time you get something along the lines of "we need to discuss something, please add me" its going to be sketchy

[MoonC A T]

Originally posted by ♥ catgirl connoisseur:

yeah, every time you get something along the lines of "we need to discuss something, please add me" its going to be sketchy

Yeah pretty much

[ChristOurLife]

Oh.
I have been getting that too, private profiles friending me (but not commenting) just block them

[HikariLight]

This is why I state on my profile that I don't accept random friend invites. Doesn't stop all of them, but I don't get them very often.

[Neikius]

Installed PUBG to check if it works on Linux. It doesn't but i got 3 random friend requests a day or so after that. Never before. Interesting or is it a breach at steam?

[HikariLight]

Originally posted by Neikius:

Installed PUBG to check if it works on Linux. It doesn't but i got 3 random friend requests a day or so after that. Never before. Interesting or is it a breach at steam?

Coincidence does not equal causation.
It was just odd timing, nothing more.

[Neikius]

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Originally posted by Neikius:

Installed PUBG to check if it works on Linux. It doesn't but i got 3 random friend requests a day or so after that. Never before. Interesting or is it a breach at steam?

Coincidence does not equal causation.
It was just odd timing, nothing more.

Actually I forgot I had to make my profile public a while ago for the stupid gog scan thing IIRC. Things make more sense in this light. If I still had my profile private as I used to this would have meant a breach somewhere with high certainty.

I fully understand the relation of causation vs correlation but that does not preclude us from investigating whether a correlation could mean causation and that was my point here. In this case seems people are scanning for users to then spam them :) So I am quote sure there was a correlation in this case. To confirm it 100% I would have to work at valve though.

A key takeaway is probably to keep your profiles private :)

[Smudge]

Bro, just now some account got hacked and the guy was tryna pull the same thing in dms. I instantly confronted him and he unfriended me right after 💀 BEST feeling to just make someone feel like they failed at scamming.

[peppermint hollows]

Originally posted by Smudge:

Bro, just now some account got hacked and the guy was tryna pull the same thing in dms. I instantly confronted him and he unfriended me right after 💀 BEST feeling to just make someone feel like they failed at scamming.

Unfortunately they probably don't care. That kind of scam by nature will fail against most people, but they're counting on the ones who don't know better. They're just gonna move on to the next potential victim.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Smudge:

Bro, just now some account got hacked and the guy was tryna pull the same thing in dms. I instantly confronted him and he unfriended me right after 💀 BEST feeling to just make someone feel like they failed at scamming.

Don't forget to report the account.