Thx for the Info, I'll keep an eye out for that.

steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199075023991 is one of these scammers, be sure to report

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199181737423 adding to scammer list. He messaged with link to fake website asking me to vote for his effect.

Yup also got one trying to scam me with promise of keys. DO NOT FALL FOR THESE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SCAMMERS please and thank you

I've had 3 add me in a week. Couldn't help but notice they all follow the same script. So it must be a bot.

'Hey there! I was just wondering, do you dabble in art or 3D modeling?'

Is usually the opener and it doesn't seem to matter how much you insult them the second line is always

'Ah, just curious. I've been working on new effect for tf2 for quite some time now, and I was wondering if you might be interested in checking it out'

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198871684885/
asked me to vote for the effect on some third party web site

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199075833504/
another one for the list

another one https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198449217316/

Got another one https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199050088205/

Originally posted by meowcake:

If you have been added and are messaged to rate this effect on a "Particle Mayhem" tf2 contest site - it's a scam, designed to steal your account.

DO NOT CLICK ANY LINKS FROM PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW!

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199182533497/ also a scammer

They're using the link "particle tf2-mayhem com" or something along those lines which is an account stealer. It's a really nice unusual effect and I almost fell for it (not good, I need these items for my Australian citizenship, I'm worth a fair bit)

The accounts are bots and they're promising keys. The way you beat them is by not replying. They only message you if you msg first and they idle in tf2 not playing anything.
I don't know if it's if you've got a public backpack, have rare TF2 items or anything but just stay safe y'all.

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199049031489/
A typical scammer profile looks exactly like this. Glad this tread exists.

another one that i found
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198952764603

Here's another! I'm pretty sure these people are messaging like 30 people at once because they take forever to send one message lol
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198988653124/

Hey guys just got the scam message/link today lol, totally a scam
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199059213151/
P.S. i reported them