G00N Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I was recently almost scammed by a person who's profile was named Silent and it was a private profile (of course). He told me I had a pending report and that I should contact a steam community admin and he sent me a steam profile that was also private but was named " Mr.Kirby Tyler" this person took me through a step by step walkthrough of why i have a report, what items have been reported fraudulent, and how i can fix it. (this is when the scam comes in!) He then sent me a link to a trade offer with another private profile with the name "Steam Item Database" which would apparently scan, and make sure my item was legit. but i immediately got alarmed so I hopped onto google and searched up a couple of things and found this: https://forums.steamrep.com/pages/about-item-checking-scam/ and the person i was dealing with did the EXACT SAME THING! I also got some of it on video. but its too big of a file to put into this :( Anyways, remember that there is no such thing as item checking, steam admins, conducting business via steam chat, they wont trade ban you if they say they will, and once you trade those items away, theyre gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankle Jack Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Everyone knows that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captainfluffy Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 He is just givin a nice heads up for anyone dat might be new to trading, its never bad to keep repeating this kinda thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TryHarx Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 good job not getting scammed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond jozu Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 well im glad you didnt fall for it but this is a very old scam.however the method is now a new one as they will photoshop a pic showing that you really have a pending ban.this tactic will scare alot of new traders like the OP here.just yesterday it happened to my other friend but didnt fall for it.it was rather differently.someone told to my friend that he was hacking his account and showed a pic that he was gonna change my friend's account.however he saw the photo again and realized it was fake.just becareful.scammers would even go for items thats not even worth 1 key... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielDee Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 If people would only RTFMs? or maybe valve make them read it by putting a check box there for them to tick :S https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3415-WAFH-6433 Its all in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankle Jack Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 3 hours ago, DanielDee said: If people would only RTFMs? or maybe valve make them read it by putting a check box there for them to tick :S https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3415-WAFH-6433 Its all in there... I hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quesamo Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 This isn't exactly new, though you seem to be. If you encounter a scam, it's a 99.99% chance it's already well known method and doesn't need explicit warnings against, but it's nice you try to help people lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Hi @G00N, If you don't mind, could you tell me what led you to the SteamRep link above? What search terms did you use? Were there any parts that were hard to understand? I happened to write the guide in question, and I'm trying to find ways to make it more visible (thanks for sharing it here, by the way). You look pretty new to me, and you're exactly who it was intended for, so I'm interested in how to ensure other new traders like you end up finding it before they themselves get scammed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G00N Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 @Lava Sure! All I did was search up "item verification scam" to see if it was a scam when the person that was scamming me said that I had to trade my items, and I saw the headline "ITEM VERIFICATION IS NOT REAL" and I checked it out and that's what I found. As far as the guide goes, it was perfect! Nice and clear what to keep an eye out for if someone tries this. In fact, all things you wrote were practically a step by step of what the scammer did. And you are correct, I am a new trader and that was actually the first time someone tried to scam me. And thank you for writing that, if it wasn't for it, I'd probably be a couple items short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.