Good O'l Cousin Cletus Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 This gentleman adds me for comp but tries to get me to log into a "comp" website one that I was not familiar with. After I said that I would not log into that website he blocked me...Scam or no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Alex Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Yes, it is a scam. The website would have a Fake Steam login which would give the scammer access to your Steam account and the ability to change your pending trade offers to steal your items later: https://marketplace.tf/blog/posts/YHLZOB https://forums.steamrep.com/pages/hijacking/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyy Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 If you have to ask if it's a scam, odds are it's a scam. Good choice in asking though dude most people just blindly listen to the scammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtn Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 yes, it's a scam. this guy will ask you to download an "older version" of mumble or discord before the "match" (the match is fake). don't download and install it. it will automatically steal your items through a trade offer I've been scammed by this same method a few years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaeriel Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 If you have to ask yours-- hell, people have already said that. On a side note it's funny how they always call us 'mate', 'bro'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ܤ Sxottie Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 I always find it strange people don't find this scam attempt odd straight away. "Hi can you play for our team? We don't know you, know your class main(s), hours or if you even know the comp format or the maps. The other members of the team don't have anyone'on their friends list that could fill in so a random stranger seems fitting." Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond jozu Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 3 hours ago, dtn said: yes, it's a scam. this guy will ask you to download an "older version" of mumble or discord before the "match" (the match is fake). don't download and install it. it will automatically steal your items through a trade offer I've been scammed by this same method a few years ago they cannot steal your items automatically if you fall for this method unless the scammer has access to your steam on phone. if they dont, what will happen is that the scammer will have this sort of program where when you make a trade offer,you accept it but when you accept it on your phone, it will make another trade making it the same but only you wont receive anything and will be sent to a fake account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetCookie500 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Any sort of unfamiliar/suspicious link should be an automatic indicator that someone is trying to scam you. Good thing you didn't fall for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamadin Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 you betcha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtn Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Diamond jozu said: they cannot steal your items automatically if you fall for this method unless the scammer has access to your steam on phone. if they dont, what will happen is that the scammer will have this sort of program where when you make a trade offer,you accept it but when you accept it on your phone, it will make another trade making it the same but only you wont receive anything and will be sent to a fake account you're right. I was scammed before steam implemented the mobile two-step verification, actually just a few weeks prior to the steam guard mobile thingy. I got lucky and managed to recover (dupe) all my stolen stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielDee Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Its steam credentials phishing. He also wont need access to a phone or steam guard unlike jozu said, after enabling and stealing your api key, he will be able to change and do trades via code. The same way trade bots dont need phones to confirm there trades. its all about the api key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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