I've been scammed. hard, and I need help getting my stuff back

[fran]

i thought about and considered the #2 factor you have mentioned and it's really quite true

unfortunately , i'm new to the forums so i'm still able to have feelings but hopefully that won't last forever

[RockSolidWood]

A lot of people throwing shade at people for this stuff but not everyone is well educated on this sort of thing. Have even a sliver of compassion for the fella, everyone goes through shit like this and it helps you learn, become a stronger, better trader and allows you to relate your situation to other traders and understand how to have a more secure account, etc. Not everyone is an expert at what you are and vice-versa.

[mcextraTTV]

Its gone bro, no way you will get it back. All you can do from here is learn to prevent it from happening again. Watch a couple YouTube videos on common scams and NEVER press any link that anyone sends you, especially if it prompts you to log into steam or any account. 

[Nickman]

6 hours ago, RockSolidWood said:

A lot of people throwing shade at people for this stuff but not everyone is well educated on this sort of thing. Have even a sliver of compassion for the fella, everyone goes through shit like this and it helps you learn, become a stronger, better trader and allows you to relate your situation to other traders and understand how to have a more secure account, etc. Not everyone is an expert at what you are and vice-versa.

I think part of the problem is that this type of scam is very simple and should be fairly obvious to anyone with any reasonable amount of time online. I'd be willing to bet that the friend of OP's that was compromised was someone they barely talked to and/or someone that barely has any play time in CS:GO, both of which should have been a red flag. Also, maybe it's just me, but the premise behind the scam just doesn't make sense. "My CSGO team needs your vote for this tournament", are CSGO tournament brackets determined by a popularity contest?

 

In any case, to add something constructive to this thread, I would suggest to the OP that you not only change your password on steam but also change it anywhere you may have used the same password/similar password especially if you used the same/similar login name as well. Any account that uses a similar password is now compromised as well. If your email uses the same or similar password change that one ASAP and then work on changing the rest.

[G R O W U P]

17 hours ago, LaughingLollipop said:

Steam support hasn't restored items in years

this, they had enough of people getting scammed and asking for restorations that im pretty sure thats why they invented the mobile authenticator. even csgo has EIGHT DAY trade ban after buying or trading csgo items. they have it much much worse. its really taken a toll on cs go trading

 

16 hours ago, Seminal Inhalation said:

Reminds me of those people people that put themselves in credit card debt just to buy "cool unusuals". It's depressing.

and this is the first time im hearing of this. i mean i wont rule out the possibility of people going in debt for tf2 stuff but never ever seen it discussed. 

 

advice is like everyone said: express your frustration in a healthy way, accept, learn and move on.

[hooters]

15 hours ago, Shotgun said:

Quite depressing to see players still fall for this type of scam

 

13 hours ago, Master Throne Crimson said:

Im just a bit confused how these people are aware of the backpack.tf forums, when they're not aware of the most common types of scams. Common scams, common, backpack.tf forums, not common to a point of memed to be dead forums, its weird, so weird.

dumb idea, what if to log into backpack.tf the first few times you had to do a quick scam/what not to do reading?  i think scrap.tf does it, might as well throw it on here?

[🔥Master Throne Crimson🔥]

40 minutes ago, Yellowsubs said:

i think scrap.tf does it

If so, i did not know that, you're onto something here...

[Melusine]

I too recently lost a bunch of stuff to a scam, although a different one.

By filtering your backpack to a date before it happened, you can still track an item's history and whereabouts. (If not; wait a bit and try again.)

 

Steam may possibly help you since you can confirm that your account was breached at the time, although, being Valve, they probably won't. 

On a more positive note; a lot of people will be nice enough to give you some things back, and some will let you buy it for the same price as they did.

 

So, your best bet is to try and get ahold of the most important things by contacting the new owners and explaining what the deal is.

You won't get it all back, and it won't be free, but you may get half of it back, and cheaper than what you initially bought it for.

Sounds underwhelming, but it will teach you to appreciate what you have, and to disregard shitty people.

[🔥Master Throne Crimson🔥]

12 hours ago, Cedarium said:

Please don't shitpost in the thread pls people.

I see this after i notice 2 of my on-topic comments disappear

[🔥Master Throne Crimson🔥]

10 hours ago, fran said:

i guess the "donate me money" bit didn't help but still

There's no "but still", this and this alone is why.

[Nickman]

30 minutes ago, Yellowsubs said:

 

dumb idea, what if to log into backpack.tf the first few times you had to do a quick scam/what not to do reading?  i think scrap.tf does it, might as well throw it on here?

I hate to say it, but I don't see this helping very much. This scam has been around in its current form for ages and it is very common knowledge. When you boil it down to its basics this is a phishing scam with a dash of social engineering. This is the same type of scam that big companies spend money trying to train their employees not to fall for yet inevitably people still fall for it.

 

At a certain point there's only so much you can do.

[hooters]

17 minutes ago, Nickman said:

I hate to say it, but I don't see this helping very much. This scam has been around in its current form for ages and it is very common knowledge. When you boil it down to its basics this is a phishing scam with a dash of social engineering. This is the same type of scam that big companies spend money trying to train their employees not to fall for yet inevitably people still fall for it.

 

At a certain point there's only so much you can do.

yea, but im pointing out there is nothing being done?

[Cedarium]

47 minutes ago, Master Throne Crimson said:

I see this after i notice 2 of my on-topic comments disappear

discussing your recommended browser mode for watching porn is not on-topic.

[Nickman]

30 minutes ago, Yellowsubs said:

yea, but im pointing out there is nothing being done?

I'm pointing out that even if something is done beyond what is already being done in almost every trading video/guide/website banner/etc. people are still going to fall for these scams time and time again.

 

If you add a pop up with information on this scam on the site the people that need the information most are going to click through it without reading it.

 

I have sympathy for the OP, I fell for this type of thing playing runescape back in middle school so I know how much it can suck. I just don't think a pop up on backpack's website would have done much in the way of preventing it from happening.

[YeahImAndrew]

Getting scammed in this game is a rite of passage

 

As others have specified, there's not much you could do now, but make sure that they still don't have access to your account - check for suspicious API keys (https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey) and such if you haven't already.

 

You live and you learn.

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Work at McDonald’s for a shift or mow two lawns and you’ve got all your stuff back

[🔥Master Throne Crimson🔥]

4 hours ago, Cedarium said:

discussing your recommended browser mode for watching porn is not on-topic.

Yet it is one of the OP's own points

[RockSolidWood]

12 hours ago, Nickman said:

I think part of the problem is that this type of scam is very simple and should be fairly obvious to anyone with any reasonable amount of time online. I'd be willing to bet that the friend of OP's that was compromised was someone they barely talked to and/or someone that barely has any play time in CS:GO, both of which should have been a red flag. Also, maybe it's just me, but the premise behind the scam just doesn't make sense. "My CSGO team needs your vote for this tournament", are CSGO tournament brackets determined by a popularity contest?

 

In any case, to add something constructive to this thread, I would suggest to the OP that you not only change your password on steam but also change it anywhere you may have used the same password/similar password especially if you used the same/similar login name as well. Any account that uses a similar password is now compromised as well. If your email uses the same or similar password change that one ASAP and then work on changing the rest.

I mean the fact they use that is pretty stupid but if they're a friend then they probably believe that there'll be a higher chance for you to "vote" for their team, because of the fact that they're friends. It is pretty stupid, but yk, if it works, they won't stop using that method

[Cirtex]

On 11/30/2021 at 10:17 AM, Melusine said:

I too recently lost a bunch of stuff to a scam, although a different one.

By filtering your backpack to a date before it happened, you can still track an item's history and whereabouts. (If not; wait a bit and try again.)

 

Steam may possibly help you since you can confirm that your account was breached at the time, although, being Valve, they probably won't. 

On a more positive note; a lot of people will be nice enough to give you some things back, and some will let you buy it for the same price as they did.

 

So, your best bet is to try and get ahold of the most important things by contacting the new owners and explaining what the deal is.

You won't get it all back, and it won't be free, but you may get half of it back, and cheaper than what you initially bought it for.

Sounds underwhelming, but it will teach you to appreciate what you have, and to disregard shitty people.

Could you please give detailed instructions on how to accomplish this?

 

[Cirtex]

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