jliko Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 i dont really know where to post this as this is my first time posting on here, someone added me for a trade, 80 keys for a circling heart salty dog (there are cheaper ones). Like the old "is the hat duped give it to an admin" scam. But instead they send me a website that might skim your login from the steam login. Apparently its been around for 3 years; its the first time I've ever heard of it. I just want your opinions on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jliko Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 i just noticed their backpack.tf account is permanently suspended https://backpack.tf/u/76561199014739685 i think i got my answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussellSproutz Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 yeah you got it. Looks like it then it probably is Edit: If it looks like a scam then it probably is rather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 question : how come he isn't trade banned on steam ? i am sure people must have reported him several times by now edit : i am asking for my lil bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaim Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 2 minutes ago, fran said: question : how come he isn't trade banned on steam ? i am sure people must have reported him several times by now edit : i am asking for my lil bro It's never that simple with steam. Also yeah this is a pretty interesting scam. I feel like any sized trader could accidentally fall for it if they haven't seen it before. I just got back into TF2/Trading in September, and early on into this new spree I almost fell for this. Obviously my brain is hard-wired to not log into any new sites without serious level of trust, so I don't think I would have gone through with it. But I really was wondering if there was some new method to determine whether or not an item was duped lol RussellSproutz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 beating a dead horse at this point but insane to me he's still able to scam people left and right on steam but if i leave a comment like "interested in buying your XYZ" on a person's profile i might get immediately community banned neonfishingrod, RussellSproutz, Mimis21 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfDutchTiger Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Never heard of that site, sus URL anyway. RussellSproutz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlepudintater Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 never heard of explorer.tf2showcase.art? its the new facebook Melancholy Sky and RouzenZaker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Spoon The Second Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 just gonna copy and past from a old forum post about basically the same thing LET THIS BE KNOWN ANY ONE CLAMING TO OWN A TF2 COMP TEAM AND OR GAMBLING/TRADING SITE THAT IS WANTING YOU TO PROMOT IT IS FAKE NEVER CLICK ANY LINKS SENT TO YOU AND NEVER LOG INTO THESE SITES HERE IS WHAT TO DO IF YOU LOGED INTO ONE OF THESE SITES THIS IS A GUIDE ON HOW TO RECOVER YOUR ACCOUNT https://marketplace.tf/blog/posts/YHLZOB you can also go to the official backpack.tf discord server and ask for help to find out if someone is trying to scam you you can also get in contact with steam support for further help if need be stay safe out there people RussellSproutz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apo Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 15 minutes ago, Sir Spoon The Second said: just gonna copy and past from a old forum post about basically the same thing LET THIS BE KNOWN ANY ONE CLAMING TO OWN A TF2 COMP TEAM AND OR GAMBLING/TRADING SITE THAT IS WANTING YOU TO PROMOT IT IS FAKE NEVER CLICK ANY LINKS SENT TO YOU AND NEVER LOG INTO THESE SITES HERE IS WHAT TO DO IF YOU LOGED INTO ONE OF THESE SITES THIS IS A GUIDE ON HOW TO RECOVER YOUR ACCOUNT https://marketplace.tf/blog/posts/YHLZOB you can also go to the official backpack.tf discord server and ask for help to find out if someone is trying to scam you you can also get in contact with steam support for further help if need be stay safe out there people nice try with the scam link Sir Spoon The Second, Breatharian, SpotlightR and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeSause Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Guys hear me out maybe he wants to give lil bro a clean hat RussellSproutz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 4 hours ago, AwesomeSause said: Guys hear me out maybe he wants to give lil bro a clean hat as soon as it goes into the giftee's inventory it would be dirtied from all that tossing around in the digital pipes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraL Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Every time someone ask me if it's clean/glitched/etc.. it's always a scam. So when someone ask me, I just say "nope, it's not clean" or "Yes it's glitched", "That's why I put that price on it". You can then see them trying to construct bullshit on the go for you to go on the website. Second trick, I'm always logged in on steam on my browser. If a link ask for my password, this is also a scam (votesite, historic, random website sometime) Apo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexi Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Everyone who cares about duped knows how to check it themselves without owning it. Unless your inventory is private/friends only there is no reason for anyone to specifically ask you if its duped or not because if they care they'll check it themselves. If it is private and they want to check it, just set it to public for a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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