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New scammer accounts adding high level users.

Discussion in 'SteamRep General Discussion' started by ♥Little shanie♥~, Jul 30, 2015.

  1. ♥Little shanie♥~

    ♥Little shanie♥~ New User

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    Hey,

    I have been getting alot of adds off very "scammer looking" , accounts who have high level friends do look more "legit" to most people(i'm a level 150 steam user). Here is an example of what i'm on about
    http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197965303521 (Example i did not say 100% scammer)

    As you can see 11 year old account, 120 hours on csgo, just thinks one day "lets go into serious IRL money for csgo items trading" i think unlikely.

    This is mainly a rant, also thread to raise awareness about scammer accounts going around adding higher leveled users 100+ mostly to look more legit. (if it's not been pointed out already)

    PS. Sorry for my grammar i have not slept.
  2. Captain Unicorn Smiles

    Captain Unicorn Smiles r/dota2trade moderator Partner Community

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    Looks like that recent rep is fake at the very least, since the one that reped him 35 minutes ago is trade banned.
  3. ♥Little shanie♥~

    ♥Little shanie♥~ New User

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    Yeah i saw all the fake rep, i pointed him out to some people they removed him pretty much insta.

    I just see more and more profiles becoming like this etc, thought it needed bringing to light.
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  4. a Gentleman

    a Gentleman SteamRep Moderator Partner Community Donator - Tier V

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    Level 123 here who happens to do a little trading as well. It gets annoying but it pays to always be safe and block the ones that don't check out.
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  5. Captain Unicorn Smiles

    Captain Unicorn Smiles r/dota2trade moderator Partner Community

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    You can normally recognize the type. Not saying all accounts that do this are scammers but a group of people generate/buy accounts and use copy paste for the presentation:

    • Low hours played
    • A huge wall of text about how amazing they are
    • Imgur links of payments with made up context (you can see this on one of the accounts who gave +rep)
    • An unusually large amount of +rep that is recent
    • Screenshots of knives in CSGO
    Normally, when you see an account with all those things it's one of these guys.
  6. Blissharmony

    Blissharmony New User

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    Aren't all "+rep" comments basically fake rep?
  7. Captain Unicorn Smiles

    Captain Unicorn Smiles r/dota2trade moderator Partner Community

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    They should always be treated with suspicion at least. For steam +rep it's more about who gave it then volume.
  8. You Are The One

    You Are The One SteamRep Admin

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  9. Salmon

    Salmon Caution on SteamRep

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  10. You Are The One

    You Are The One SteamRep Admin

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    closer to 7k, but sure
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  11. WarNev3rChanges

    WarNev3rChanges New User

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  12. Horse

    Horse Administrator SteamRep Admin

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    At the rate you are going, you will catch him in a few days.
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  13. Salmon

    Salmon Caution on SteamRep

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    I've stopped doing stuff with new reports, I'm taking what I've learned and am applying it to a new project.
  14. The_Thing

    The_Thing Donator - Tier V

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    This is a reason why I only accept users that have a level of 10 or higher, then I check their SteamRep status. Since I've been doing that, I have had less scammers and beggars.