Accepted Report: 76561198154482360 - ([None] No items)

Scam Report

Report Type: [Rep Fraud] Impersonation with intent to defraud
Virtual item type involved: [None] No items

Accused profile: 76561198154482360

Victim profile: 76561198016621705

What happened? Description:

User has a guide full of fraudulently identified "SteamRep staff"/"Valve employees"/other special SteamRep ranks users, one of which ("Trex") is a friend and member of my TF2 community who appears to have been hijacked as far as I can tell.​

Provide Evidence:

Here's the guide on Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1470691828

And here's accused blocks for everyone listed in the guide;

Code:

| steamname: Trex
| steam3ID: [U:1:125340953]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:62670476
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198085606681
| customURL:
| steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198085606681

Code:

| steamname: SneakyFedoraMan
| steam3ID: [U:1:312635979]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:156317989
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198272901707
| customURL:
| steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198272901707

Code:

| steamname: ᴿᴺᴳ Mr. BOT#2
|  steam3ID: [U:1:389208812]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:0:194604406
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198349474540
| customURL: https://steamcommunity.com/id/53574574
|  steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198349474540

Code:

| steamname: NlmbKai
|  steam3ID: [U:1:334454347]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:167227173
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198294720075
| customURL:
|  steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198294720075

Code:

| steamname: PD.va14
|  steam3ID: [U:1:209705574]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:0:104852787
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198169971302
| customURL: https://steamcommunity.com/id/PD_va14twitch
|  steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198169971302

Zky appears to have been labelled as a Scammer 2 days ago, but he's listed in this guide too.

Code:

| steamname: Zky
| steam3ID: [U:1:350185514]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:0:175092757
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198310451242
| customURL: https://steamcommunity.com/id/LazySky
| steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198310451242

Code:

| steamname: ~toastkitten~
| steam3ID: [U:1:481115647]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:240557823
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198441381375
| customURL:
| steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198441381375

Code:

| steamname: Scribblenautics
| steam3ID: [U:1:335790825]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:167895412
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198296056553
| customURL: https://steamcommunity.com/id/scribblenautics
| steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198296056553

Code:

| steamname: (P.C)Major Dingles
| steam3ID: [U:1:466393551]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:233196775
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198426659279
| customURL: https://steamcommunity.com/id/698754412
| steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198426659279

This entry is a tad odd, as [RG]Bacon is actually a middleman but his legitimate profile is listed on the guide. I'm certain this was either a mistake by the guide creator, or he added Bacon on purpose to make his guide seem "legitimate". No action is necessary against this user.

Code:

| steamname: [RG]Bacon [/r/tf2trade]
|  steam3ID: [U:1:57389216]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:0:28694608
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198017654944
| customURL: https://steamcommunity.com/id/RGBacon
|  steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198017654944

Same as above, appears to have been added to make the guide look legitimate. No action is necessary against this user.

Code:

| steamname: Shubb|Need Mob App Dev (sockets)
| steam3ID: [U:1:124267873]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:62133936
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198084533601
| customURL: https://steamcommunity.com/id/Shubbler
| steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198084533601

Same as above, appears to have been added to make the guide look legitimate. No action is necessary against this user.

Code:

| steamname: Mad-Matt
| steam3ID: [U:1:14927832]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:0:7463916
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197975193560
| customURL: https://steamcommunity.com/id/MadMatticus
| steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561197975193560

Forgot to explain that by "fraudulently identified "SteamRep staff"/"Valve employees"/other special SteamRep ranks users", I mean that the guide is chock full of edited SteamRep profile screenshots showing the users with all sorts of fancy roles they don't actually have along with a lot of poorly written text explaining the purpose of the guide. It's very obviously used in attempts to defraud other users out of items.

I've already reported the guide on Steam, as has my friend who first contacted me and linked me to the guide after our mutual friend (mentioned above, "Trex") attempted to scam him. I've also sent an e-mail out to Eric S. of Valve alerting him to the guide and the scam.

Some images from the guide. Here's screencaps of some of the guide's contents.

• https://i.imgur.com/mj78cgD.png
• https://i.imgur.com/IYUK1DA.png
• https://i.imgur.com/kQpM55v.png
• https://i.imgur.com/AJChonO.png
• https://i.imgur.com/4lO5R4V.png
• https://i.imgur.com/S4YsQj9.png
• https://i.imgur.com/zslqVWw.png
• https://i.imgur.com/Rcqr1fQ.png
• https://i.imgur.com/glJFSK9.png
• https://i.imgur.com/Vz4yA7w.png
• https://i.imgur.com/fltrhOd.png
• https://i.imgur.com/jUMLk89.png

And some other screenshots:

• "Cash trade process", basically instructing the victim(s) to trade their items to one of the scammers listed who "holds onto it until you receive your cash".
• Shitty looking "dupe item" warning instructing victim(s) to "not hesitate to contact the 'official list' to support you".
• Fake as f✿✿✿ "Steam Verification Software" preview with some easily faked "ITEMS VERIFIED" bar.
• More fake instructional s✿✿✿, basically "give us your 'suspicious' items so we can check them".

I've no evidence of any actual attempts to defraud anyone aside from being told by my friend that our mutual friend Trex had attempted to scam him. When confronted (as Trex was still on my friends list), he quickly removed me which leads me to believe he's been hijacked.

Reason for this report was mostly to alert you guys to the guide as several trusted users are listed on there alongside several other fraudulently credited users via the photoshopped images embedded in the guide. The guide creator and subject of the report ("Community.") has just recently disabled comments on the guide and twice now the guide has disappeared with the "That item does not exist" message (it became visible again after a few minutes the first time). It just now disappeared again as I was typing this message so he is aware that he's been found out.

I was hoping to see Community and the users listed within the guide (minus the latter 3 of course) listed as scammers/potentially hijacked to prevent anyone from being defrauded, but I understand that there's only so much you guys can do and I've not really got any evidence of wrongdoing aside from the existence (or lack thereof now) of the guide and the information within pertaining to their scam.

The friend who was nearly scammed by Trex has the chat up and has stated he can get a screenshot of that so at least Trex can be taken care of. I've advised him to hit this thread up and post a reply with the screenshot attached.

Thank you

Here's the chat screenshot between my friend and Trex: https://i.imgur.com/muhemeu.png

I have attached screenshots of the conversation I had with "Trex". I kinda played along to see what he was trying to do.