Archived Appeal: 76561198100770427 - (Highvan / BANNED BY SR)

Appeal for BANNED BY SR

Steam profile: 76561198100770427 (Highvan)

Appeal Plea: I am innocent of all listed offenses
Appeal Reason: [Evidence] Missing - Evidence is missing or not enough

Victim Repayment: No, I committed no fraud or had no direct victims
Previous Appeals: Yes, I appealed here before and it was denied.​

Alternate or Related Accounts:

None.​

Appeal description:

Hello,

I am writing this appeal in a very late matter of time in regards to SteamRep's decision to ban my account from the platform, to once again re-discuss the decision and a status of my account.

It started around on November 18th 2018, when i've received an anonymous DM on Steam by a person who so claimed to be a "Steam Moderator", this was during the time when the scam envolving the "pending" bans were going around. They have told me that some of my TF2 Items were "hijacked", and that a checkup of these items were needed to re-check. Keep in mind that i was 14 when that was happening, I didn't know anything about the new scams going around, and the people who i was around at that time didn't know wheter it was a scam or not, so i got little to no help when this was ongoing. I wanted to first ensure this person's legitness of their position by providing any proof that they are classified as a "Steam Mod", to which they have provided videos and screenshots of some sorts showing off some kind of specific moderator things no one else has. I at first didn't comply with these proofs, but at the same time, I didn't know what to do and i was thinking of the outcomes if this person were to actually be a real moderator with power. So i started complying with their requests, seeing what the outcome will really be. I remember the items in question were one of my valuable ones, but i only remember one of them being a Strange Ghastlierest Gibus. He Trade Offered me my stuff for him to supposedly proceed a check-up.
Now I don't remember for what reason this next thing was requested for, and I don't know if it was a common step of that scam, but this person after my items asked me to give him my Steam username and password to ensure the safety of my account. That's where i at first noticed a red flag, and denied their request. But after ongoing denies, he has been threatening me that he will take my account down or something. I once again did not want to risk anything bad if the person's status were to soon be legit, so i complied with their request and gave them out my username and password to my Steam account. Though still, keep in mind that i was 14 and didn't know any better. The next thing they requested me was my Gmail and Password to my Google Account. To which i strongly denied, and demanded proof to verify their status. They've said something in the words of "I am a part of the new Steam Mod Lists", i asked them to show me where i can see it. Now it was either me or him that has directed to Discord Messages for convenient providing of evidence. We have found each other on Discord, and i've started to ask to send me the supposed "list" of new Steam Mods, to which they've replied "As long as I'm not busy, i will send it to you.". 1 or 2 minutes after their reply, i've noticed that i have benn logged out of my Steam Account, that's where i noticed that i feel for the scam. I said to them "Yep, Thank you for logging me out of my account." in a sarcastic tone, they told me that "They will keep me updated". The next day, no update from them, my password was changed on my account, i felt like i had no hope. I immediately tried to contact Steam Support in any way possible, to try and resolve this issue, after a couple of days, Steam Support revoked this person's access to my account and allowed my entrance to the account. (Unfortunately i do not have any proof of our Direct Messages on Steam between that Steam Mod Impersonator and me, they were long lost, and i for sure don't think i can track them anymore. I will however provide proof of the emails from Steam Support, though unfortunately the full response from Steam Support were expired a while ago)

On 2020 i've seen a lot of people mentioning about SteamRep, about how you can find your own Overview for nessecary tasks. I went in to check my overview and i've noticed that my Steam Account was marked as "Banned". At first i didn't know why, but then i've checked further, and turns out it was due to a report of my account allegedly redirecting and warning people about his main Steam Mod account.

You can find someone's report here, in the screenshots "roman bangers" was my username at that time. That was not me at the time, it was a Steam Mod impersonator, in my account, i lost my account on 19th of November, this conversation took place at the 20th of November. - https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198100770427

On March 23rd 2020, 1 and a half years after an incident occured, i've made an appeal on SteamRep forums with the intent to resolve the status of my Steam Account in SteamRep, and to prove that the reports against my account weren't my own doings. And I do have to admit that for a 2020 post, this really didn't turn out to be a well mannered appeal, and i do regret the unprofessionalism in it, which made my points not stand. On that thread, i've failed to provide the screenshots about my Steam Support ticket, and the date of the occured incident, to which my appeal was denied.

My appeal from March 23rd 2020 - https://forums.steamrep.com/threads...7-white-bear-banned-by-sr.192745/#post-519434

After 3 years and my slow return to the Steam and TF2 Community, i am still looking for a way to resolve this ban status on SteamRep, as i've noticed that many Non Valve affiliated websites who focus on selling and buying Team Fortress 2 items, have a connection with SteamRep, which restricts my abillities to buy, sell or even look at their website upon logging in. I want to prove my clear position and innocence in any way possible, because although i understand that my account was reported and banned, to ensure the security of others, i still disagree with my status still ongoing, and i don't want to be labeled as someone who i'm not or weren't at all.


-I would like to know how i can make a new Steam Ticket for confirmation of my hijack appeal, because i'm struggling to find any options relating to that on Steam Support.
-If there's anything else i could possibly provide as evidence, please let me know.


Looking forward to resolve this issue with you guys! And I'm sorry if this appeal might come across too late for any possible resolvement.​