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Accepted Report: 76561198990378758 - ([TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items)

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  1. Brutus Pootis

    Brutus Pootis New User

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    Scam Report

    Report Type: [Other] Any other fraudulent behavior
    Virtual item type involved: [TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items

    Accused profile: 76561198990378758

    Victim profile: 76561198095351560

    What happened? Description:
    I've never met either of these people before, and sorry if the format is wrong on anything

    But this guy randomly added me,​

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  2. Brutus Pootis

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    Again, sorry if the formatting is messed up but this kinda freaked me out since this is the first time this has ever happened to me.
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    This is NOT the first user you should be reporting - You basically reported the other user that was brought into the scam event. You must make sure from now on you report the FIRST user you were contacted by and who started the scam..you only need to reference any other accounts involved and describe HOW they were involved in the description by including the FULL SR profile block along with details of how they were involved.
    Also include any and all FULL screenshots you have as evidence.
    Please do not resubmit a new report - this one will do for now.
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    @Brutus Pootis I need the ID64 of the FIRST user you were involved with ASAP! Also I need to know how long you've known them and if you've reported BOTH users to Valve yet asap!?
    Keep in mind this is a very typical and almost 99% of the time a hijacking situation so I need to know all that and quickly so I can determine if that was the case.
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    Did you report BOTH users to Valve yet?
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    How do you report users to Valve, do I use the report profile thing on their pages?
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    yes
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    Okay, yes I have, I explained everything in full detail how the one person added me and told me they reported my account due to an "item fraud" and if I didn't add this supposed "Valve
    representative, that they'd delete my account if I didn't comply.
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    The Magnus person said they falsely reported me and needed me to add this Akshay person ASAP, but after that I just blocked the two and the Akshay person started commenting on my friends profile which I also screenshotted that my account would be deleted.
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    Besides that I did report both of these profiles, and blocked them.
    I'm still unaware of what scam they were trying to pull off.
  12. Horse

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    Both accounts were likely hijacked accounts - will monitor report a few days to see if Valve reacts to the accounts.
    This is 99.9999% typical here lately. You see this again just delete them and report the accounts to Valve let them handle it.
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    Alright, thank you.
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    Your report was accepted and the accused was banned. Feel free to report a violation via their Steam profile.

    In order to do that, you have to:
    1. Visit the accuseds profile
    2. Click MORE drop-down located at the top right of the page
    3. Choose REPORT VIOLATION
    4. Select the violation, then describe it and provide the evidence
    5. Click SUBMIT REPORT

    Click here to view an animated gif that shows how to report a violation.
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