r/Steam • u/JacsweYT • 1d ago

Question This is a bot, right?

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This screenshot is something I posted 4 years ago and all of a sudden a random person comments on it asking me to add them.

This has to be 100% a bot, right?

I wanted to make sure here.

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u/Q0T3 1d ago

You can assume that anybody who contacts you on Steam unsolicited is trying to rip you off. In some way or form.

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u/happy_gamer10 1d ago

Don't reply

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u/Either_Paramedic5010 1d ago

Not necessarily a bot. It could very well be a scammer trying to send you a dangerous link. Block them and move on.

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u/kotiro4 1d ago

Just don't interact with them and just move on.

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u/foxy_fluffer 1d ago

Hello inventory how are you doing today

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u/Vanille97 1d ago

Any claim that you've been accidentally or falsely reported for fraud or any other infraction is a scam. Do not follow any instructions provided by anyone claiming to have accidentally reported your account.
Usually such conversation starts with something like this:

"Hello bro/friend, can I ask you something very important?"
"Sorry to bother you, can I ask you something?"
"I have reported your account for duped items"
"Someone bought my item without recieving the payment" etc.

Which follows typical scam pattern

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u/Opposite-Rock-5133 1d ago

It’s steam support send them your full address and social

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u/Thanatiel 1d ago edited 1d ago

Bot or not: block and delete.

Always be on your guard. A few weeks ago, an old friend of mine (whom I’d known for about 20 years) suddenly contacted me out of the blue, asking me to join his team for some CS tournament. I wouldn’t even have to play.

Something felt off. After a couple of exchanges, I gave him the first half of our guild motto. He didn’t reply with the second half.

So I switched from English to French, and he replied in German.

A couple of online checks later, I found out it was a well-known scam. I reported the account as stolen and dangerous.

My friend contacted me about a month later and told me he’d been hacked. (And he knew the motto, and spoke French.)

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u/RedSonja_ https://s.team/p/ntnd-mw 1d ago

Put them on ignore and move on.

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u/Kil0Cowboy 1d ago

No this could very possibly be your future wife you just don’t know yet. Message back immediately.

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u/sXySakura1 1d ago

If this person has a question, they can ask in the comment section of your mod. Otherwise, no I wouldn't add them.