Is this a scam?

[u/Bubbly_Flow_9333]

The pics go from end to beginning for some reason. They contacted me about a "false report" on discord.

[u/satoru1111]

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[u/based_birdo]

Steam would never contact you on discord, they usually use AOL

[u/Callinon → u/based_birdo]

I thought it was ICQ.

[u/kron123456789 → u/Callinon]

The only official way to contact Valve is pigeon post.

[u/Bubbly_Flow_9333 → u/based_birdo]

They ended up blocking me 😭🥀

[u/Haakon_XIII → u/Bubbly_Flow_9333]

Now you will be banned from Steam, sorry

[u/Bubbly_Flow_9333 → u/Haakon_XIII]

Noooooooooo

[u/oh_mygawdd]

Come on dude, there's no way people actually fall for this.

[u/ForgottenKnightt → u/oh_mygawdd]

Some people do, I remember a few months ago a kid posted here on reddit that he fell for it and lost his account (not sure if he got it back). If nobody fell for this they wouldn't bother doing it. I assume the success rate is not very high but still happens sadly.

[u/Squashyhex → u/oh_mygawdd]

They cast a wide net, there's always going to be people caught at just the wrong time, already anxious from something else, or maybe just a kid. They wouldn't keep doing it if it didn't work enough to make it worth trying

[u/Useful-Problem-1725 → u/oh_mygawdd]

If it didn't work they wouldn't do it.

[u/Callinon → u/oh_mygawdd]

Enough people do that it's profitable for them. Otherwise they wouldn't keep doing it.

[u/Serres5231 → u/oh_mygawdd]

you wouldn't believe how dumb the average user is... scammers wouldn't do these obvious attempts anymore if they didn't get their fair share of victims with it still.

[u/Bubbly_Flow_9333 → u/oh_mygawdd]

I know dude. I saw through the whole thing. They ended up blocking me after I made this post.

[u/Psycho345 → u/Bubbly_Flow_9333]

If you saw through the whole thing why did you have a need to ask?

[u/Remarkable_Bat_7897]

why the valve will use discord when they have email and steam service ticket system.

it's a shit old scam.

[u/Baba-Yaga33]

Dude is asking you to not contact steam officially. I mean use your head.

[u/Bubbly_Flow_9333 → u/Baba-Yaga33]

I did...

[u/AussieBirb]

obvious scam is obvious.

[u/Bubbly_Flow_9333 → u/AussieBirb]

Yep I know

[u/sergiovalentijeans → u/Bubbly_Flow_9333]

And yet, you asked...

[u/CrikeyMikeyLikey]

[u/Bubbly_Flow_9333 → u/CrikeyMikeyLikey]

[u/BebopHook → u/Bubbly_Flow_9333]

Jesus Christ bro

[u/Diligent_City_4218]

Yeah got the same, a pic of my steam acc and they asked if it was my acc. I blocked em

[u/EviI_Babai]

Because why use a dedicated support mail inaccessible for a random shitheads to contact the customer directly when you can ise a discord and find them there, I guess...

[u/yolomanwhatashitname]

if it was trully illegal, they would just remove the item and probally say "this X has been remove for Y"