SCAM ACCOUNTS:
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The scammer will use their “Ally Sam” account to send random friend requests to users on Steam. Once accepted, they will ask if you have an alt account as they “got scammed” by a guy pretending to be me.
They will also link a Steam Community post made by the administrator of a group with presumably over 1,500 Russian bot accounts, accusing me and four others of scamming, and suggest I add them in order to remove my name from the list.
Once I started speaking with the group owner, they promptly asked for my trade offer URL so they can “check my Steam account status” and threaten to write a petition for Valve Software to permanently delete my account after receiving “89 reports.” I was asked to make an appeal by having the “item database” manually review my inventory to “identify the most traded and potentially suspicious items.”
Once I got the trade offer from their “database” account, I promptly responded by sending them a Grabify link that they refused to click on the grounds that I was trying to hack them. They swiftly blocked me.
UPDATE: All 3 users were banned from backpack.tf
These Clots are the worst they photoshop steam pages and everything I came across them also running this VIA Discord last year where the scammer Joins a server picks a user with steam linked to there discord and starts the scam
They Falsely Claim
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Your Identity And Photo were used to make a copycat steam account
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The copycat Steam account was used to commit fraud in DM’S and Groups
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The account was also used to make fraudulent transactions with stolen Credit Cards and PayPal Accounts.
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Since the copycat account and yours look identical both accounts are Pending ban and you need to talk with a Valve Employee on Discord DM
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There is a panel who decides your fate on the case that needs you to testify to what is your real account and send screenshots of your purchase history DM’S and proof that you have an active phone number on the account to prove you were compromised and not lying
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If my appeal is approved the Panel can remove the pending ban but for security reasons my account will be locked to remove hackers and I will need to buy Unlock Cards In order to login again Changing Password wont work
With my encounter after 2 Days of talking with them the panel verified my account but they said now I need to get 3 of the steam 500 unlock cards AKA $500 Gift cards from Target and send them pictures of the back sides
However at the same time I was In contact with the real Steam Employee that the scammers impersonated and once he said he’s contacted legal I eventually called the chodes out and got blocked but then heard the 2 guys the fake employee closer and the opener got arrested.
One Image of many sent I had in my archives
UPDATE: The “Database” account has been trade banned by Valve Software
