The scammer’s concerned and helpful front is gone once you start chatting with the fake admin: Note that the tone of the conversation changes here. Of course, this admin is fake and likely either the scammer or an accomplice. The hogwashĬonvinced of what you must do and who you need to contact, you get in touch with the Steam admin. It’s another reinforcement tactic, to erase any doubts you may still have. The scammer shows a purported response from “Jill”, the Steam admin of this case, containing explicit instructions to contact the party who was mistakenly blocked and have them contact her as well through Discord. They may already be a Steam “friend”, from a couple of days or years ago, someone in the same Steam group as you, or a user who wants you to add them to your friends list. Anything to suggest that it’s something important and that they should be heard out.

The fraudsters behind the “I accidentally reported you” scam usually approach their targets under the pretext that they need something, or they have something to say. On the other hand, if you’re quite acquainted with it, dear Reader, then feel free to skip to the next section. And, based on its new latest iteration, it targets Steam users with a Discord account.įor those who aren’t aware of this scam and its variants, below is a breakdown of how the scam works. To date, it has no other target apart from Steam users. Like Steam phishing campaigns, this particular Steam scam-referred to loosely as the “I accidentally reported you” or “I accidentally reported your account” scam-has been coming and going since initial reports of it emerged in late 2018. And let’s not forget the many ways a fraudster can dupe Counter Strike: Global Offense (CS:GO) players. Phishing campaigns aimed at harvesting as many user credentials as possible, for example, are a dime a dozen. Their tactics and target have remained generally consistent for years. There are some scams on Steam which have stood the test of time.

They ask you to message a Steam admin, whose profile they kindly provide, to help you sort out this dilemma. Suppose that, out of the blue, a Steam user tells you they’ve accidentally reported you for something you didn’t do, like making an illegal purchase, and that your Steam account is going to be suspended.

Steam groups search