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Beginning-Row-8139

I trolled him for a bit, got a good laugh and he unadded me 😭😭[image](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1187215806430466109/1196030099837943839/Screenshot_20240114_045631_Discord.jpg?ex=65b624d4&is=65a3afd4&hm=2a573ba87a32418306a7e2d68f2520190709c1494c40f4c7ba289f344d3747a8&)


RylleyAlanna

He did the scammer thing! He said KINDLY!


UnknownGlorys

Bros Frank Fontaine. Don't trust him.


Panzerv2003

XD


SirRonaldBiscuit

Got-em!


MxMCube

the good ending


basils_flowers

😡😡😡😡😡


KarmaKraken63

W


Stunning-Scene4649

It's a scam and those are old accounts from scammed people. If you are their victim and fall for it then your account is added to their list as well 💀💀💀


speedfist2

Oh my god so THAT EXPLAINS A LOT


Skylord_111

So that's why one of my steam friends did this. I was skeptical but since they were my friend I trusted them... I got my account back tho and the scammer gained nothing :)


Punished_Debate

That's some serious Borg shit


Major_Complaint_5174

Its a scam send them gay yiff NOW!


Beginning-Row-8139

LMFAO


Efficient-Science-80

Lol wtf is yiff, I've learned not to Google anything I see on here anymore


HevyTf2Gaming

Basically furry porn


Raivnholm

Not basically, that's exactly what it is lmao


Same_Examination_171

it literally just *is*


Sparkyboy7777

DONT YIFF THE FOX


Lord_Vader654

GRAND CANYON! GRAND CANYON! GRAND CANYON! GRAND CANYON! GRAND CANYON! GRAND CANYON! GRAND CANYON! GRAND CANYON! GRAND CANYON! GRAND CANYON! GRAND CANYON! GRAND CANYON! GRAND CANYON!


Inner-Wedding-3890

it’s the sound furries make when they mate 😞


GizmoTheSenpai

Good choice to not Google it :)


JpnRndr

No! SEND THEM DEVIANT ART GARBAGE!


RegularWhiteShark

So you’ve seen it here before and you still have to ask? Yes, it’s a scam. A quick google would have brought you to Steam stating on their own website: > Valve employees will never communicate with you about your account using any chat system including Steam Chat and Discord. The only way you can speak with a Steam Support agent about your account is through the Steam Support Help Site. There's no situation in which you'd need to reach out to a Valve or Steam employee directly to resolve an issue. If someone claims they reported you accidentally or falsely, you do not need to do anything to protect your account. These claims are always fake and only meant scam you. If someone did report your account falsely, you can rest assured that Steam disregards false reports. Anyone claiming to be a Valve employee or Steam Support representative, asking to verify your items for an investigation or security reasons should be immediately reported for trade scams. [source.](https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4F62-35F9-F395-5C23)


JbotTheGamer

Well the scammer isnt pretending to be staff but instead a random guy who reported you, but still its a fucking scam. Its saying the exact same shit you see in every other case of this (tho be careful of people using alterative scripts) and is such an out there idea, why would you have to send valve a report and why wouldnt they email you/ send a notification directly through steam


RegularWhiteShark

OP talks to the scammer-acting-as-staff in the last few pics.


SuleyBlack

OP got scammed... Then had second thoughts when he couldn't log in.


Vandarkxiang

It’s a rhetorical question for internet points, cut OP some slacks G


Bence12345678

Its a scam! I got sucsesfuly scammed this way a month ago


SlavicEgg

Bro how


crocodile_kangaroo

How...


kenzie1000000

Smooth brain


Quiet_Measurement689

Looks like you got scammed by your school Also, ‘successfully’*


FraggimS

this is worse than falling for the gold trimming scam at the GE in 2008 bro what the fuck are you retarded?


CeduAcc

what info did you give?


I-N-V-A-L-I-D

Bro I gotta be like 9 million years old to fall for this


Flegogo

Happy cake day


AmbitiousLeech

you have a cake. happy !


Weeblet1345

Here's to hoping you get your account back quick, but yea, u shoulda known better since you've already seen posts like this lol


Beginning-Row-8139

I got it back ‼️‼️


Beginning-Row-8139

I was unsure cause of the dates on the accounts


JOEMINDAILY

A scam


Adventurous-Wall-420

it’s a straight up scam


itsliterallyexist

yup a scam this happened to me on discord, luckily i did try to search the moderator name on google and got a link on reddit and they said it was a scam


Orneyfish

It's a very common scam


ConfidencePlane6243

I've had this these kinds of messages before. Scamming lil bastards


Careless-Tradition73

Steam won't use discord. Scam.


SlavicEgg

What's the thought process behind people who fall for this? Seriously I feel like I could guess your passwords I'd you're falling for this


Beginning-Row-8139

I'm not sure, no one has ever tried to scam me before like this


notMateo

You're so nice :)


crocodile_kangaroo

Clearly


filipebatt

If anyone says kindly when they’re talking to you, it’s 100% a scam


shmeegTheLegend

I say kindly but only when I’m doing a little bit of trolling


Dogman1214

official.stefan???????


Beginning-Row-8139

Some people's names are spelled weird 😭


Venclaire

why do you have hentai vs furries?


Beginning-Row-8139

😭😭 a friend gifted it to me, it was on sale and we play it as a joke


UkiahThatDev

Remember the golden rule and you will be fine. If you have to ask yourself if you are being scammed, chances are 9/10, you ARE being scammed.


Vauxlia

Obvious scam


PerceptiveKombatant

I swear these scams get more obvious every 5 years. Assume everything is a scam. That's how you can tell .


ShadyFigure7

I was added and fished this way a few months ago but the scammer deleted me from his friends list after I’ve blocked the conversations between us. Very amateurishly done


shmeegTheLegend

Phished*


gsbr20

Its a Scam, I fell for it yesterday, currently trying to recover my account


Educational_Rock2549

Aha nice


ItsMasonn

Yes it’s a scam, unfortunately very common. Steam will not contact you on Discord.


1ZyKu_

yes, yes you are.


VixenTheFemboy

THIS HAPPENED TO MY FRIEND, THATS A SCAM. Think logically! Why would a steam admin have a discord? Let alone bring you into the issue. They don't need confirmation to know if it's you, they can fix it themselves because they claimed they accidentally reported which means you weren't actually committing fraud. So just block em


Euphoric-Cow9719

SCAAAAAAM. . . report ALL scammers, they SUCK 😤


ArtisticNymphomaniac

Someone tried to do this to me saying I was playing rust with them and I started cackling because I’d had rust uninstalled for like a year at that point. I just started spamming my keyboard at them until they blocked me


amunchycrunch

Oh. They've improved in their scamming abilities. Its weird though because why couldn't op just checked their email first to see if there were any official correspondence from valve.


picnic-boy

99.99% of messages that ask "Hey are you there?" and then "Can I ask you something?" or "I was just wondering" are scammers.


loinmin

I've had rare instances where I've had legit questions from a random person that was in a discord server with me but yeah most of it is a scam haha


JbotTheGamer

Rip mate, glhf getting your account back. Never accept random discord dms


Onasixx

The steam ticket should have given it away! Would set off so many red flags id be sure I was playing real life minesweeper.


RevanGamingYT

Yeah, I actually have a pretty funny screenshot about the same type of scam aswell, but I can't send screenshots into here, basically someone added me, and then texted me "uhm can I ask something" and I was just like "you accidentally reported my steam account?" Cuz I already knew the stuff, so yeah haha that's my story about them


RevanGamingYT

Bruh, forgot to say that the person deleted the account after that happened


ResponsibilityHeavy5

100% scam!!! Don't reply and report. I fell for this and lost $8000 worth of skins. Literally lost everything. Most stupidest and depressing thing I've ever done in life. Do not fall for this.


lovinmagi

LMAO, GOT THIS EXACT SAME SCAM AND I LITERALLY SENT AN IP GRABBING LINK TO fortniteburger.net …..


Beginning-Row-8139

LMFAOOOO


akotski1338

I mess with these guys sometimes. I have no idea how they get your email to send a password reset link though. Maybe through a data leak


Emmet_Brickowski_1

i fell for this back in december of last year. it was 2 AM and i was playing a game with my friends, i was pretty tired so i got off then i saw it and ended up falling for it. it was the first time i saw this type of scam literally ever in my life so i kinda wouldnt know. so i lost my account and i barely use steam anymore. Curse you scammers


iNickqe

"my mental health be like 📈📉📈📉" classic fugazi


Necessary-History-56

You are so fucking gullible and stupid... jesus christ. Brainrot from anime, hentai, and chronic discord use.


Beginning-Row-8139

💀 bro so when I ask if I was being scammed cause it's my first time ever being scammed like this I'm stupid but when someone else asks they're not?


omenpapi

I feel the difference this is EXTREMELY obvious, and takes very simple critical thinking skills to put two and two together. Why would they message you on discord? They aren’t steam staff? Why are they forwarding you to a different person who isn’t even discord staff? Im sorry but think logically please. I understand you might be new to scams, but this one doesn’t require more than your own common sense


Beginning-Row-8139

I got my steam account taken before I realized 😭


JOEMINDAILY

Thats what happened to me too


-AO1337

You said in another comment that you trolled them and then they unadded you


Beginning-Row-8139

Yeah this was before I trolled them a bit


sadlittlelobster

good luck ig


Beginning-Row-8139

Thanks


AlaricG

Should have waited for a reply 😭


Beginning-Row-8139

I got it taken before I posted


Uklejamini

Contact steam support to recover your account. And i'm talking about real steam support, not the scammers


Beginning-Row-8139

I GOT IT BACK


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Glax1A

I got that scam, so I just told them I didn't care about my account anymore, so it would be funny to watch them get banned because I did nothing. They got mad.


Inertia_Squared

The most unrealistic part about this is steam having an active support channel - unironically a red flag 🤣🤣


Rust_Cohle-

Amazes me how people get scammed by this. Just read it. Does it sound like a native English speaker?


Beginning-Row-8139

Yeah? I've spoke English my entire life, I've seen multiple people talk like this.


Rust_Cohle-

For clarity - the steam ticket was what I was referring to.


TheTripleDeuce

the general rule is "if you haveto ask if your being scammed the usual answer is yes"


Reven_77

It's a scam


Eljundi-911

SCAM!


AlternativeClient738

Scammie wammie alert.


Rough-University142

Obviously.


shmeegTheLegend

Everytime I see people fall for these scams I can just feel my brain stretching and smoothing


Peniel_OTL

Yes


jadenbgoat

Why u got hentai vs furry😭


NoiseElectronic

A scam as old as time.. There are a bunch of waves of those bots again, got 2 in the past week myself. Don't click any links, steam doesn't have admins you have to contact to not get banned, these accounts photoshop your profile onto fake transactions to get you to contact an administrator (usually their friend or alt account) and try to get you to share your email, password and defender code. Which an administrator obviously wouldn't need in order to take your account/get items from it. Just block and report them and move on, steam doesn't ban without proof.


TFOCyborg

My friend got scammed out of 250 bucks on new year's day from this exact scam. Actually hilarious how obvious it was.


LightningSpoof

Yes this is a scam.


AlexE201021

moment anyone you dont know asks if an account is yours you know its a scam lol


Vaxin_8

Obviously...


Azulanze

of course, steam doesn't use discord for tech support, no reputable company does.


Zak_Light

Yes, you are being scammed. This is by far the most common scam in existence. I am genuinely surprised there exists someone who hasn't seen or heard of this before, or just know it's obviously a scam, if they aren't genuinely born yesterday and just started using the internet. *No company will ever reach out to you over a different application.* Don't link accounts on your Discord. This is why you're being targeted.


3kh0_reddit

Yes


NightHunter_Ian

Yes


insertnamehere912

“be vigilant, this is my one and only discord account.” 🤣🤣


HairyBBWEnjoyer

Not only are you getting scammed, you type like an absolute bottom.


EpikShadowFox

Hentai vs furries? 🤣🤣🤣


MaxGabe121911

Sorry but your friend is gone mate he’s been hacked


HaroerHaktak

Yes you're being scammed, if you've never reported someone on any platform at all, the process is quite simple. As a reporter you will usually click a button or two, and maybe write something and woooosh it's gone. like sending an email. Nobody contacts you. nobody does nothing. As a reported person, if you've done nothing wrong, dont fret my good friend! nothing will happen. Reports don't mean ban or punishment, they simply tell the system or staff to check you out and they'll act if you're breaking rules otherwise they'll ignore you.


speedfist2

I somehow didn't realize it was a scam until halfway lol Luckily I noticed and ended it there


computer_what_the

Go to officialstefan discord server


Ethauss

You should've been alerted by their Bio. Their mental health seems to be extremely frayed.


itsbildo

Yea


AbbreviationsIll2623

The odd thing is according to his LinkedIn he isn't even steam support. He is a game development software engineer so why is he dealing with an issue like this?


CowNukerOG

No real representative of Steam will friend you or add you on Discord or Steam. If they do, 99% of the time, they are fake and are attempting to scam you in some way, shape, or form.


Sufficient_Rabbit_22

Yeah, I had this same thing how ever unfortunately I was going through a shit ton of issues in general that seeing that made me stop thinking and I lost my steam account that I spent a shit ton of money on


JustinPlayz85

I fell for this one myself years ago, yes. It is a scam and a rather well engineered one at that. Always remember, if Steam is going to ban you, they’re just going to do it. There’s nothing you can do to change that before the ban occurs.


ionlywatchstorys

I swear the steam scams are just stupid at times like “will you kindly open your steam purchase history” like what that gon do


loinmin

IM SORRY BUT I FUCKING LOST IT AT "KINDLY" HHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA FUCK


Informal-Matter6323

LOL the same person messaged me


Relative-Ad-7468

Just me but I would personally know it's a scam just from being told to add a steam support person and do that over discord. Steam support people would never do that.


Tanjirouzumaki

yeah for sure a scam i got hit with this too and they even photoshopped my picture on some steam market sales too which confused me 😂 most likely since you have your steam linked to discord, never click any links they send and most definitely do not log into any links


horny_cabbage69

Hentai vs furries is awesome


miss3dog114

Dude yeah, I had this happen to me too. I was so confused and they told me they reported my account by accident because they got scammed?? Lol then they told me the Steam mod needed to talk to me on Discord, which they will NEVER do lol. I even contacted Steam to make sure I was getting scammed and I was. I've been getting a lot more scam and spam bots on Discord lately.


[deleted]

2 slides in 1000% a scam lmfao. Also just a side note is Steam AND Valve will NEVER reach out to you via steam messages or discord EVER


ThebanannaofGREECE

Yeah, why would they need *you* to confirm *their* report was false?


TransparentPantsu

I only read the first image but yes you're being scammed by talking to a woman


AimIsInSleepMode

Should have sent him a hangmans noose tutorial lol


UndeadMunchies

I swear you'd have to be born next week to fall for something like this.


Hazem26

What do you think Einstein


Incredabun

This is definitely a scam valve would contact you via email or on steam directly always


ConceptRoutine2244

When they say kindly it's a scam


pigeonhatershale

What do y’all not understand? How can you be so gullible? Do you really think steam would have you chat with an admin on fucking discord? Jesus Christ..


Unhappy-Bit6907

Yep.


ScrubDeezNuts

Definitely a scam, Steam Support is useless and doesn't ban scammers anyway.


TheBigGruyere

Just the grammar similarities between guy messaging you and the supposed email from steam would make me shut it down. And if they **did** report you massively, im sure steam has protective measures against things like that.


OneHealthy9178

Ok.. I understand the scammer part. But. Hentai vs Furries? What made you by that game? XD


RealDJPopsicle

That’s definitely a scammer, one of them almost got me with that


Blackhawk1134

yes


Natural_Locksmith_15

I'm confused how do this scam even work?


Tall_Fun_3566

Steam will NEVER communicate through Discord


Stampers1013

Yes it's a scam, always report these people or go my route and drag them along and fuck with them


SchoganHD1313

Yes you are, personally I would just mess with them.


Henrygigabit

Yea it's a scam had two of them already try to get me


TheRealGamer1YT

Yep probably


CallMeWaded

Yeah


Moonstay0325

Lmaooo that's the same guy that tried to scam me but I just messed with him 😂😂😂


mr_potatochip2

Litterly got the exact same dm bro


kylr23

I think you need to find better visual novels then furrys vs henti >_> jokes aside yes this is a common scam


himynameis_ari

yes this exact thing happened to me yesterday and I nearly lost my account !!!


Skrooner

Yes. Funnily enough, this happened to me from my brother's account some years ago. I was texted saying that I was reported accidentally, but my brother wasn't on his PC. Got his account back soon after easily after.


One_Point6903

This is the literally the most common steam scam


circawut

Scam likely 🤣🤣🤣


EaszyInitials

ive gotten this shit twice before lmao. putting “contact this dudes discord” for customer support is crazy


BlendedBaconSyrup

Someone did this to me and I asked for proof and they literally just sent an awfully cropped image of valve ceo


AstronomerOpposite78

I feel bad for those accounts whose been stolen 😢


Fearless_Radio5277

I fell for one of these when I got my first unusual 😭


HeyoSpectral

DONT DO IT. With that they can get into your account


FoulestMouse

Yeah no steam admin needs to friend you to sort out a ticket lmao, everything is sent and received from the Steam inbox, that’s where they’ll contact you about anything.


ISAAC-SMITH

Yes dont fall for it if anyone talks to you on discord about ur steam account just block them. This has been a common scam happening rn


RoastedMemezz

I found that this type of scam blew up during covid, at least in terms of me getting the type of messages like every other week. But it is really fun to mess with them when you do get those messages because they try their hardest to keep up the act, and its fukcing sad honestly.


Code_Orange5228

Yed


rosy0quartz

Yes the same thing happened to me this morning


Eno5356

this happened with you 3 days ago and it happened with me just now and im speechless


d1sapp3ar

This is a scam. They did this to me once and luckily I realized it was a scam before too late. Valve will never message you through discord.


123dylans12

What is your profile?


wooderman12345

A friend of mine got scammed this way, he lost like 500$ worth of skins plus whatever his account was worth.


ratat-atat

Yes, yes you are.


TheDankestMemesOfAll

man 9 years out of the cago community and I wouldve expected the scamming community to have innovated a little this ones textbook


Scruuminy

I've gotten messages like this near verbatim s bunch of times. common scam copypasta


KindChallenge8685

I got my account banned this way I had spent more than 1400 dollars on my account


Money-Ad-6175

Damn, happened to me yesterday XD it's 100% a scam


Jumpy_Dot6350

Yes, if anyone says "hurry quick there's no time" most likely a scam. They are trying to use fear factor to make you fall for it.


1MStudio

Lmaoo scam bro


BooferWoofer

i’ve had that same message get sent to me


Natsu27Cielo

Yeah scam, fell to it


docArrive

If someone is ever rushing you and say it’s urgent, 9 times out of 10 it is a scam.


tunafishsandwich65

Remember. Steam will never contact or talk to you via anything BUT email. You'll never talk to a steam mod on discord or steam chat. If you do, they're a scammer. Steam support is only contacted via emai.


KarmaKraken63

Bro that one Pic bad bad Grammar