This guide will give you the information on some scamming techniques and how you can protect yourself against them. Scammers are always coming up with new techniques, so do not think this will stop you from being scammed.

Sources/More Information:

• Account Security Recommendations
  
• Avoiding Phising Attemps
  
• Trading Policy
  
• Recommended Trading Practices

A scammer is a person who tries to get your items or skins for free.
There are alot well known and less known methods of scamming items in steam.

I will show you some different scamming methods, so you will be safe while trading your items.

But remember, this are not all scamming methods and every day people are inventing new one.

When you enable Steam Guard it doesn't make you completely immune to account thieves, but it's essential to always keep it enabled.
Click if you want to know how to enable SG

You need to instal Steam App, but adds another security to your steam account.
+ Security Layer
+ You need to accept everything twice
- You need to wait 7 Days untill TRADE HOLDS dissapear
(that means if somebody scammed you and you accepted it you will need to accept it on MA too)
Click if you want to know how to enable MA

Most account hijackers rely on deceiving and tricking users into actually giving them their account details.

This method is known as phising, and is very easy to find out, if you just take a few moments to double check the URL of the webpage that you've been redirected to.

Valve operates the following websites FOR Steam. If you see any others proclaiming to be Steam, it's not true.

• https://steamproxy.com
  
• https://steampowered.com
  
• https://steamproxy.com/steamstore
  
• https://support.steampowered.com

All Steam login pages for safety have an SSL Validation Certificate. It'll look like a padlock with a green highlight and thetext "Valve Corporation [US]" to the left of your address bar.



The most phising scams lure victims in with a promise of free items and games.
When you click on the link you'll see a perfect replica of a Steam website which will prompt you to login to continue.
If the URL spelling is not accurate, or it points to a different site entirely, it WILL steal your account details.

Never install software that promises free items/games or to check if your items are safe.
They will infect you with malware and viruses on your system.
Files can take many extensions such as executable
(.EXE.) / (.DLL files) / (.BAT) / (.SCR)
The intention is to steal your credit card information, items or your account!
You can prevent installing malicious software by mistake by avoiding links from people you don't know.

Scammer will send you trade offer with some description similliar to this:
OR ANY OTHER OFFER WITH MONEY NEVER TRUST THIS.











Scammer will tell you that he will send you money for your item/s.
He will send you message similliar to this:





How to avoid:
Make sure the person giving you the money has a good steam rep, and to check that you have the money in your paypal balance, not just your email.

This method was in money scam section

Scammer will send you trade offer with all your cheap skins like:
boreal forests and more (any cheap skins for 0,05 ) and between 20-30 cheap skins he will put in item which will infiltrate into the camo of the items so it will look like boreal forest (fore example).



Scammer buys profile background or anything from market which is only once on the market for few cents.

The middleman scam is done in different ways.
It will be mostly used when you want to sell your items for real money
Scammer will ask if you want middleman on your trade.
prerson who takes the items or the money from one person and changes it trough the trading guys
If you do not know the middleman, you have to be very carefull.
The middleman will take your items and give them to the scammer without giving you the money or stuff.

This scam method is used when trading CS:GO items.
Person will post trade on lounge example:
AWP | Asiimov (FT) but he has (BS) one. You need to be patient with this.
Better double check the exterior and the price of this items when you trade with them ! this scam is done with skins which are expensive in a good exterior but cheap in a bad one.

Mostly this scammers will write in ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ something like to make you rush the trade.

If you see a user who is attempting or even scammed yourself or others through the Steam Community, you can report them by visiting their Steam Profile and clicking the "More" button near the top.

From the dropdown menu select the Report Violation button.

Then click on reason and type what you want and then click
Submit Report