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Post by morshu on Aug 15, 2022 1:44:38 GMT
Because I have items on my steam account that are worth hundreds of dollars, I am regularly approached by scammers offering me various scams such as this one; this scammer is going to try to send me to a phishing site that will give the scammer (or more likely scammers) access to my steam account where they will try to have all of my items transferred to an account that belongs to one of them, and at that point if I were to tell the scammers that I want my items back, they would tell me that in order to get my stuff back I need to use a credit card, and then they would try to either get money out of the card, have me buy things they can sell for cash with the card, or simply steal the whole card. Sometimes these scammers will change the password of your Steam account, firstly to help them steal your items or wallet funds, and secondly so they can try to scam you by asking you to pay to get it back, or scam everyone on your friends list by pretending to be you in order to gain your Steam friend's trust. This type of scammer is very suspicious of potential victims. It almost feels like any insult you type, or anything you type that's intended to waste the scammer's time, will have them blocking any contact from you before you even finish typing; so any excuse I make to delay the process would have to be very convincing in order to succeed.
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Post by morshu on Aug 15, 2022 2:00:05 GMT
The phishing site I've been sent to looks like this; I'd tell the scammer but that would be too helpful, so I'll see how many ways I can delay this scam without them knowing their scam website is broken. Attachments:
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Post by Pricky on Aug 16, 2022 0:04:46 GMT
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Post by morshu on Aug 16, 2022 4:40:05 GMT
Hello Mr Pricky! I appreciate your concerns; since you ask, I am using a gaming account that the scammers won't be able to use to find out my name, location, email address, or even what country I am in. I know these scammers sometimes ask to communicate via discord and often cannot complete their scams without doing so, so I'll make sure that the discord account I'm going to use isn't traceable to me before I do this; this scammer and I didn't reach that stage; I think they realized their website was broken and gave up; and this scam in particular doesn't require discord anyway. I think these scammers are more likely to be from Russia than from Africa where the Black Axe mainly operates; it would be an excellent thing to bait them; scambaiters are always catching scammers from Africa and India; I think catching some European scammers would help show the world that it's not where you're from or what color you are that matters, as there are people from everywhere who do the same bad things. I have what it takes to attract these scammers, which is a lot of money worth of attractive virtual items that can easily be sold for cash, and I'm willing to do whatever I can to help stop these scammers. I would also like to help change the perception that someone who gets scammed on a gaming platform like Steam is necessarily less of a victim than someone who gets scammed via Email, Facebook, Dating Sites, Instagram, YouTube, or anywhere else where scammers can operate. Attachments:
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