So recently i keep getting spammed by bots/scammers that keep sending me friend requests on steam. I block every single account of them but they keep coming back with more accounts is there anyway to fix this or do i just need to accept this and block every single account which is very annoying :/

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Is there a way to fix this?

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I used to get at least one a day for a while. I don't know why, but they've been leaving me a lone lately.

8 years ago
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There's no way, just keep blocking them, aswell you should report them.

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:( Was hoping i was missing something in the settings guess i will just keep reporting them and blocking then but i don't think steam does anything about it

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Thats wierd, your profile isnt interesting in any way, no offense :) But I do not see reason trying to scaming you. :) just block/ignore and all is fine

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TF2/CS:GO/Dota2 Inventory, games and levels.

Maybe it isn't interesting for you, probably because your profile is somehow better, but doesn't really matter for scammers.

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Just leave the public groups with tons of members, stick with those you have an actual reason to be a part of, I noticed those invitations stopped after that.

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This definitely. Was used getting like 10-15 invitations per day, now barely getting one per week.

I tried it and worked, leave trading groups aswell.

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Guess i will try this hoping that atleast get rids of some thanks!

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That's weird. There used to be several invites of those a day until Steam restricted social features to verified accounts. I haven't received a single one ever since. but only yesterday one of 'em showed up on my profile. I wonder if they found a way to circumvent the ssytem.

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clicked your profile

1 game-time: CSGO 814 hrs

^ thats where you're bot friends are from ... any CSGO community place where you might've been is target of those
(the csgo-com in general, is source of the most advanced, crummiest and scummiest scammers there is lol)

how to keep e'm off you > #1don't register in their communities #2 if you do don't post anything > since any
public accessible pages get harvested for contacts/steam accounts they can try their scam attempt on

using a bunch of communities myself for trading and other purposes
i get about 0 - 5 scam-bot friend requests in a month (not many ...)

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Yeh i knew that because most say u can get free CSGO skins when clicking on a link that downloads a png.exe or any other .exe file its funny though they don't even try to hide it. But i also still get alot that just try to hack your steam but ow well :/

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i ban around 1600 people - 90% of them are spam bots ;)

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I don't think I've ever actually been the victim of a bot scam attempt. I never get friend requests from people I don't know on steam.

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Guess i have to wait until steam knows how to IP ban that should atleast get rid of the noob scammers

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Closed 8 years ago by EddieTheEagle.