A Wild Scammer Appears.

You shouldn't have blocked him immediately.

You should've tried chatting with him and see what he would say.

Though with that avatar, it could be a bit suspicious.

I think you overreacted, you should have waited to see what he wanted.

Who knows you actually won something^^, don't give in to paranoia man, been for a while on steam now and i've never seen a scammer.. Not that i trade much but ah well, positive vibes dude

same guy added me and a bunch of friends

http://www.steamgifts.com/forum/LksF2/phishing-attempt prolly this guy^^

Was it "Hi."?

He added me too, I think it's the same person, due to the avatar.He sent me a message, I wanted to troll him but he didn't answer, so I blocked him afterwards.

You know, scammers rely on you giving them info or games - you act like they carry herpes or do some unblockable hypnosis magic on you. There is never a need to insta-block people, just don't be stupid and give out your username / password or games to people, lol.

You should have chatted with him and heard what he had to say, and then post the chat log here for everyone to read!! That stuff is always hilarious. In all seriousness, it may have been good that you did what you did. If it's an obvious phishing attempt, there's no point in paying attention unless you want to screw with them a little for fun :)

You can't know that he's a scammer until you chat with him. So don't be hasty in judging people, even if they seem suspicious. You can't be scammed or hacked or whatever simply through chatting, so there's no need to be so very paranoid. It's possible the person you blocked had something important to tell you. And even if he was just a scammer, you threw away some free entertainment.

Also, getting chat requests is not uncommon or suspicious in general. Sometimes people contact me that way if I win something.

The "Hi" person messaged me .. something about free games. I just closed the message.

|11:22 AM - Hi. STEAM™ select free games of your choise, just visit: [obvious fake address removed just in case]
Wow, that seems super legit.

I also love how in his profile he claims to be in Texas (Valve is in Washington, btw), but his groups are all Russian.

Edit: Looks like he fixed his groups already.

Edit2: Removed scam site address. You never know what people might click on...