Steam Pirates?

ya dumb bots. NEVER click on "pictures" they send and never trust low level/low game count accounts.

if your ever unsure just talk to them 99% wont answer cause bot.

Used to get a lot, completely died down after steam started putting all those restrictions on low level accounts a few months ago. Hardly get any bother now.

always. there's this guy xXIaMtHeChAcKXx that tries to friend me every day and i have to block him.

oh man it happens to me all the time, I always report this bots

PS. the same rule of "never talk to an stranger" applies here , "never click any link given by an stranger"

GL

I haven't had any phishing attempts in a while actually. I used to get them constantly..the screenshots, the trade links, and whatever else was out there. Could be because of whatever valve implemented with those level restrictions. Although, and this is an assumption, but I feel like the more active one is on the steam forums the more attempts will be made on their account.

I don't add people with private profiles / low level / bad steamrep / suspicious profiles. And even if I add a legit-looking person, I ask them why they added me (sometimes people see my trading thread but don't comment there and just add) if they reply nothing or crap, I'm removing them again. Never trust any links from strangers, too!

People never watch screeshots that I send them. T_T

Seriously, though, never happened to me, I almost always ignore friend requests that I don't know anything about and I'm not really active in the steam community itself (most of the time I'm here on SG).

Well, do not ever click links from people you don't know anything about.

Since Valve limited social interactions on profiles, their number considerably fallen. Previously my profile message was the filter (if one can read it s/he already passed the first test), since then I just don't open random links, automatic download/run option is turned off - I'm protected against the classic phishing. Though I don't even remember how many weeks, months ago was the last attempt (besides the sudden influx of "giveaway bots" who are just hijacked profiles, remaned to popular groups' names then try to add people and use the usual " you've won, pick a thing from the screenshot" scam. It's painfully easy to see through them, though :)

Got this one in August - needless to say, the link was to a .exe - actually a .scr screensaver, which runs the same way, and which fewer people know to avoid. Nothing since then, though.

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Before the update I got 50 new friend requests from scammers in every 30 minutes.

Actually users actions lure the bots and others. Having an open (even worse full open) inventory, having inventory scanned at trading sites, having profiles on CSGO sites and others that your imagination can think of. They all harvest that information to decide on whom their next victim will be. Delete your traces and they're gone...

It was a problem, like 4-5 scammers in a week for me, but since Valve updated its anti-bot measures few months ago I had't received a single scam request

Since i quit trading the phishing links and friend request are reducet to zero. When i was active i got like 10 friend invite/day.

Sneakier, yes. More aggressive, no? :s
The majority of random adds I've had recently seem to be related to what groups I'm in and telling me I've won something. Even had someone pretending to be one of the groups leaders.
At least steam is doing something about them.

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Noone wants to be friends with me anymore lately.

Just got one today from a 9 year old account. But it isn't an everyday occurrence.

I receive multiple random invites almost every day. I ignore most of them.

I had this problem several years ago, but not anymore. I wonder why, haha.

lol.....i got these messages few time per month, but never too stupid to open it.....just look what file it want download and always cancel (my browser always ask before download)
after that, block all communication, report and remove from friends

Nobody wants to be my friend :( Not even bots :( But that is A-OK with me :D

you are stupid you open link from stranger...even your bitdefender gives u info about malware, next time it could be undetectable

On another note, Crimson: Steam Pirates is a pretty fun game.

11 years on Steam and my blocked users are filled with shady accounts that send me al kind of links to pictures, screensavers and videos that most probably are trojans and other nasty stuff.

new to interent ?

maybe valve should lock the possibility of sending links ?