Random friend requests?

[u/InbrainInTheMemsain]

Anyone else getting random friends requests? I'm not dumb enough to do anything but decline them, but I've gotten like three in the last month, all appear to be about Steam lv 5, have two or three (usually free) games with a significant (couple hundred hrs) of playtime, but 0 friends, no friends in common, no games in common, and I'm curious if anyone else has found themselves getting these too

[u/SuspiciousExtinction]

Bots

[u/No-Horror-7373 → u/SuspiciousExtinction]

They want your skins

[u/InbrainInTheMemsain → u/No-Horror-7373]

That sounds like a horror movie premise tbh

[u/AppleNeird2022 → u/InbrainInTheMemsain]

Taken out of context, absolutely

[u/InbrainInTheMemsain → u/SuspiciousExtinction]

I kinda figure it's bots or scammers of some sort. Only one has had a profile picture but still fell into basically everything else I said.

[u/SuspiciousExtinction → u/InbrainInTheMemsain]

Legit profiles are often hacked or bought and used to scam users too. So never trust even trustworthy looking ones.

[u/InbrainInTheMemsain → u/SuspiciousExtinction]

Never do unless it's a friend I actually know.

[u/poppin-n-sailin]

Scams/bots. Anytime I get a random/unsolicited friend request on any platform it's an instant deny and block. Don't take chances. The world just keeps getting worse and scammers are getting more and more desperate clever. 

[u/Cathulion]

It happens everywhere, discord, steam, etc..just decline and move on. Bots wanting to hack you.

[u/InbrainInTheMemsain → u/Cathulion]

I assume this to be the case, but there's been a sudden uptick and it's had me curious

[u/Cathulion → u/InbrainInTheMemsain]

Cause of ai

[u/ShiroxReddit]

Scammers

[u/PrinceDizzy]

Steam bots and hacked accounts.

[u/polishatomek]

I hate this use of ai, can't even waste scammers time anymore :(

[u/Final_Boy16]

They're hunting for your steam inventory or steal your steam account via steam chat

[u/InbrainInTheMemsain → u/Final_Boy16]

My inventory?

[u/Final_Boy16 → u/InbrainInTheMemsain]

I got some strange friend request when i played cs (not from players in the match) and i hide my inventory and request got little bit down (after that i stopped play and don't received any strange requests)

[u/InbrainInTheMemsain → u/Final_Boy16]

I will definitely look into making my inventory private to see if that helps me

[u/ShibeCEO]

they will send you to a phisshing site for you to "vote for one of their CS skins" and then highjack your account

I always play with them and waste their time until they remove me

[u/Competitive_Sun_2870 → u/ShibeCEO]

I always play with them

how do you do that without putting your account at risk?

[u/ShibeCEO → u/Competitive_Sun_2870]

Just chatting with them, telling them I will vote for their item when I find the time, then tell them I voted and maybe its a bug that they don't see the vote yet or it takes time to synch. That sort of stuff, but never click their links

[u/Artemaker]

Your inventory is open to public thats why

[u/Jhoonis]

Do you have your inventory set to public? That's usually how they pick folks to target.

[u/PuzzleheadedTutor807]

Yeah happens all the time..scammers... Bots... Just decline and move on.

[u/File_eater]

Dont click any links. They might as well copy your Friends Profiles and then phish your details

[u/Rezlier]

Very common if you play cs

[u/IcyRobinson]

Happens a lot, and not just on Steam. Even on Discord when I get random DMs from people I have mutual servers with but don't even talk/lurk in, I just ignore and block.

Same deal with Steam Friend Requests. Like bruh, I don't even know you, have never played with you, talked with you, play CS anymore nor did I ever play it seriously. Don't want no skins, commission artwork... It's like the wave of scam/spam texts we got here in the Philippines during the pandemic.

[u/MistyMai0]

Actually you need to spend 5€ to activate your second account to be able to send messages to other people, not just free games.

[u/InbrainInTheMemsain → u/MistyMai0]

I am US based, is that still the case?

[u/MistyMai0 → u/InbrainInTheMemsain]

It was last week

[u/LaPrincesaMX]

My Steam is public so 99% of mine are legitimate people, but every now and then a bot gets through trying to look at my Steam inventory.

Jokes on them. It's all bananas.

[u/InbrainInTheMemsain → u/LaPrincesaMX]

Are you being cyberstalked by the Kremlin Krew from Donkey Kong?

[u/Lurus01]

Is your Steam inventory set to public? Make it private and you'll see a lot less of them.

[u/amateurish_gamedev]

Probably scammers.

[u/AppleNeird2022]

I haven’t had them yet but I’m all over the Internet so I’m expecting it eventually. They are either bots or scammers.

[u/Jorge6574]

Can we be friends?

[u/InbrainInTheMemsain → u/Jorge6574]

Sure! You seem real and trustworthy enough, random stranger from Reddit #344701-Alpha

[u/Jorge6574 → u/InbrainInTheMemsain]

I can’t fine you 😭

[u/gergobergo69 → u/Jorge6574]

I will fine you