Sold [PSA] # reddit accounts and taking your PC trades to a steam chat.

# Accounts Warning


Over the last few months this subredit and other trading subs have been getting targetted by someone that has gained access to other peoples reddit accounts. We've seen upwards of 25 of these accounts and we're pretty sure its the same person behind them all.

We have managed to catch most of these accounts quickly before they get a chance to scam but some do slip through (mods can't check every user that posts or comments here even though we try) so here's some tips to help you spot them:

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  Install Reddit Enhancement Suite for your browser, this comes with never ending reddit which lets you scroll through someones comment history instead of having to look through it page by page.
  
  
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  If the user has the new reddit profile style then all you have to do is type /overview to the end of the persons profile URL for example and that will show you the normal profile which is easier to research someones activity using never ending reddit tool mentioned above.
  
  
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  If someone is asking you to go first in a trade check the persons reddit comment history and look for long gaps of inactivity. This could be 1 month, 6 months, 1 year gaps. You might see the hacker has tried to disguise the account being # by making some random comments for a few days before using it to scam, here's an example from yesterday of an obvious one -
  
  
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  The person thats # the account will try and be quick to use it incase the original owner notices unusual activity so they won't spend weeks or months trying to disguise the # account as being active. They will say things like "you have to go first because you have no confirmed trades" or "my reddit account is older than yours" in order to try and make you go first, this is why they tend to user accounts older than 1 year.
  
  
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  As with every PC trade here we advise you take the trade discussion over to a chat on steam, so you can further research the persons steam profile to judge if they're legit or not, researching them on reddit is your first safety net, researching their steam profile is your 2nd safety net. If you spot anything suspicious you should not go first or you should contact the mods here for advice.
  

Why should I have to take my PC game trade to steam and not just do it via reddit private messages?


Even if the game code is for origin or uplay and doesn't activate on steam you should still always request you do the trade via a steam discussion if it's PC related and here's why:

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  Everyone that is looking to trade PC games/PC items/PC curreny here will have a steam account and there should be no problem with taking the trade discussion there.
  
  
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  Once you know the persons steam profile head over to These extra searches in some cases will help you avoid being scammed.
  
  
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  If the person has added you with a private steam profile ask them to unprivate it, check its not an alt steam account. Alt steam accounts will have very few paid games and playtime, some scammers might try and use a cs:go smurf account that has a lot of playtime on csgo but nothing else.
  
  
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  Some scammers might say "I can't get on steam right now" or "My school or university blocks it". Always ignore these excuses and wait for the person to get on steam before you even think about doing a PC related trade with them.
  
  
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  Steam Profile rep comments mean nothing and should be ignored, the same goes for total number of trades on steam completed, the only rep you should take any notice of is confirmed trades on reddit trading subs that they can link to you or rep from an independant rep site that you can verify are not manipulated or faked
  
  
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  The only time you should feel safe doing a PC related trade only by reddit pm's is when the person is an established trader on reddit and can link to you multiple completed trades.
  

Steamrep.com searches are very important and everyone should be following this step after first researching the persons reddit profile and finding no red flags. Always do the main steamrep search followed by the steamrep forum search and google id64 search as shown in the link above
# #/Aitchy21
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