Once the fake middle man arrives in the chat, STOP. The fake friend very likely has copied the real middleman’s name and avatar. Play along and go with the flow – but proceed with caution.Īt this time, the accused will most likely go ahead and invite the fake community middleman to the chat. The user has very likely linked a real SR profile of a real middleman, but most likely will invite a fake one. Once the middleman mentions you need to trade the item to him to continue, go ahead and screenshot the chat again completely.Īfter you finished discussing the trade details, and the accused says that he wants to invite a community middleman to hold the items during the trade. THEN, CLICK ON THE FAKE MIDDLEMANS STEAMPROFILE, AND SCREENSHOT HIS ENTIRE PROFILE WITH THE URL ENABLED, this shows that he has/had the same avatar/name as your real friend.Ĭontinue the conversation, and pretend you were doing something else. “Screenshot the middleman’s steam profile” TAKE A PICTURE OF THE MIDDLEMAN WHILE HE’S IN THE CHAT WITH YOUR CURSOR OVER THE FAKE MIDDLEMAN’S AVATAR- You should see a pop up box with the information about the profile. The fake friend very likely has copied your real friends name and avatar. “Screenshot the middleman in the group chat”Īt this time, the accused will most likely go ahead and invite the fake (friend) middleman to the chat. At this stage, there is no intent to scam shown - but proceed with caution. Never trade with scammers, and always verify peoples identity.Īfter you finished discussing the trade details, and the accused says that he wants you to use your friend as a middleman, go ahead and play along, and choose a friend from your friends list. *Always try to “bait the evidence” by going along with the accused, and capture all the evidence you can get WITHOUT trading your item. *Screenshot everything, every step = screenshot!!!!
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