If you do follow a link that a "friend" sends you, analyze it, as we did above, before entering any personal information on it. So I was recently made aware of a new form of phishing scam that could prove to be very dangerous for traders in both CSGO and TF2, and even Dota. If you suspect funny business, ask something that only the real person would know. Comedy Gaming Food Dance Beauty Animals Sports.
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In the last image of the conversation above, we saw how Green was tipped off because the fake said "bro," when his real friend would never use that word. TikTok video from LONDONSCAMMER (londonscammer.sh): 'fyp csgo skins scam balkanfollow like'. When a scammer is pretending to be someone you know, they'll use vague language to fool you. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. Like Facebook cloning scams, schemes like this rely on you trusting your friend implicitly. As soon as the victim agrees to help out, the scammer sends him the teamspeak IP, to start 'training' a little. Now that we've seen how this scam plays out and what the fake site looks like, what can you do to keep yourself safe?įirst, remember that just because a message comes from a friend's account, it's not necessarily legitimate. The scammer adds his victim, telling he and his team will take part of a tournament but they need one more player / backoff.