People will always try to discover new methods of scamming, as long as there are something worth real money, there will be people trying to steal it.
Some common scams in Steam gaming social networking platform are: Steam wallet scam, PayPal scam, phishing scam, software scams (key loggers and account hijacking), impersonation scam, and item swapping scam.
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Steam wallet scam may be one of the most used scams in Steam, because it is so easy to execute. The scammer will send you a trade offer, he will offer low quality items or no items at all, for some of your items. With the offer there will be a message, where he claims that you will receive money in your Steam wallet after the trade is completed.
This is NOT true, you cannot send money over Steam! Be vigilant, if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Source: http://www.tobyscs.com/avoid-getting-scammed-steam/
Author: Ooi Hooi Wooi
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