Almost losing my Steam Account

Well...

I got a random Discord Friend request from someone called "Arthur.", the account was made on the same day as the scam (04.11.2025) I should have known better, but I did it anyway. But in my defense, they were in a Server I was also in

A screenshot from the scammer showing a screenshot of me apparently buying a card from them
This is what the Discord user told me

They asked me if I had purchased a CS2 card for a whopping 800 USD. They also said, they and their friends, mass reported my account. This was actually somewhat believable.
A screenshot from the scammer showing a screenshot of a Steam Support request to ban my account
This is what they send about "reporting" my account

Process of the scam

They told me to contact steam support to resolve the issue. So... I did that, but stupidly, I used the email from the screenshot, they send me. I was starting to panic at this point was wasn't thinking straight.

I wrote to that "Steam Support"
And they gave a request to type in a friend invite code...
I did that...

Discord "Steam Support"

They told me to go onto Discord to "resolve" the issue. I was now panicking hard, thinking I'll lose my account. They showed my account being banned until 2038 because of "fraudulent activity".

I figured out

Once I got am Email from a login from an IP in the Philippines, I knew I was being scammed. But it was too late, I lost access to my account. The scammer told me I had to pay 50% of my account value to get this back. I refused and immediately went to Steam Support through the real website this time. I sent a ticket and waited... and waited... for about 12 hours until they replied. I gave them the info they needed to get my account back and another 12 hours later, I had it back.

Steam Support are real chads!


a screenshot from the now banned Discord account telling me I need to pay 50% of my account value to get it back
Scammer telling me to pay IN ADVANCE to get my account back

Aftermath

After I got my account back, I reset my password, and did some cleanup. That fucker removed my Kagamine Len Steam background! Also they blocked some of my friends, added random people and tried to scam them too! I reinstated my username, profile picture and Kagamine Len background. I also apologized to all my Steam and Discord friends for the inconvenience.

Dealing with the waiting

After I sent my Ticket to Steam Support and had to waited I made some Songs on Tomodachi Life about me getting scammed to pass the time.

Including bangers like:

Duhmheit
Interpret: Hatsune

Oh dieser dumme Kevin
Steam Account ist weg
Er wurde gescammed
So ein Schussel
Wird er seinen Account zurückbekommen?
Steam Support
ist kontaktiert
Jetzt muss der Dummkopf
eine Weile warten
Finden Sie heraus
in 6 bis 36 Stunden

Timeline

Total: 04.11.2025 19:48 - 07.11.2025 14:37

Account Gone: 04.11.2025 ~21:20 - 06.11.2025 00:53

Recovery: 06.11.2025 00:53 - 07.11.2025 14:37

Duration: 2 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes