The Counter-Strike 2 community has sounded the alarm once again. Scammers are exploiting Valve’s service to deceive players during trades.
The scheme is simple: the fraudsters released virtual items stored in the Steam inventory for the game Plumber's Legacy; the icons and names of these items are exact replicas of CS 2 skins.
During a trade, everything appears on the surface as if the player is offering a genuine item to the victim, but hovering the cursor over it and taking a closer look reveals that instead of the game title “Counter-Strike 2”, it lists “Plumber's Legacy”.
Valve has already responded, and Plumber's Legacy was removed from sale on Steam. Nevertheless, there remains a risk that someone will attempt to replicate this scheme using items from another game.
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Cover author: Valve. Image source: store.steampowered.com
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Screenshot author: Apprehensive_Shoe_86. Image source: reddit.com