Various scammers continue to hunt for virtual rewards.
Steam has a point system that is awarded for purchases in the store. Players can purchase virtual rewards with them and then give them to other users, for example, for a good review or comment.
Some unscrupulous users use various tricks to convince people to give them points. Recently, one enterprising user took advantage of the interest in Hollow Knight Silksong and promised a mega-giveaway, supposedly giving away 2000 copies.
In his post, he was "keeping count of the remaining games" for the giveaway and received thousands of awards.
However, this turned out to be a fraudulent scheme. Users like AEsir began to sound the alarm and contacted Valve - they managed to get the publication removed:
"That giveaway dude just got banned and all points revoked haha.
I contacted Steam support yesterday and boy do we have news. Just got a reply:
"We have reviewed the report of fraudulent activity in the Silksong discussion thread. The discussion has been closed and the offending account has been sanctioned in accordance with our rules.
In addition, we have voided the Steam Points you sent to this user. The returned points are now available to you in your Steam Points balance"".
