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Lately, I've been doing a lot of trading on sites like TF2Outpost and backpack.tf, and, within about a minute of bumping my trade, I receive at least 3 friend requests from level-zero private Steam profiles (which is usually indicative of a scammer/phisher). Sometimes, seemingly at random, I'm bombarded with these requests from level-zero bots.

Is there any feature on Steam that automatically declines these friend requests by these scammers (or, better yet, blocks them), as I'm sick and tired of blocking bot after bot?

I've checked the settings in Steam, and gone through all the different tabs to try and find such a feature, but I can't find anything.

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  • I don't think there are any ways to do that. Your best bet would be to just "deal with them." Add them, then block, report, and remove.
    – The Man
    Commented Mar 9, 2015 at 17:48
  • @ShadowZ. The thing is, I can't report them, as they haven't done anything wrong (as far as I know). It's not illegal to have a private and/or level-zero profile.
    – alexqwx
    Commented Mar 9, 2015 at 17:55
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    There's a least 3 existing discussion to give steam users some options for this on the steam forums : one, two and three. There might be more but those were the easiest to find.
    – Jonathan Drapeau
    Commented Mar 9, 2015 at 18:19
  • Typically if it's trade scammers you'll get a private message as soon as you add them.
    – MattR
    Commented Mar 10, 2015 at 9:10

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Google chrome extension called "steam inventory helper" which can auto decline friend invites under certain levels, you can decide in the settings, I always have it set to auto decline levels 1 and under

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Not currently to my knowledge, instead of blocking them, just click ignore, this will prevent unread chat messages from building up, once you ignore a BOT that specific one should not bother you again. it is hassle to deal with them, but non the less, something may be done about this, due to the high demand for something like this.

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  • Please stop adding signatures to your posts here. They are irrelevant to the information provided.
    – Frank
    Commented Mar 11, 2015 at 15:58
  • I fail to see the harm caused by using a signature.
    – ESDougie
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    It's something that the SE network in general doesn't allow. We're looking for encyclopedia-esque content. Signatures are fluff that don't add anything to the answer, so they are routinely edited out.
    – Frank
    Commented Mar 11, 2015 at 16:14
  • In that case, it should be made more apparent, i suppose this generally answers my other replies to your edits.
    – ESDougie
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    @ESDougie Welcome to the site. Taking the tour and browsing the help center might fill you in on details like this.
    – SevenSidedDie
    Commented Mar 11, 2015 at 21:01
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Sorry if this is a little late but.

I have a work around. Its not a way to auto-ignore bots but at least make it easier to block the users in a browser (blocking private accounts, unsetup accounts, users under a specific level) Hope it helps

https://github.com/AndrewParkes/BlockAllSteamInvites

Let me know if you like it

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    Hi Andrew, the link is not working anyway it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide a link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes.
    – bummi
    Commented May 12, 2015 at 16:15
  • Link-only answers (meaning answers where the only useful content comes from a link) are discouraged because the links may die. Since the script is small, you might consider posting the script directly into your post. I have otherwise fixed your broken link.
    – user66184
    Commented May 12, 2015 at 16:35
  • It seems to be working for me but here it is again.BlockAllSteamInvites. If it still doesnt work please qoogle BlockAllSteamInvites and it should be the first link
    – Andrew Nigel Parkes
    Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 13:49

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