Is there a way for people to find me through steam?
Someone sent a threatening message and I just want to be sure. I haven't told anyone my name or social media or anything.
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Originally posted by Iris Vandale:
Is there a way for people to find me through steam?

Someone sent a threatening message and I just want to be sure. I haven't told anyone my name or social media or anything.

Depends on the type of threat. Here are some known scam threats...

"Scam: I Have Been Reported and Will Be Banned" faq...

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/3195-9FFB-BA06-F25B

"Steam Scam FAQ"

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/70E6-991B-233B-A37B

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They said I made a big mistake and now I'm trapped. I blocked them but I just want to make sure.
Not likely.
You can change your profile picture and screen name but not your steam id.
If you've been on game servers where people could record that there might be a way of asking the admins if you've been there, then we might have a pattern of behavior pointing at a favorite world region. With an ip address(possibly also collected) they could get the country or state.
Without supplemental information thats as far as it goes.
If you've purchased something on steam then the client(and Valve and perhaps the game company that gets paid) might have your info but only for the purpose of processing your payment.
From my perspective thats as far as it can possibly go unless Valve answers a court order to turn over your info.
You're very safe from everything outside of steam.
So it's just someone trying to scare me?
Originally posted by Iris Vandale:
So it's just someone trying to scare me?

First link in my previous reply.

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Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Originally posted by Iris Vandale:
So it's just someone trying to scare me?

First link in my previous reply.

:nkCool:
So it's a scam?
Even if someone got your IP, the most they can get from that is your country and city. Anything else requires the police and a warrant to your ISP.

Unless you game out other, more personal information, that they can use to track you down, they are unlikely to know more beyond that.
Thanks, I think they were just trying to scare me.
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