How to tell someone adding you is a hacker/attempting to scam you.

This My first time posting something like this but I am giving it a shot.
If you see any writing errors or you think my writing is bad it is okay to me
because i am not the best at writing I actually suck at it so forgive my
bad grammar and bad placement of punctuation marks.

In this short guide I will list the things to help you spot a scammer/hacker.
These are things i have seen and noticed in my 2 times of being scammed
or had my account Highjacked(stolen) from me

1. They Add you without commenting and if they do comment before adding
you they try to get your attention by saying something like "your art is
good"or"your video was funny" (I am not the best at making youtube
content so this is a red flag in my case because comments should just
go on my video on youtube) They try to comment your talents or skills
it is how they try to gain your trust and lower your guard.

2. Their Profile is Private or Semi-Private(I will tell you how it see a semi-
private profile) Like most scammers/hackers some keep it 100% private to
where you can't see a thing on them Steamrep can help look them up but
they may have not been labeled a scammer yet. A semi-private profile is
easy to spot 3 things to look out for. 1. Private inventory on steam(if they
give you a link to BP.TF(Backpack . TF) DO NOT CLICK IT! Chances are it
is a phishing link which is made to look like the actual site but just like the
actual site it will ask you to login with your steam account that is how they
get your login info. 2. They set comments to friends only. They do this to
post comments on the profile they are using(with their friends or other
stolen accounts) to make the profile adding you seem legit but I always
go by one rule "if I can't comment then its a Red Flag". 3. They hide
everything or just one of their activities. The activities are usually
Recent Activity,Friends list,Groups,and Sometimes Inventory.

3. They pretend to be female or "gamer girl". Lets face it guys 98%(might be
wrong) of the people who play games on anything are Males and like most
males(even myself at one point) Are always excited when a girl is in a
game server we play on(example TF2,CSGO,L4D2 and so on) So knowing
that they try to target Males from the ages 12 to 18(or some guy who they
think they can trick to get their items) even Legit Female Steam Users are
affected by this sometimes because the Scammer can just pull the "I'm a
lesbian or Bisexual" card and so always look for this too. This can be
applied to Female Steam Users as well.

4. Reporting you for duped items. If they comment on anything in your
account saying anything about "reported you for duped items" or "need to
check your trade history" don't fall for it. its the oldest trick in the book.
they will even go as far as to say "I work for valve or steam" if they were
really a valve employee they can see it without you needing to give them
anything.

5. They have a very low steam profile level or No "1 year of service badge"
Now this doesn't always mean they are a scammer as even the High level
Steam profiles are scam accounts(because they are stolen accounts or
leveled up profiles made by scam sites) So just be careful if they send you
links just tell them "I am not clicking your link" this usually tells them you are
on to their ♥♥♥♥.

6. They post links to your profile or to a steam chat message(if you already added them
via a steam friend invite) They usually when trading for one of your items will ask
you to use a site that is outside of scrap.tf,marketplace.tf,or STN trading. they do
this to try and kill 2 birds with 1 stone meaning they will get you to login via steam
so they can get your login info and so they can avoid being reported to Steam or
Steamrep. They will also ask you to vote for their TF2 or CSGO team on some
random site if the Trading method doesn't work for them They do this a lot lately.
(I mean who votes for a team to win anyway?)

So this has been my Short/Basic Guide on what to look out for when someone randomly
adds you or adds you to trade for items as this is common with Steam games like TF2 CSGO
or Dota 2(not sure if it even attracts scammers).

So just try and be careful of who you add and who you allow to add you on steam.
Sometimes even friends who barley talk to you suddenly pop up saying "hello its been a while"
could have already been a victim of a scammer/highjacker.

I will update this guide or make an advanced version as I start to learn about the new
scam methods i see coming out nowadays. If you have anything for me to add just post a comment on this guide
not my profile. Its easier if i can see comments here.