Solo indie dev Cowcat Games devised an ingenious way to suss out key scammers posing as Steam curators that wanted to review BROK the InvestiGator
Cowcat believes the fake curators that got in touch with them were actually key resellers that had sold the Prologue key they had been sent on grey marketplaces like G2A, and whoever the key had been sold to had not been happy about paying for a free demo that was already available on Steam. The key resellers, in turn, changed their positive reviews to negative in retaliation.
Cowcat reported the curators to Steam whilst their thread was reported on and discussed. An in-depth timeline of the situation was posted on, with screenshots of the involved curator groups, which caught the attention of Cowcat. The original poster from Reddit has since added an update, stating that the nine curator groups which posted negative reviews of BROK have been removed by Steam. Any groups managed by an owner of any of those initial nine groups have also been removed.
Cowcat said they aren't concerned about the impact of the negative reviews on BROK."I'm not at all concerned," they wrote both on Twitter and Reddit. They said they made the thread to spread awareness of the techniques scammers use, and ended by asking people to avoid using grey marketplaces to buy games. Cowcat also echoed a sentiment that many indie devs share - they'd rather you pirate their game than buy it from someone shady.
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