r/RecruitCS • u/KeyEstablishment3739 • May 27 '26

Europe [EU] ⚠️Scam Warning: Fake FACEIT Link Used for Malware “Bot Protection” Trap

13 Upvotes

I made a post here yesterday where we were looking for a lurker. The same day, a person contacted me. At first everything seemed normal, and he described himself as a player with experience and sent a link that looked like his FACEIT profile.

As soon as I clicked the link, I became suspicious. Normally when someone shares a FACEIT profile, a preview with an image and information appears – but that did not happen here.

After that, I made this analysis:

The first page looks like a legitimate Cloudflare security check (commonly used by real websites to block bots and suspicious traffic).

○ Then a popup appears: “BOT PROTECTION – Human Verification Required”, which asks you to:

Press Win + R (opens Windows Run dialog)
Paste something using Ctrl + V
Press Enter

○ Legitimate websites (including FACEIT) will never ask you to open Win+R or run commands on your computer.

○ This is a well-known scam method where attackers try to trick users into executing malicious code locally.

○ If you follow these steps, it can lead to malware, account hijacking (Steam / FACEIT), or full system compromise.

Immediate Advice

○ Do NOT follow the instructions on this page. Do not paste or run anything prompted by suspicious popups.

○ Close the page immediately.

○ If you have already pasted and run any content, your computer may be compromised. You should:

○ Run a full security scan

○ Change your Steam, Faceit, and email passwords from a separate, uncompromised device.

○ Enable two-factor authentication (where possible).

○ Monitor for suspicious activity on your accounts.

His Discord name is drugsarebad4uu Please report his Discord account.

His profile always shows as offline. When he adds you, he describes himself as a player and sends a link that looks like his FACEIT profile, and then he disappears.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/iuvenisdeus/

4 comments

r/RecruitCS • u/cyberbemon • Nov 13 '25

Scammer warning!

8 Upvotes

Please be aware there is a scam going around that adds people and then tell thems to join a discord server and telling you to either download some programs or run some script. Please dont do this, you will get your account hacked and loser your items. Please use your common sense, dont install or run stuff from anyone, no matter what they tell you.

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r/RecruitCS • u/much_dank_such_w0w • 4h ago

Europe [EU] LVL10 Looking for serious players to 5stack and grind faceit

1 Upvotes

FACEIT account - aparxcio / https://www.faceit.com/pt/players/aparxcio
Region - EU
Spoken languages - Portuguese / English
Role - AWPer

Hey, i am looking for chill but competitive players, who want to improve together, communicate properly and take their games seriously without being toxic or making every loss a big deal, who want to improve and play from 3 to 4 days a week, mostly at night probably. I am looking to have a team-ish constant 5stack where we can practice util together, have fixed spots for each player and basically build a little system around the 5stack, and of course chill and have some fun games while we climb faceit.

I am usually super into geeking about util, team strats, watching demos from time to time, so ideally i would like to find players who are also into that, aside of shooting some heads lol please refrain from sending me a message if you just want to play just to play, and have zero interest in the team play / utility side of cs

I have played awp all my life and i consider myself pretty good at it for an average 2K elo lol, i can also be a good secondary caller, as long as there is some structure between the lobby before connecting to the server on said map

I speak portuguese and english, feel free to reply or shoot me a friend request if you are lvl 9 or better, i am happy to play a few games together and see if we get along!