CSGO star s1mple was constantly faked by bad guys after being “banned” by Twitch

S1mple is one of the most successful professional gamers of CSGO, appreciated for his incredible skill in the game. Not only is he a good gamer, he’s also a great personality who always knows how to make laughs at tournaments and on the internet. stream.

However, he’s temporarily “offline” for the time being after being banned on Twitch in November. S1mple called the ban “a joke” and asked Twitch to remove its partnership, with the intention to stop streaming on this platform.

During the period of not being able to go online, the Scammers is taking advantage of this by opening streams under his name and trying to exploit s1mple’s fans. Such streams have appeared in the CSGO category on Twitch displaying s1mple’s videos with more nefarious purposes.

They run the stream by replay streams s1mple’s former with names similar to those of CSGO gamer this professional to try to give it a more authentic look. However, the game cheat is extremely clear with bright banners surrounding the stream screen letting viewers know about an upcoming $10,000 giveaway.

If players click on links in these streams, they will be directed to log into their Steam account on a website and their account information will be exposed.

With access to player accounts, scammers can trade skins with their accounts and profit with stolen items.

While the streams were being taken down when Twitch was alerted, the scammers started working on a new account and pushed themselves back to the top of the category with virtual views.

S1mple is aware of the issue, posting a tweet on December 3 asking Twitch to take action on the issues fake account this.

I said: “I see my fake stream profiles on Twitch defrauding people every day. Isn’t it your responsibility to protect your users?”

Common Twitch Scammers Impersonation the famous streamer to try to take advantage of fan group their and make money fast. Shroud has also had to deal with similar impostors on Twitch since he switched to Mixer, but he says there’s not much he can do.

Best thing a Twitch user can do when they see a scammer impersonating a person’s account streamer to be report stream so it can be taken down quickly.​