HELLO ALL, Welcome to my first guide.
I didn't want to make a guide, but this is still a problem, you probably know what I'm talking about. Phishing.

So how does phishing work?
Phishing is when a user adds you, then provides a link to a FAKE steam website.
You enter in your information, thinking you're logging into Steam, then BLAM! They have your Steam username and password, they steal your account, your in-game items, and in certain cases, your credit card info and email. Usually they come from a trade you bumped on OP with high-tier items, saying that their friend wants you to add them, but can't contact you. (I've been phish attempted 6 times in the last 3 days.)

Scary right? Yeah, I know.
Here's how YOU can stop it.

STEAM ADMINS CAN BE YOUR FRIEND
STEAMREP ALONE CANNOT HELP YOU

EH-HEM! According to Steam Support, "Immediately Contact Steam Support about the lost account
Provide the following information:
Steam account name for hijacked account
The original contact e-mail for the account
Select “Account Questions” as the category and “Hijacked or Stolen Account” as the subcategory.
Proof of purchase for the account as outlined below:
If retail software is registered to the account, attach a digital photo or scan of the CD Key registered to the account. Write your Support Ticket Number on the quick reference card or CD Key sticker below the code in permanent ink."
More information about recovering accounts can be found here.

So essentially, 'Who you gonna call? CALL STEAM ADMINS!'
Technically, Steam can see all chat logs, and all trade logs, so you don't necessarily NEED proof, BUUUUTTT, it makes you look more professional and this could be going on.

IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE BEEN PHISHED, CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD AND ENABLE STEAM GUARD IF YOU HAVEN'T!!!

The most simple way to stop from being phished is reading closely. Being attempted phishing many times, patterns emerge, such as:

• Often items misspelled in speech
  
• User's profile is private
  
• God Forbid, If you click the link, a legit one will say "Valve Corporation [US]" at the top left.
  
• And most importantly, STEAM COMMUNITY IS MISSPELLED

And for the fun of it, I'll show some examples of attempted phisher against me.

I'll step-by-step it for you.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO NOT REPORT TO STEAMREP, THEY NO LONGER HANDLE IT.

1) Screenshot the scam [Snipping Tool for Windows 7, comes stock.]
2) Visit imgur and create an account.
3) Upload your screen shot to imgur, then find the image URL for it. [Keep clicking on the image until you find something like this "i.imgur.com/######"]
4) Find the user's Steam Profile, and report them. [More>Report A Violation>Attempted Hijacker or Phishing>And put the image URL in the details box. Other details can be put here as well.]



Your report should look like this.

5) OPTIONAL: Block the user, so they don't attempt on you again.

"Thanks, and have fun." - Gaben, The Chosen One
But seriously, thank you for reading, and I hope this helps stop phishers in the future.

LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PHISH ME [All reported, don't worry.]:
[unassigned]
Deymos
Detective Auschwitz
Mellerup
Buying Botkillers!
pilingCHINESE
HEAVY_USER
BURNING FLAMES :3
BlackGold
WinniCoot [Youtuber]
(There's a lot more who've tried. Read below.)

I will continue a running tally, hopefully.

UPDATE 3/9/14 And at this point, with the 11th attempted phisher This week alone, and all the phisher greater than the number of Sharkers, Scammers (Different than Sharkers or Phishers, I may make a guide someday), and Illiterates COMBINED, I am done keeping tally, instead, check my Imgur page, I will have all screenshots I have taken, am taking, and will take there: My Imgur[soviettoaster.imgur.com]

UPDATE 3/13/14 At this point, I am done accepting blind adds for this guide. Above all, I am a trader, So if you like the guide, please comment and rate, and only add me if your buying something. My Outpost[www.tf2outpost.com] (I know I sound like an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, but now quite literally, the only people adding me are phishers and anti-phishers.) On a lighter note, we are currently the most popular TF2 guide on Steam, breaking 6,000 views! Thank you guys, and God Bless!

UPDATE Iam now getting adds for people who looked my OP trades, and didn't read my notes. Please. Read. DON'T ADD ME FOR ANY REASON. You will be blocked.

Remember, these are not real people, these are phished accounts, now made solely for a bot to plant phishing links everywhere.