Post by Afloof.dev in How can I distinguish phishing emails from these types of emails?

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I follow a simple rule, if they approach me, that’s a red flag.

My suggestion is to give a few keys using the Steam curator service, not to people that approach you first. Spammers will send those e-mails to every new game released on Steam, if half of the developers give them a key, they suddenly earn lots of money.

I’ve gotten such e-mails for every single paid game I’ve released on Steam, very often by the same people. It’s unfortunate that people take advantage of devs like that, but it’s a lesson learnt :)

At least that’s my view and experience, up to you how you deal with it.

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redonihunter362 days ago

if they approach me, that’s a red flag

Especially if there is a free demo they could already have produced content with and failed to do so :-)

They are content makers. In theory. So why not play the demo and have follow up. Even more content.

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interestick361 days ago

That’s a good point. I sent keys to several curators, but the usage rate was low, and I couldn’t receive any response from the curators who did use the keys. They might not have found the game satisfying, but it’s frustrating not to hear any feedback. I need the feedback :)

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