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# How to distinguish a real SkinsMonkey bot from a fake scam bot?

${color}[#666666](This article will help you check if you will trade with the correct bot.)

There are several ways to ensure that you are not being scammed by a fake scam bot while trading skins and other items. It is important to look at these factors and not become a victim of scammers that can steal your items from your Steam inventory.

## Information about bot on our site

At the beginning you should **compare the information of our bot’s that we share with you** with the registration data in the exchange window on Steam. If it all checks out then it’s a real bot from SkinsMonkey and not a scammer.

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## SkinsMonkey Bot group

We created a special bot group on Steam, where the only members are our bots. **If the trading bot is this group, you can be sure it is a real SkinsMonkey bot.**
Check the group here: [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/skinsmonkeybots](https://steamcommunity.com/groups/skinsmonkeybots)

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## Steam Status

Real SkinsMonkey bots will **always have an “Offline” status** on Steam. Other fake bots are almost always active on their profiles, editing, and scamming others so their profiles are often showing an “Online” status.

## Steam Level

Our Steam bots **never have Steam level 0** and are __often level 10 or higher__. Given that scammer Steam bots do not last that long and constantly create new ones, their profile levels are usually 0 or something very low.

## Steam Profile

Our trade bots that have been active for a while **have information to display such as badges, trades amount**, and so on. Scammer Steam bots almost always have empty Steam profiles that do not have anything unique to feature.

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