Hey Its Me Ur Brother

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About

"Hey Its Me Ur Brother" is a memorable quote from a chat conversation on the Valve software distribution client Steam in which a user attempts to scam a Counter-Strike player out of an item by pretending to be his brother.

Origin

On June 22nd, 2014, Redditor EvilClone128^[6] submitted a screenshot of a Steam chat conversation, in which a user attempts to scam EvilClone28 for his knife item (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post gained over 3,300 votes (95% upvoted) and 280 comments on the /r/GlobalOffensive^[1] Counter-Strike subreddit.

xxsnoopyXX ▼ Never tell your password to anyone. Friday, June 20, 2014 XxsnoopyXx: hey EvilClone28- Trading Knife: hi XxsnoopyXx: hey XxsnoopyXx: can i trade XxsnoopyXx: knifes XxsnoopyXx: well can i see a knife EvilClone28- Trading Knife: which one? XxsnoopyXx: the scroched XxsnoopyXx: can i just see it EvilClone28- Trading Knife: I can't, it's my friend's XxsnoopyXx: can i see it for a sec XxsnoopyXx: ehats ur friends name EvilClone28- Trading Knife: no EvilClone28- Trading Knife: it's Head Case's knife XxsnoopyXx: whats ur brothers name EvilClone28 Trading Knife: theoriginal28 XxsnoopyXx has changed their name to theoriginal28. theoriginal28 (2): hey its me ur brother EvilClone28- Trading Knife: no it's not theoriginal28 (2): yes theoriginal28 had asked to trade with you, but you did not respond in time. theoriginal28 has changed their name to XxsnoopyXx.

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The same day, FunnyJunk^[5] user kingofdarkn uploaded the screenshot to the funny-pictures category, where it garnered more than 51,500 views and 1,300 points in the next year. On December 28th, 2014, Redditor dwimtrashggeuw reposted the screenshot to the niceb8m8 subreddit. On March 2nd, the screenshot was posted to the /b/ (random) board on 4chan.^[8] On April 5th, Redditor RPK12 submitted a post asking about "hey its me ur brother" comments to the /r/OutOfTheLoop^[4] subreddit. On April 28th, Multiplayer Game Hacking Forums^[7] member BestBlitzcrank posted a thread about the attempted scam titled "Worst Scammer xD = 'hey its me ur brother'."