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ORIGINAL: ChristensenCT
What could anyone possibly do with my friends ID? I have heard people asking for it, but what could they gain from knowing it?
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There is nothing that they can directly do with just your Steam Friends Name, other than send you messages over Steam Friends. What they can do is change their Friends Name to impersonate someone else, then message you and try to trick you into giving them your Steam Login information (email addres and password) which they can then use to hijack your account.
Steam will NEVER contact ANY person through Steam Friends. If someone contacts you on Steam Friends claiming to be from Steam Support DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER!!!
From the Steam Support Page (available
[link=http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=301]here[/link]): "Steam Support does not contact users over the Friends network - decline Friends requests from users you do not know."
Steam also has a FAQ page for what to do if you think your account has been hijacked, which is available
[link=http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=197]here[/link]