michelle1788
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Posted: Sep 7, 2009, 13:44:45
Hi Dazzle, Nik had his account stolen last night and the guy who has it now is sending the same message out to nearly everyone on his friends list. Please dont anyone go to the page as it is a fake remake of steam. |
No-Prisoners
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Posted: Sep 7, 2009, 13:46:23
any one on my frnds list remove me plez do not wont this !!!!!!! bloody jurk get your accounts if i get my acoount bk will let you guys know it me and not this guy |
Raven
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Posted: Sep 8, 2009, 17:46:48
Sigh....and again......:mad1:
Steam is like the bank...every time you log in it tells you that a) steam will never ask you for your user passwords and b) never to divulge them.....
Meh....never mind...hopefully you can sort it out....if not, learn from this when you buy your next one. |
No-Prisoners
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Posted: Sep 9, 2009, 08:15:47
there would be no nexet one and i got it back thank god |
dburt01
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Posted: Sep 9, 2009, 09:37:58
Amazing. Even after the initial warnings of "never tell your password to anyone", if you were silly enough to go on and actually type your password into your steam chat window, it actually then puts up a warning message in a pop up window saying "are you sure you wanna send your password dude!?" or something to that effect... still don't understand why people fall for this?! Think! |
cpnichol
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Posted: Sep 9, 2009, 12:40:38
It's not like someone just says "can I have your user name and password please?".
You do get a warning when you click on links from chat boxes that say "not a Steam website.... don't enter your user name or pass or you could lose your account". The problem is people have ignored that box so many times it doesn't even register after a while, this is what the phishers rely on.
Once you've clicked the link it will mostly be a fairly convincing mock up of a steam page offering you something for nothing. The clues are usually in spellings, grammar and the web address. Now Steam may never message you asking for user and pass, but they do ask you to log in.
The reason people fall for these is they automatically ignore the "not a steam website" warning, miss the little differences and just log in as they would at Steam. |
No-Prisoners
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Posted: Sep 9, 2009, 13:33:18
Quote from dburt01: Amazing. Even after the initial warnings of "never tell your password to anyone", if you were silly enough to go on and actually type your password into your steam chat window, it actually then puts up a warning message in a pop up window saying "are you sure you wanna send your password dude!?" or something to that effect... still don't understand why people fall for this?! Think!
it was not over steam frnd that he got my info and for you guys out there be carefull coz the page that got my info was a copy off steam main page so make sure that the address is the steam address and not a fony one
and no i did not get any warning that it was not a steam web site |
hebrewhammer
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Re: Phishing for your ID and password***NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR STEAM PASSWORD!***
Posted: Mar 13, 2010, 17:14:39
In the past few weeks i must have gotten about 10 ATLEAST attempts on my account lol. What the majority of them were was someone saying that they gifted me a game and i had to go to this steampowered website to get it. when you click the link the site looked very legit(aka just the real thing ripped), but if you took one look at the url it was pretty easy to figure out it that it wasn't a steam site. They have all been from my various friends chats (people who i know wouldnt try and steal my account) so i am wondering why they fell for the day scammers anyway 0_o.
Oh well, just look at the url before you put your user and pass in :), they can make a fake site, but the url always give it away |
FD-God
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Re: Phishing for your ID and password***NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR STEAM PASSWORD!***
Posted: May 13, 2010, 07:39:08
Yeah... A guy named {Hayden} Hacked my account he made a new account and start to be like a admin. He did
/me
in the chat and he wanted to check my account for hacking i guess.
I got my uncle to disable his account and others that he made.
Well
IF SOME
ONE ASK
FOR YOUR
STEAM
PASSWORD
SAY
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shift944
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Re: Phishing for your ID and password***NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR STEAM PASSWORD!***
Posted: Jul 18, 2010, 18:16:01
rec.br.ohdamashley
Block this kid if you get a chat request. Sent some link that ended in ".cz.cc/", as a Steam website and asked for login.
Honestly to think that this actually works on some people is pretty sad. |
Desire
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Re: Phishing for your ID and password***NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR STEAM PASSWORD!***
Posted: Jul 20, 2010, 03:53:02
Well the same thing happened to me yesterday, Someone named "Threat Removing" added me on friends list. I accepted him and he started a chat. He said that theres something wrong with my account, so I have to give him my username and password to fix it. He also said because of all the trouble I'll get a free COD MW2 and Left 4 Dead. I know that guy wanted to steal my account so I just said no and removed him from friend list. All of you should know that giving away a password on steam chat leads to a stolen account. If you're just a little smart you should see and understand the text on the top of evry conversation: Never tell your password to anyone. Remember that and you'll be cool.
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libertus
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Re: Phishing for your ID and password***NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR STEAM PASSWORD!***
Posted: Apr 14, 2011, 06:39:30
this guy also asked me for my user name and password in steam freinds list chat, so i told him that it was 'penis', he typed it in and the computer told him ***PASSWORD NOT LONG ENOUGH PLEASE TRY A NEW ONE*** |
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