XTR3M3
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Phishing for your ID and password***NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR STEAM PASSWORD!***
Posted: Jan 20, 2007, 03:18:00
Well folks, some fool just tried to phish for my steam information using steam friends chat.
It was something to the effect of multiple ip's detected or something and that the account was in danger of being shut down....It actually looked halfway legit. It wanted my account name and password to verify I was the correct user. This made me immediately suspisious. I assumed that it was automated and imagine my surprisewhen "the steam update team" actually aswered me when I said "why would that matter"? After some technical sounding BS, he said to verify that my account hadn't been hijacked (lol the nerver there) that I would need to enter my user name and password. After I told them that right at the top of their communication it said "don't give your password out to anyone" and that he would have to prove to me that he was who he said he was, he typed some other BS about being on the steam trusted list. I said I needed to verify and he amazing was gone....
Hopefully none of you have fallen prey to this scam. Steam, I am told, would never contact you in this fashion. Take the steam advice at the top of chat and never give out your password.
Last Edited: Nov 8, 2009, 18:20:18
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ejdmorgan
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just happened to me
Posted: Jul 4, 2007, 22:02:24
Watch out for then baLLin' klan they were using the chat function and i was talking to him and asking him about his clan and what they did. so on and so on. then he asked me if i wanted to join and i said sure. he then returned and said the site he registers the clan with needed my steam id and password. but thank fully the reminder and the top of the chat box said HEY DONT GIVE IT OUT. so i called it quits right there thanks to the chat box.:):):)
JUST WATCH OUT AND NEVER GIVE IT OUT.
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JapDemon
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Posted: Jul 6, 2007, 02:49:54
Someone tried to tell me he was with Steam Support or something like that and that there was a problem with my account and that he needed to review it. I thought it was legit until he said I needed to log out after I give him my name and password. What an idiot. Like that's not obvious.
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b12345andy
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Phising
Posted: Jul 8, 2007, 15:46:51
This has happened to me too. They are very sad as they got my emailaddress and emailed me this fake website which looks good but as im on vista my internet told me not to go on the website as i is a fake. THanks for technology these days!! I dont know how they got my email i think they saw it on x fire??
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JapDemon
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Posted: Jul 9, 2007, 09:16:20
Quote from b12345andy: This has happened to me too. They are very sad as they got my emailaddress and emailed me this fake website which looks good but as im on vista my internet told me not to go on the website as i is a fake. THanks for technology these days!! I dont know how they got my email i think they saw it on x fire??
I don't know man. Im gonna say probably. I just think people that do that are really stupid. They're just hackers who need new accounts. |
Teh-Bobby
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Posted: Jul 25, 2007, 22:48:59
thanks for that info xtreme.
i mite of fallen for it lol.
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ViperX13
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Posted: Aug 8, 2007, 20:43:02
anyone know how to find ur steam id because i need mine to activate and i have misplaced my sheet anyone know if steam could help me out or if there is a site that could help?
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XTR3M3
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Posted: Aug 9, 2007, 04:58:03
You mean your steam username, not steam ID. My steam name is flashdog68 and my steam ID looks like this
STEAM_0:1:234567
When you log on, you use your steam username.
If you have a "friends" list, ask one of them as they will have added you and might know that. You will have to know your own password though. No one should have that.
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s0l1dSnAk3
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Scammers are getting pretty good lol.
Posted: Aug 13, 2007, 01:31:41
I recently had a guy add me on friends
telling me he was Admin of Disputes
and that i needed to have my account scanned because it was suspected of hacking
He must do this alot because it defiantly sounded legit
I told him i was reading the policy and he told me i was being banned for a year if i did not comply,
Then he told me i would get another 3 months added for not reading the policy
I asked for proof but he gave me none I placed a ticket on steam asking if this was bs or not
And they replied that they will never ask you for your steam account or password ever.
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slayer44
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Posted: Aug 13, 2007, 05:46:01
lol i had experience with some jerk off like this i told him too look into my "file" and find what date i joined
then he went offline stupid nubs
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terminatoroy
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Posted: Aug 13, 2007, 21:41:08
who would be stupid enough to give out their steam details anyway
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Bait666
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Posted: Aug 14, 2007, 02:57:14
i dont see why i would give my pw to anyone but my family
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Boogeyman
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Posted: Aug 15, 2007, 11:05:59
I completely Agree You should never give out your Steam ID and Password b/c the same thing happened to me until he said I couldn't change my name to his in which I did and he tried playing dumb saying that it didn't work when I could see it coming up as his name.
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BoyButter
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Posted: Aug 15, 2007, 12:12:41
Its like this with every online game, never give your password. Even if theres something wrong and you think you are talking to a guy from "suport", they will never ask for your password, and those who do ask ain't the real thing and just wants to take your account.
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Zorbho
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same has happen to me
Posted: Aug 15, 2007, 17:58:54
When i used to smoke weed, one time i was stone and there this automated steam chat that asked me for my account and i have talked to him for like 30 min and finally gave him, so he hijacked me, good thing i had bought my account tru a credit card so i got it back ez in like a week.
BUt there is an other thing, like 3 week ago my friend was on irc and a false chanserv posted to him when he enter to a chan ( like a greeting) a strategic book or something , it was a link. A .exe, my friend is not very good with this stuff so he installed it thinking it was the book with trick, but it was a key logger, so he got hickaked. NEVER install a .exe if your not 100% sure of what it is :-P , my friend got unlucky he havent been able to find proof of where he bought it, so he just lost his 7 digit.
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argir
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so what?
Posted: Aug 20, 2007, 04:17:16
so even if he gets the pass, what can he do. not much i think
i mean a steam id isnt worth much, maybe if he can acces the credit card or something
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Boobsmagee
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Posted: Sep 5, 2007, 21:07:08
People do this all the time, and from what i suprisingly hear, is that people fall for this all the time, to tell you the truth im suprised anyone would consider people doing this to be legit.......
even when i first joined steam/css i dont think i woulda fallen for it
~Rob
saddly i found out recently a friend of mine used to get ppl to believe him and give out there info :/
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Bait666
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Posted: Sep 9, 2007, 03:27:04
well that is taking advantage of stupid people :D though i dont take steam id's i take advantage for humor.
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ryan16626
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Posted: Sep 9, 2007, 03:40:54
I totally agree with Rob on that one, how can someone be so stupid as to give away their password to a random person. That is ridiculous. Think about it, if it was for real, it would not be done through friends lol. Also, steam would not have to add you. How dumb :(
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MushroomStamp
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Posted: Sep 13, 2007, 05:13:21
so even if he gets the pass, what can he do. not much i think
i mean a steam id isnt worth much, maybe if he can acces the credit card or something
i agree, what would be worth the trouble of jacking someones account? what could they possibly do with it?
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