Typical Ex. of Account Theft

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Alright guys this is just a refresher...

On my friends list theres a guy that added me with the name "ADMINISTRATОR S.T.E.A.M."

Now note if he had his name administrator steam it would show up like this ************* ***** on your friends list ok. Getting to the point the only reason guys like this put there name is to what? thats right ,to try to steal some poor guys account. Steam has tried to take measures to prevent these guys ,but unfortunately they are very crafty and clever. By simply typing /me into chat it changes the color of your name to blue/green depending on whether your in-game or not. Also note that no steam administrator would ever ask for your account name and password over steam or send you a web link that asks for it. Again a way to tell that the guy is a fraud is by a simple clicking of the down arrow in our chat box and going to veiw aliases where i see his real account name is....jake233. Also when i go to his profile i see that he is in the storm clan and a whole bunch of steam groups ,neither of which a steam/valve admin would have. Just simply put guys don't add these guys because you know that they have their name like that for one reason and one reason only...to try and steal your account. Guys like i said before this is just a reminder of the little immature people that have nothing better to do than to try and steal your's and other's accounts.
 
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I got the most awesome email from a steam admin account. They said I had to reset my password and provided a link to a steam page. And it looked very legit. I had a funny feeling though and looked a little deeper and found a few typo's and sure enough it was not a real steampowered webpage.

I think it was steampowered dot something that sounded steamish.

Had I not been wary of unsolicited emails I might have been had.
 
thank god you weren't i've had quite a few asking for my paypal information because they need to help the president and stuff lol.
 
The real Valve employee's are in this group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Valve
Take John C for example, his steam id page here: http://steamcommunity.com/id/johnc
The people who make steam are in this group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Steam

If you do some research, you will find that these are the real people who make steam. These are the real people who make the games you play. Hence why they are the only people on steam with 502 games.

No Valve employee is going to ask you for your info. Plain and simple.
 
and also notice John C's name isnt valve admin/steam admin
 
they do this for other games also. I know in WoW they have tried to get me to change my password under fear of hacking. Yet we all know that a Blizzard employee will NEVER ask for your password, and I think the same is for steam. So if someone from "Steam" says that they need your password... ignore them.
 
they do this for other games also. I know in WoW they have tried to get me to change my password under fear of hacking. Yet we all know that a Blizzard employee will NEVER ask for your password, and I think the same is for steam. So if someone from "Steam" says that they need your password... ignore them.

you could just report them -.-
 
I got a message from some dude in a Steam Group that I belonged to with a link to a phony website. It was w w w dot newsteamcommunity dot tk. Needless to say, I spotted the fraud immediately and reported him via Steam Support.

1.) .tk is a free domain, why would a multimillion dollar corporation use a free domain hoster?

2.) I received no notice of a new steam community via the Steam Client News itself, therefor I do not pay attention.

3.) The website claimed to be giving away free games such as GTAIV.

4.) A wide array of elementary level spelling errors. (the title, new steam community, was even mispelled, in size 70 bold font. HAHA!)
 
One thing i'd do for sure... Ignore them. everthing steam sends me i just delete... Really does make it pretty simple. I mean, what can be of interest from some administrator sending you an email? xD
 
First time someones done this to me personally lol i've had much experience with fools so i know the tricks ,but the guy/gal pms me from a steam group we were both in and tried to get me to click on a link.
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3:42 PM - тояBяояяэT. : www.************.com
3:42 PM - =(eG)=™ Stick [DAM]: no
3:42 PM - тояBяояяэT.: ^^
3:42 PM - тояBяояяэT.: why not? =(
3:42 PM - тояBяояяэT.: I want these pictures
3:42 PM - =(eG)=™ Stick [DAM]: i don't know you
3:42 PM - =(eG)=™ Stick [DAM]: therefor im not clicking the link lol
3:42 PM - тояBяояяэT.: :(
3:43 PM - тояBяояяэT.: whyyy
3:43 PM - =(eG)=™ Stick [DAM]: please go pester someone else
3:43 PM - тояBяояяэT.: ^^
3:43 PM - тояBяояяэT.: stfu?
3:43 PM - тояBяояяэT.: lol
3:43 PM - тояBяояяэT.: xD
3:43 PM - тояBяояяэT.: block
3:44 PM - =(eG)=™ Stick [DAM]: im not on your friends list noob lawlz
3:44 PM - =(eG)=™ Stick [DAM]: bye
 
I got a lot of e-mails saying that they'll give me a free laptop but I had to write my e-mail and password down, plus I got a message from Steam where I had to type my steam account and password and they would have sent me the Valve Package (89.99 euros) for free. Good luck I checked the website and found out that it wasn't from Steam
 
Well really nice trick and yeah why would people working for steam need your info they can get it because they work there without asking you and all so just dont give out your password and account ON ANY WEBSITE
 
Yeah one time I got an e-mail from 'steam' ;) saying I was suspected of hacking, and my account was being flagged. And it gave me a site to put my info, and they would take care of everything. But it had happened to my friends, so I was ahead of the ball-game :D


Also, the e-mail was sent to my e-mail, the wasn't even registered for the Steam account. lol
 
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2:35 PM - COUNTE STRIKE RULES: go to this web site www.***********.com
2:36 PM - COUNTE STRIKE RULES: i get off
2:36 PM - =(eG)=™ Stick [DAM]: nope
2:36 PM - COUNTE STRIKE RULES: wy
2:36 PM - =(eG)=™ Stick [DAM]: because i don't know you
Call from COUNTE STRIKE RULES started.
Call with COUNTE STRIKE RULES ended.
Call from COUNTE STRIKE RULES started.
2:36 PM - =(eG)=™ Stick [DAM]: im listening to music ^_^
Call with COUNTE STRIKE RULES ended.
2:36 PM - COUNTE STRIKE RULES: just go there
2:36 PM - =(eG)=™ Stick [DAM]: nope
 
I wonder if valve employees get spammed by others who want to be their friends :P
 
Yesterday when i was playing on the jail server, some dude added all of us in the server under the name "Steam Automated Message". I ended up spamming him, he deleted me from his friend list afterwards :(
 
well felon i wouldn't handle that situation quite like that but..these guys are just trying to find an unlucky sucker to steal their account.
 
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