My Steam Account was Phished
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As far as I know, I've never fallen prey but I have informed friends on FB that they'd PM me with dubious links and they should check their accounts and then they let me know, that they intended to send a link through a redirect to something silly. And so <plonk> went their PM... or DM as kids these days would say.
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Fretmute wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 12:51 amFor what it's worth, I ignored it because I knew there was a zero percent chance that one us typed the phrase "Sup mate, can i shoot you with a question xd?"Jag wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:51 pmI guess I fall into the elderly category.hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:22 pm i think one good use of AI would be an agent on an elderly person's machine to strongly dissuade or prevent aged and addled brains from falling for phishing attempts.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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I can only imagine how many people on FB click those stupid posts that say stuff like "I bet I wont get one like" or "Click if you agree"...They just keep passing around the same stupid shit day after day after day.
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I did find the phrasing odd. Like English isn't their first language.Fretmute wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 12:51 amFor what it's worth, I ignored it because I knew there was a zero percent chance that one us typed the phrase "Sup mate, can i shoot you with a question xd?"Jag wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:51 pmI guess I fall into the elderly category.hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:22 pm i think one good use of AI would be an agent on an elderly person's machine to strongly dissuade or prevent aged and addled brains from falling for phishing attempts.
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I think that's something an ESL London teen would have said circa 2003. We may have a time traveller on our hands.
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But mates, can I shoot you with a question tho?
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I just got the same attempt from soulchilde. I don't remember them from the boards, but frankly this is where 99% of my Steam friends come from, so....
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soulchilde, come on down! You're the next victim!
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Grifman is currently the next victim.
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Looks like Grifman just got hit too. I don't recall whether I saw an update from him in either thread.
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Doh! Bammed! That's what I get for proof-reading my post and changing the wording.
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I wonder if I'll be next. Grifman got me too.
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Grifman for me too.
Do I just ignore it? Is there a way to report it?
Do I just ignore it? Is there a way to report it?
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Poor Grif!
I've just been making snarky comments and then closing the window.
I've just been making snarky comments and then closing the window.
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My vague understanding is that nothing will happen if you ignore the chat. I think the only way you will be next is if you respond and then click any links non-Grifman sends you.
I will say that I just double checked my account and confirmed that I don't have a credit card saved. Just the few bucks that's in my wallet.
Also, they are still trying with Grif's account, so I don't think he's seen the info yet. Just got "or u busy rn?"
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I just came here to ask Grif if he was messaging me.
Hope he doesn't mind that I asked if he wanted to resume our ERP.
Hope he doesn't mind that I asked if he wanted to resume our ERP.
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I just signed out of chat. Though I suppose that just means they can focus on other people from his list.
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Anyway to turn off steamchat?
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Careful, Grif may be offended that you would think he would talk like that.
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You can sign out. Open your Friends & Chat window and click the dropdown arrow next to your name at the top. One of the options will sign you out.
I figured it was probably the safest thing to do until this plays itself out a bit.
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Oh. But I suspect they can still send you messages when you are offline. So you'll just need to remember when you log back in to close any chats. And don't click any links.
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Grifman got hit, I pinged him over at QT3
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Yeah. At least one person here also reached out. I suspect that he's not around, though. Since the scammers are still hammering his account pretty hard.
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Yes, I got a Steam chat message from you asking you to vote for your team, looked legit, so I did. So I was hacked. Wasn't taken for anything as I had less than $2 in my Steam account. Got several PM's and have gone in and changed my password. Have also gone in asked for the API to changed, so I should be good.Jag wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:17 pm Hey, if anyone got a Steam message from me in the last day, please ignore it. I received a PM from an old member Koz asking to vote for his E-sports team. I said sure, but it required a Steam login to the Intel site. I thought it was strange, so i Googled the site and it came up as an Intel site. So i logged in and voted. Then I saw today that someone bought a Counterstrike gun for $27 on my Steam balance. I realized immediately what had happened. I got some PMs from other OO members that my account had reached out too.
I changed my Steam password and googled Steam phishing and saw that they could also create an API link, which they did. I deleted the API and I'm hoping my account is secure now. Sorry for anyone that got a message from me. Don't be a moron like I was. And thank the lord for 2FA. I probably would have lost my account if I didn't have it.
At least I still have the item they bought. I put in a ticket with Steam, but if they can't help me, I guess I'll sell it.
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I got the chat from Jag's account. Answered but never got to a point of their sending a link. Not sure if I would have fell for it, as I'm usually suspicious of logging in to other sites. But I'm generally pretty trusting of the OO collective. I guess I'm lucky to not have had to worry about it.
Logged out of Steam Friends/Chat for now. Thanks for that tip.
And sorry Grifman - I don't know anything about the API, so can't help there. Hope you get things resolved soon.
Logged out of Steam Friends/Chat for now. Thanks for that tip.
And sorry Grifman - I don't know anything about the API, so can't help there. Hope you get things resolved soon.
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I did a little more research, I can put anything in there. Thanks.Baroquen wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 8:40 pm I got the chat from Jag's account. Answered but never got to a point of their sending a link. Not sure if I would have fell for it, as I'm usually suspicious of logging in to other sites. But I'm generally pretty trusting of the OO collective. I guess I'm lucky to not have had to worry about it.
Logged out of Steam Friends/Chat for now. Thanks for that tip.
And sorry Grifman - I don't know anything about the API, so can't help there. Hope you get things resolved soon.
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Btw jz, you did send me a friend request a couple of days ago, right?
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I believe soulchilde is tru1cy here if I remember my Gamingtrend-OO user name crosswalk correctly...Little Raven wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 6:36 pm I just got the same attempt from soulchilde. I don't remember them from the boards, but frankly this is where 99% of my Steam friends come from, so....
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Here is the link to the API. There was something in mine so I deleted it and left it blank.
https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey
https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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I thought we had both. Sadly they both seem to be gone now.Lassr wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:03 pmI believe soulchilde is tru1cy here if I remember my Gamingtrend-OO user name crosswalk correctly...Little Raven wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 6:36 pm I just got the same attempt from soulchilde. I don't remember them from the boards, but frankly this is where 99% of my Steam friends come from, so....
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Yes, I think he had to use tru1cy here because someone else had soulchilde.dbt1949 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:14 pmI thought we had both. Sadly they both seem to be gone now.Lassr wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:03 pmI believe soulchilde is tru1cy here if I remember my Gamingtrend-OO user name crosswalk correctly...Little Raven wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 6:36 pm I just got the same attempt from soulchilde. I don't remember them from the boards, but frankly this is where 99% of my Steam friends come from, so....
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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I guess xXsoulchilde69Xx was also taken?
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that's my alt..
Actually, I don't see a soulchilde in the member list here. And Tru1cy has not been here since Nov of last year.
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Just note, if you got hacked they may have blocked your communication with a lot of your Steam friends, and may even have deleted some. I don't know if any of my friends got deleted, but a large number of my friends are blocked.
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Hey Grif, if you do get my messages, sorry about that......lol
I hate scammers......
I hate scammers......
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Just reading this thread now. My steam chat has been offline for awhile now. I think I turned it off months ago for some reason. Anyway, I don't know anything about this API key. I clicked on the link above and it took me to a page to register for a new Web API Key. Does this mean that I don't have one and I'm in the clear?Lassr wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:10 pm Here is the link to the API. There was something in mine so I deleted it and left it blank.
https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey
Or should I register for a new key just in case?
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I too turned off my friends list,for awhile anyways.
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Correct, if it is blank you are good. From my understanding if something is there it connects your steam account to a personal website you own (or the hacker owns in this case). I'm not sure what the hacker could do other than see activity after I changed my password but I deleted the link in mine.raydude wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:05 amJust reading this thread now. My steam chat has been offline for awhile now. I think I turned it off months ago for some reason. Anyway, I don't know anything about this API key. I clicked on the link above and it took me to a page to register for a new Web API Key. Does this mean that I don't have one and I'm in the clear?Lassr wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:10 pm Here is the link to the API. There was something in mine so I deleted it and left it blank.
https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey
Or should I register for a new key just in case?
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Yeah. It's probably a good idea to check that link. If it's blank, that's good. If something is there, then delete it. It seemed to have stopped the spam.Lassr wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:25 amCorrect, if it is blank you are good. From my understanding if something is there it connects your steam account to a personal website you own (or the hacker owns in this case). I'm not sure what the hacker could do other than see activity after I changed my password but I deleted the link in mine.raydude wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:05 amJust reading this thread now. My steam chat has been offline for awhile now. I think I turned it off months ago for some reason. Anyway, I don't know anything about this API key. I clicked on the link above and it took me to a page to register for a new Web API Key. Does this mean that I don't have one and I'm in the clear?Lassr wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:10 pm Here is the link to the API. There was something in mine so I deleted it and left it blank.
https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey
Or should I register for a new key just in case?
Really annoyed Steam has an easy way for hackers to do this. Support said I was out of luck, so I checked the price of the item they bought for $27 and it sells for $.033. I told them they should ban the seller's account too.
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Yeah, it's pretty bad. I would hope Valve starts using increased security measures around APIs, as not everyone should have access to them. Maybe it should have a sort of code system via verified developers. The general public simply shouldn't.
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