(NEED HELP FAST) Someone asking for my account name

[Nevermore]

Hey, so I've been contacted by this individual who is asking for my Steam account name (not username, the one used for login). Context: He says he selects a few people every once in a while to give them gifts but then he said what he needed was just my steam account name to send me money via paypal. This whole situation is very suspicious and usually I'd give it no thought but this is the first time I've been approached like this. I'm looking for answers on wether or not it's safe to further engage with this individual or if it's a scam and I shouldn't provide them with me steam account name.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Report, block and move on.

[Paratech2008]

Scam. Don't give him anything. Block, reort, move on.

[Nevermore]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Report, block and move on.

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Thats what i'd usually do, but I want to know, if it's not safe, WHY its not safe

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Account names are for you and Valve alone to know.

[Radene]

Originally posted by Nevermore:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Report, block and move on.

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Thats what i'd usually do, but I want to know, if it's not safe, WHY its not safe

Let's assume for a moment someone already has a list of passwords from dark web. What they don't have is actual login names that go with those passwords.

[Nevermore]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Account names are for you and Valve alone to know.

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Ok I get the point, but if I were to give him my account name would he be able to do anything with it?

[Radene]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Account names are for you and Valve alone to know.

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And literally everyone who checked your profile between the time you created your account and the time you changed your publicly displayed name.

Unless Steam changed that since I created my account. And if they did, GOOD. I already explained why it's unsafe for those "literally everyone" people to know it too.

[Yasahi]

Originally posted by Nevermore:

Ok I get the point, but if I were to give him my account name would he be able to do anything with it?

He might already have some other information on your account. He might also continue asking things along the way while he's "transferring money to your account via paypal " luring you in further. In the end it's a scam. There's no reason to give any information to a scammer. You should always regard anyone asking for any account details with extreme distrust.

[Nevermore]

Originally posted by Radene:

Originally posted by Nevermore:

Thats what i'd usually do, but I want to know, if it's not safe, WHY its not safe

Let's assume for a moment someone already has a list of passwords from dark web. What they don't have is actual login names that go with those passwords.

Fair point but I have Steam Guard and mobile auth on so they wouldn't be able to do anything either way right? Plus how would they have obtained my password? I have never shared such info and even if they got it from some login I made on an website with steam's API wouldn't they also have my accoutn name?

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Nevermore:

Originally posted by Radene:

Let's assume for a moment someone already has a list of passwords from dark web. What they don't have is actual login names that go with those passwords.

Fair point but I have Steam Guard and mobile auth on so they wouldn't be able to do anything either way right? Plus how would they have obtained my password? I have never shared such info and even if they got it from some login I made on an website with steam's API wouldn't they also have my accoutn name?

You can keep making excuses to give it out all you want, but it is a security risk to do so.

You don't seem to want to believe that and you are free not to, but the risks and consequences
are your own.