Catch $50 Scam message

[roJ]

Somehow this scam message with fake steam link got sent out of my account to all my friends. It says "Catch 50$" and then a fake steam link. Is this a virus? I didn't even send the message. I woke up with like 5 replies of people being mad at me. Should I do something about it?

[Lilim]

Ursprungligen skrivet av 76561197960287930:

Don't be silly these groups are reported. I even gave support the list, asked support how many times their users had to report groups with daily scammers to get them closed - of course no answers.

I have reported groups advertising third-party gambling sites and these groups have not been closed either .

[76561197960287930]

Ursprungligen skrivet av J4MESOX4D:

Ursprungligen skrivet av 76561197960287930:

Don't be silly these groups are reported. I even gave support the list, asked support how many times their users had to report groups with daily scammers to get them closed - of course no answers.

You do know that groups chat history is stored fro 2 weeks right. These bots have been non stop months on end.

But you believe what you want.

And they've been non-stop thanks to users spreading links and others becoming compromised (through such means) so well done, you've just aided and abetted the very thing you are crusading against.

One credible report is all that's needed and then simply move on.

No they are non stop because the bots scams daily in the chat rooms at 1000's of posts a day in multiple rooms.

I'm not moving on, I want valve to action those group reports. It's ridiculous that they are so passive to cyber crime,

https://steamcommunity.com/chat/invite/CzNDaf6D

https://steamcommunity.com/chat/invite/eLhK7CBl

chat invites should be safe urls, not my fault valve is not moderating its rooms.

[76561197960287930]

Ursprungligen skrivet av DarkCrystalMethod:

Valve should have hired enough manpower/goons/automation scripts to properly protect/prevent and punish bad posts. This reflects poorly on their oversight.
But thats where we're at right now. Report and pray some human gets to it in a timely manner. Ideally they should be eyeballing the forums manually too, but I guess they don't do that these days.
As for posting a scam website in the forums try putting it in the CODE /CODE tags so its not clickable. That will solve lots of potential problems with the uninformed just clicking every link they see(as that is their way).

^ this guy knows how to moderate Steam Universe but the scam chat rooms are probably too much of a task even for him.

[76561197960287930]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Lilim:

Ursprungligen skrivet av 76561197960287930:

Don't be silly these groups are reported. I even gave support the list, asked support how many times their users had to report groups with daily scammers to get them closed - of course no answers.

I have reported groups advertising third-party gambling sites and these groups have not been closed either .

I've reported those too. And it's funny how some of those rooms have a admin or mod that has the TIME to post event announcements, advertising for those gambling sites, but not the time to to even enter their chat rooms and boot the bot scammers.

of course valves not going to close gambling groups, with bots posting cyber crime in chat rooms. gambling / item loss / hijackings are their bread and butter.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Ursprungligen skrivet av 76561197960287930:

Ursprungligen skrivet av DarkCrystalMethod:

Valve should have hired enough manpower/goons/automation scripts to properly protect/prevent and punish bad posts. This reflects poorly on their oversight.
But thats where we're at right now. Report and pray some human gets to it in a timely manner. Ideally they should be eyeballing the forums manually too, but I guess they don't do that these days.
As for posting a scam website in the forums try putting it in the CODE /CODE tags so its not clickable. That will solve lots of potential problems with the uninformed just clicking every link they see(as that is their way).

^ this guy knows how to moderate Steam Universe but the scam chat rooms are probably too much of a task even for him.

I'm moderator level for only that group. Outside the group I'm just a regular user. There are certain problem areas that I wish Valve would pay more attention to.

[76561197960287930]

Ursprungligen skrivet av DarkCrystalMethod:

I'm moderator level for only that group. Outside the group I'm just a regular user.

No. Outside that group, you have a report button. But obviously even your credited reports on the problem areas fall on deaf ears too.

Ursprungligen skrivet av J4MESOX4D:

One credible report is all that's needed and then simply move on.

Ya it's a good thing none of these group reports are kept in our

https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata like the rest of our reports

i guess many of us are not credible. even when providing screenshots, quotes of the scams, user IDs or when mentioning them directly to support in open tickets.

The have administrator and moderator lists on these groups pages. its not like Valve don't know who the irresponsible parties are.

come on Valve justify allowing this https://imgur.com/a/aTuqIi4 to your reporting users, we want to know exactly why you are not taking actions?

[Kernel Jones]

The same sh** happened to me. I am worried.

It was auto-sent to only some of my friends by me, and I didn't even do it. What now?

[J4MESOX4D]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Kernel Jones:

The same sh** happened to me. I am worried.

It was auto-sent to only some of my friends by me, and I didn't even do it. What now?

If your account is botting messages to friends then you need to gain control of it urgently. Do the following steps to secure it:-

1. Scan for malware. https://www.malwarebytes.com/
2. Check that the email and phone number on the Steam account are still yours.
3. Deauthorize all other devices. https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage
4. Change passwords from a clean computer.
5. Generate new backup codes for your Mobile App. https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage
6. Revoke the API key (there should be no key). https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey

Also alert anyone affected - this will amount to your entire friends list in all probability.

[Kernel Jones]

Yeah I couldn't because my account went on temporary Community Ban.

[MK]

WHY is there 2fa is another pers can F u up like this...

also it made transactions with my steam wallet funds ... thank god i dont save my cc info
he purchased some dota items from - tanac816475

[rawWwRrr]

Ursprungligen skrivet av MONSTER KING:

WHY is there 2fa is another pers can F u up like this...

2FA is useless if you give away the information.

[MK]

i didnt bro :( thats the thing...

[Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥)]

Ursprungligen skrivet av MONSTER KING:

i didnt bro :( thats the thing...

So someone just happened to guess your account name, your password, AND your constantly changing Steam Guard Code at the exact time it was needed?

Yeah, no. Somewhere you gave away your account information.

[MK]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥):

Ursprungligen skrivet av MONSTER KING:

i didnt bro :( thats the thing...

So someone just happened to guess your account name, your password, AND your constantly changing Steam Guard Code at the exact time it was needed?

Yeah, no. Somewhere you gave away your account information.

umm Hello? keylogs or somesh..t ???? THING IS i didnt use the steamlogin in quite a while ..
its V weird
they didnt guess dude cmon :))))

[Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥)]

Ursprungligen skrivet av MONSTER KING:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥):

So someone just happened to guess your account name, your password, AND your constantly changing Steam Guard Code at the exact time it was needed?

Yeah, no. Somewhere you gave away your account information.

umm Hello? keylogs or somesh..t ???? THING IS i didnt use the steamlogin in quite a while ..
its V weird
they didnt guess dude cmon :))))

Then you still gave it away, knowingly or not.

That said, it's highly unlikely someone uses Keyloggers to get into your Steam Account.
They'd need to wait for you to actually type it in and act immediately, which seems unnecessary work since people give away their account information on Scam sites freely anyway.

Also: how long ago it was is irrelevant. Scammers can sit on your account for years before striking.