catch 50$

[Eren Jäger]

Someone on my friends list just sent me a link to get a $50 gift card.

I'm guessing this is supposed to be a scam?

[LiDAAR]

ask him about it
maybe his account is hacked
would not recommend clicking on it ....

[Chaos]

I mean, ask yourself, why would ANYONE give out $50 gift cards for FREE.
How could that benefit them in ANY way if it was real?

If you think logical about stuff like this there is no other option except it being a scam or phishing attempt.

BTW the account of your "friend" is most likely already compromised and has been taken over by the scammers.
Thats how they operate, scam a account, send scam links to all on the friend list , then do the same with the new accounts they scammed that been dumb enough to click the link, rinse and repeat.

[The Commendatore]

If it sounds too good to be true...

[Eren Jäger]

Originally posted by Chaos:

I mean, ask yourself, why would ANYONE give out $50 gift cards for FREE.
How could that benefit them in ANY way if it was real?

If you think logical about stuff like this there is no other option except it being a scam or phishing attempt.

BTW the account of your "friend" is most likely already compromised and has been taken over by the scammers.
Thats how they operate, scam a account, send scam links to all on the friend list , then do the same with the new accounts they scammed that been dumb enough to click the link, rinse and repeat.

You're right. I was also skeptical from the start, but was curious nonetheless. I know stupid of myself.

Clicking on the link will open Steam where you should log in. Nothing happens just by clicking on it as long as I don't enter any data, right?

[LiDAAR]

Originally posted by Eren Jäger:

Originally posted by Chaos:

I mean, ask yourself, why would ANYONE give out $50 gift cards for FREE.
How could that benefit them in ANY way if it was real?

If you think logical about stuff like this there is no other option except it being a scam or phishing attempt.

BTW the account of your "friend" is most likely already compromised and has been taken over by the scammers.
Thats how they operate, scam a account, send scam links to all on the friend list , then do the same with the new accounts they scammed that been dumb enough to click the link, rinse and repeat.

You're right. I was also skeptical from the start, but was curious nonetheless. I know stupid of myself.

Clicking on the link will open Steam where you should log in. Nothing happens just by clicking on it as long as I don't enter any data, right?

bro if that link is a scam user might steal your computer details (password,address etc)even without login
JUST DONT CLICK IT if u r not a computer expert
my friend has got hacked on steam 5 times also his instagram and facebook got hacked cuz he clicked random links
and most of the time it was chinese or from russia so avoid unknown or sketchy links.

[Eren Jäger]

Originally posted by LiDAAR:

Originally posted by Eren Jäger:

You're right. I was also skeptical from the start, but was curious nonetheless. I know stupid of myself.

Clicking on the link will open Steam where you should log in. Nothing happens just by clicking on it as long as I don't enter any data, right?

bro if that link is a scam user might steal your computer details (password,address etc)even without login
JUST DONT CLICK IT if u r not a computer expert
my friend has got hacked on steam 5 times also his instagram and facebook got hacked cuz he clicked random links
and most of the time it was chinese or from russia so avoid unknown or sketchy links.

Yeah, was stupid of me. I hope nothing happens.

[Overseer]

These are going around lately. In chats and chat groups. It's always a link to a fake login.

Originally posted by Eren Jäger:

Clicking on the link will open Steam where you should log in.

Fake. It only looks like Steam but it is not. Pay attention to the security certificate and the exact URL.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Please check the link itself as scammers spell steamcommunity differently. Its a different site just waiting to harvest your ip and possibly do much more with your account if you were to log in.

[Eren Jäger]

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

Please check the link itself as scammers spell steamcommunity differently. Its a different site just waiting to harvest your ip and possibly do much more with your account if you were to log in.

yes you are right. When I took a closer look, I noticed that it didn't say steam, but steanmncommunity

[LiDAAR]

50$ gift card and link redirecting to steam sounds real sketchy
darkcrystal is right check if the link has spellling errors or something
like steeamcommunty instead of steamcommunity
this scams are going on discord aswell from a long time now....

[Eren Jäger]

Do you think it's worth changing the password now, just to be on the safe side? Have the account for over 15 years. I don't want someone stealing my account.

[Chaos]

As long as you did not enter any data you should be safe.

Edit: But a password change cant hurt, better safe then sorry.
Also do a scan with malwarebytes or similar to check that nothing was downloaded to your PC from that fake site.

[LiDAAR]

Originally posted by Eren Jäger:

Do you think it's worth changing the password now, just to be on the safe side? Have the account for over 15 years. I don't want someone stealing my account.

I would recommend changing password and hopefully you using steam gaurd aswell
If your inventory is stacked up
Transfer it to a spare account if u have cuz from what I have seen in the discussions forum they clean your inventory and your wallet funds etc
So just to be on the safe side...

[Wolf Knight]

1. Scan for malware https://www.malwarebytes.com/
2. Deauthorize all other devices https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage
3. Change passwords from a clean computer
4. Generate new backup codes for your Mobile App https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage
5. Revoke the API key https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey (there should be nothing in the APIKEY)

if the account is compromised, trading is the one thing you should not do. the scammers have bots that will cancel and recreate trades to send the items to the scammers accounts.

["Zoen"]

xd