Victoria Wl. contactaced me

[Dani [MAG] Papazov]

This person was taking to be a valve fruad agent and my account was blocked and i cloudnt play any games. This person seemd legit but im not sure. the person wanted me to trade my items to a friend so they (the items) can me legitimized so she knew that they where mine. Because i have loged into sites for trading. The person really looked legit but im not very sure now beacuse i traded my ites to a friend and my account was unlocked and look in in my friend's profile so he can trade me back my items but what do i see not only its says that his account was "blocked" but all of my items where gone. If somebody can help me return my items (because i have spent around 50euro on cs skins) i will be thankfull! And i dont know how to contact to steam support to tell them this.

[potato]

"seemed legit?"

nobody from valve would contact you this way or ask for items

[Dani [MAG] Papazov]

the thing is that this person wanted me to trade my items to a friend not accualy to him.

[steven1mac]

You were scammed, and will not get your items back.

[Dani [MAG] Papazov]

why do i think my items were actualy deleted

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look up well known steam scams....

[Haruspex]

This person is not legit. Your account is already compromised, and they're trying to fool you into taking that last step to complete the scam.

The scam website in your username history is probably how you got compromised in the first place.

Remove any API key if there is one, here: https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey

Deauthorize all devices here and generate new backup codes. Store them someplace safe: https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

Change your password from a secure device, and run a full virus scan on your machine.

Set up 2 factor authentication via the Steam mobile app and associate your mobile number with your Steam account.

Then in the future, be cautious. The only safe place to trade on Steam is on Steam. All third party trading/gambling sites are varying degrees of scam. No Valve employee will attempt to contact you via Discord. Do not add random people to your friends list. Even be cautious of your actual friends in case they manage to get their accounts hijacked.

Watch out for scams that purport to give you free stuff, like "catch $50". Be wary of people who ask you to vote for their team in some tournament or anything like that. In fact, to be on the safe side, just don't log into your Steam account through any method that's not directly on the Steam client.

Edit: That "friend" you traded your items to is not your friend. It's like in the movie, "The Thing". They are either an impostor, or your friends account has been hijacked by a scammer. Anything you've traded away is gone, and will not be returned.

[Dani [MAG] Papazov]

so i will nedd to be more carefull in the future i hope my friends account is not hijacked. changed my password my email reseted my api and my steam guard thanks anyway

[Dani [MAG] Papazov]

the person seemed legit because it was a member on steam from 2004

[steven1mac]

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why do i think my items were actually deleted

IF you send your items, even to a trusted account, they will do a last second switch so the items will go to a different account, you can look up how they do it, but it is a pretty well known scam.

As the poster above you said, your account is likely compromised.

As for the account that the scammer used, there is a good chance had been compromised a while back, and are using it to find more victims.

[Mad Scientist]

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the person seemed legit because it was a member on steam from 2004

Time on steam doesn't matter, people try to phish all sorts of accounts from gullible users.

Anyone contacting you on Steam, especially Discord, or anywhere else in regard to your Steam Account is automatically to be treated as a scammer. Notifications in your Steam Client are the only thing that would be used to notify you of anything important, and those do not consist of direct messaging.

Anyone wanting you to do x/y/z "or else" is always a scammer, anyone claiming you "need to do x/y/z to prevent a ban" is a scammer. They don't warn you before taking action on your account unless you did a chargeback - something you should never do - and they notify you the account will be locked if it's not undone.

Never believe random messages, don't "vote for a workshop", "vote for a tournament", don't use your Steam Login outside of steam to prevent any form of your account being compromised.

Lastly, follow these steps from the other user:

İlk olarak Haruspex tarafından gönderildi:

Remove any API key if there is one, here: https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey

Deauthorize all devices here and generate new backup codes. Store them someplace safe: https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

Change your password from a secure device, and run a full virus scan on your machine.

Set up 2 factor authentication via the Steam mobile app and associate your mobile number with your Steam account.

[Dani [MAG] Papazov]

Thanks for the reply but do you know how the scammer got in my account without the steam guard authentication going off

[Haruspex]

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the person seemed legit because it was a member on steam from 2004

I'm a Steam member from 2004, and I'm certainly not a Valve employee. If my own account got hijacked, scammers could use it to scam other people.

Also 20 year old Steam account login information is up for sale on sketchy sites for less than $20. Probably stolen accounts too.

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Thanks for the reply but do you know how the scammer got in my account without the steam guard authentication going off

It probably happened ahead of time via that scam site in your username history I previously mentioned.

The scammer can't just trade the stuff over themselves, so they had to trick you into transferring the stuff to your "friend", where it got intercepted.

[Kargor]

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Thanks for the reply but do you know how the scammer got in my account without the steam guard authentication going off

It's quite simple -- they didn't do an actual login, and instead just grabbed the same data piece that the Steam client or the website use so YOU don't have to do the full 2FA all the time.

2FA only works for cases where they try to use a username/password -- even if they are correct, 2FA won't let you in. If you're already in, then 2FA doesn't do anything anymore.

[Thermal Lance]

I just read the title and my brain went "SCAM". Should tell you how common this is.

[BJWyler]

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Thanks for the reply but do you know how the scammer got in my account without the steam guard authentication going off

The scam website hashing that is in your profile name history is exactly how. Never use a third party site with your Steam credentials. They are all scam sites designed to steal accounts and items.