Got two random texts with Steam verification code

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An hour ago, I got two random texts with a Steam verification code. So immediately my first thought was someone had hacked or was trying to hack my account.

I decided to log in from a new browser. And the thing is, I had set up Steam Guard to email me the verification code, not text me. So were those texts I received actually legit? The password I had set up for Steam is randomly generated, so it's not used on any other website.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

New browser log in will send an alert, and the steam guard will send you a verification code that you must use to log in first time.
You can ignore the one from the new browser alert log in as it was you. Its just asking was it you if so no action is required it is just an alert for you.

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I guess I wasn't clear. I got these verification texts BEFORE I logged in today. I logged in because I was afraid someone was hacking my account. But when I logged in, I received a verification code through email, not text. So were those texts bogus, or was someone actually trying to log into my account?

[The Giving One]

When you get a code like that, it's possible that it is totally innocent.

For example, let's say someone has a very similar user name and password as you do, so they type in their login info but make an honest mistake in typing it in, and by chance, get your login in the entry.

So now, Steam Guard does it's job and blocks the access, as their computer is not authorized to use your account, of course.

Yes, this can be extremely rare, but I got one years ago and it was just that once, and it was just a mistake by someone.

Steam accounts can't be "hacked".

[Muppet among Puppets]

What text? Sms?
Then it was not a login code.

Also if you get them by email, you only get them by email.

[Reaper]

Originally posted by The Giving One:

When you get a code like that, it's possible that it is totally innocent.

For example, let's say someone has a very similar user name and password as you do, so they type in their login info but make an honest mistake in typing it in, and by chance, get your login in the entry.

So now, Steam Guard does it's job and blocks the access, as their computer is not authorized to use your account, of course.

Yes, this can be extremely rare, but I got one years ago and it was just that once, and it was just a mistake by someone.

Steam accounts can't be "hacked".

Um no way that happened. Steam requires a minimum 8 character password which can use letters numbers and symbols. The odds of guessing a random persons password even without the username are so stupidly high, you'd have a better chance of winning the lottery 5 times in a row.

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@Muppet That's what I thought. I got two SMS messages from two different phone numbers. They both read something like "Your Steam verification code is XXXXX"

The more I look at it, the more I think it's spam, but it's strange spam. Like even if I were to use those codes, what advantage is it to the person who sent the SMS?

[Muppet among Puppets]

Sms codes would be about phone number or app change attempts.
If i am not wrong.

It is just not clear if the sms were
a) fake
b) accident
c) someone trying to change these things

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Oh, so it could be enti

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Sms codes would be about phone number or app change attempts.
If i am not wrong.

It is just not clear if the sms were
a) fake
b) accident
c) someone trying to change these things

Oh, so it could be entirely possible someone used (perhaps accidentally) my phone number for their own account? I mean, I can't count the number of times I got a verification code sent to my email address to some website or application I've never heard of. So maybe that's what happened here?

In any case, it only happened those two times yesterday, and I haven't received any more SMS. So I'm not going to worry about it, unless it happens again.

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by FeaR_TH3_Reap3R:

Um no way that happened. Steam requires a minimum 8 character password which can use letters numbers and symbols. The odds of guessing a random persons password even without the username are so stupidly high, you'd have a better chance of winning the lottery 5 times in a row.

As I said, it's surely rare, but it DID happen to me once long ago. And it was only once.

Steam Guard did its job though, and prevented the login.

Originally posted by The Giving One:

Yes, this can be extremely rare, but I got one years ago and it was just that once, and it was just a mistake by someone.

"Stupidly high odds" does not eliminate all possibilities.

[Muppet among Puppets]

No, its not your number on another account, as that would have needed a code to establish