i got warning of account suspension

[youtube.com/Naiive Neo]

is this email legit or fake?
[e-mail]

Hello,
You have a new message from STEAM Support
Ban features include purchasing, changing password, changing email, Trading, Community Market, and playing on VAC enabled servers.
Your account will be banned in 30 days for being involved in Illegal Giveaway Activities.

This suspension will be removed unless you comply for an Appeal within 30 days.

Reply on this message to request an Appeal for your issue.

Regards,
STEAM Support
The Steam Support Team
https://help.steampowered.com/
Valve® © Valve Corporation. PO Box 1688 Bellevue, WA 98009.
All rights reserved. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries

[Washell]

Valve does not use gmail addresses for support. Fake.

The message in itself is a copy/paste from the actual message. Other than that that message redirects you to the actual ticket system.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Scam.

"steamappeal" is also funny but not a Valve email.

[Satoru]

so you think steam is going to use a GMAIL account to fcommunicate with you

Gmail

Think about that for maybe more than 0.1 seconds to realize that's fake

[youtube.com/Naiive Neo]

thank god LOL for saving my a**

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Also, there are no warnings for bans like that. They just ban the account.

[Zefar]

Originally posted by K I R A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.com:

thank god LOL for saving my a**

Okay if you almost fell for that obvious scam like that let me tell you about other types of scam.

For instance, ANYONE claiming to be from Valve or Steam and wants your account details or your items is a scammer. Valve would never ask for such things.

There are no "Item Checkers" at Valve. It's scammers pretending to sound important.

There are no Moderators who will issue a pending ban. Bans are either applied or not applied.

[zZzooey.exe]

Lets take a moment to appreciate that someone asked on forum first before falling for a scam.

[Hannibal]

Would help greatly to have a sticky with known scams and the new scam flavour of the month. People often have to fall for them or experience them first. Seems the same questions get asked over and over. Be nice to see valve be more proactive in its approaches. "Here are know scams and how to avoid them".

[Cathulhu]

Not really, people tend to ignore the stickies and ask anyway.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3415-WAFH-6433

And there are tons of guides out there like...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=784477482

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by Jimathus:

Would help greatly to have a sticky with known scams and the new scam flavour of the month. People often have to fall for them or experience them first. Seems the same questions get asked over and over. Be nice to see valve be more proactive in its approaches. "Here are know scams and how to avoid them".

Sticky threads don't work.

These three are missed very often:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/617329505860738922/
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/627456486849997575/
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/135507548120407092/

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Sticky threads don't work.

These three are missed very often:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/617329505860738922/
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/627456486849997575/
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/135507548120407092/

The best ones were the "no trading here" threads and the no longer stickied "posting for the badge no longer exists."

[Muppet among Puppets]

Note:
Even if this email "came" from the real whatever address, or maybe even from your address (no joke),
or if you get an email with your real name and it "comes" from a real company address,

do NOT trust emails more than a postcard that someone gives you. With words on it.



Legit "postcards" concerns can be handled in other ways.
Bad "postcards" make sure to tell you exactly "to what dark corner you have to go, at midnight..... alone".

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by K I R A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.com:

"This suspension will be removed unless you comply for an Appeal within 30 days."

What if logic makes a sound when it implodes...... and we just cant hear it?

[zZzooey.exe]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Originally posted by K I R A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.com:

"This suspension will be removed unless you comply for an Appeal within 30 days."

What if logic makes a sound when it implodes...... and we just cant hear it?

¯\_(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)_/¯ just steamappeal things