Got my account back but where can check if the problem is still there.

[NoxiBee]

So I managed to get my account back, but should I make a ticket to clarify that I am in no ways needing to pay 200 dollars, for context my account was I believe hijacked because a friend who randomly disappeared messaged me and said they had reported me by mistake and gave me a a steam account to contact, I did and I fell for it alright but I also find it hard to believe id have to spend 200 dollars to verify I am me. so just wanting to make sure ;v;, also thanks to those who helped me on my alt.

[аdvicebanana]

First thing to mention is, you got scammed.

The line about being "accidentally reported" is just a line fed to you by scammers to force you into complying with the scammer's demands. It could be that your account was already hijacked previously.
https://www.google.com/search?q=accidentally+reported+steam

Steam Support would not ask you for any sort of payment to sort out an issue with your account. Nor would they interact with you through chat, on Steam or a 3rd party platform.

If you can claw back those $200 somehow, you should. But the scammers probably asked you to pay them in some non-reversible way.


Here's how you actually make sure that you are not hijacked anymore and how that even happens in the first place:
https://forums.steamrep.com/pages/hijacking/
another one:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensiveTrade/comments/a5t6kc/psa_huge_csgo_youtuber_fell_for_the_fake_site/

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Originally posted by NoxiBee:

So I managed to get my account back, but should I make a ticket to clarify that I am in no ways needing to pay 200 dollars, for context my account was I believe hijacked because a friend who randomly disappeared messaged me and said they had reported me by mistake and gave me a a steam account to contact, I did and I fell for it alright but I also find it hard to believe id have to spend 200 dollars to verify I am me. so just wanting to make sure ;v;, also thanks to those who helped me on my alt.

So you fall for one scam and are falling for another scam about paying 200 bucks. This is why scammers keep doing what they do.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Pattern of scam:

Bait, story, steps


Could you describe what happened in the first situation you "got your account back"? Just to make sure you did not interact with scammers twice.

[NoxiBee]

(Please excuse my poor dyslexic brain that cannot punctuate)

oh, a steam member cleared it up, I kinda was getting suspicious around the end of it , I never gave them anything in the end and I don't think my account was even touched much as it still has my balance and items so I don't think they go very far lol.

essentially a 'friend' on my user list had told me they accidentally reported me for something stupid reason and I guess I was tired enough to believe it so I went to the person they told me to talk to, I should've realised at this point this may not have been how to properly even talk to an 'admin' and took me through steps on discord which I then became extremely sketchy on but wasn't sure.

as this was a first time for me and I should've known from the get go, but this was all one person I think? I can't account for the user who used to be in my friends list as if they where also hijacked before me or just generally an awful person in the end but I've learnt from it now and won't be falling for this kind of mess ever again.

[NoxiBee]

I think almost nothing happened as it was completely on lock down when I tried to desperately recover my account so I am fine I think for now, I currently have norton running tho and it can't see any issues but I am not sure if that/s all I can do to help prevent this again.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by NoxiBee:

I think almost nothing happened as it was completely on lock down when I tried to desperately recover my account so I am fine I think for now, I currently have norton running tho and it can't see any issues but I am not sure if that/s all I can do to help prevent this again.

As you have your account now you can do these steps just to be sure your account is safe

Scan for Malware/virus https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/
Deauthorize all devices https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage
Change your Account password on a secure device, mobile phone for example.
Generate new back up codes https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage
Revoke the API key https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey

[NoxiBee]

alright thanks <3! I don't seem to have any Malware, I have deauthorized all devices, I had already changed my password, setting up the back up codes and there is no API so I seem to be looking fine, I guess at least my hijacker wasn't smart enough to shove malware at me or really smart at all...

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by NoxiBee:

I think almost nothing happened as it was completely on lock down when I tried to desperately recover my account

What does that mean in the conext?

Originally posted by NoxiBee:

oh, a steam member cleared it up, I kinda was getting suspicious around the end of it

In this topic only users were talking.

[NoxiBee]

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Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Originally posted by NoxiBee:

I think almost nothing happened as it was completely on lock down when I tried to desperately recover my account

What does that mean in the conext?


All I meant was even tho I got Hijacked when I went on it seems like nothing happened? sorry I am not good at explaining things.

Originally posted by NoxiBee:

oh, a steam member cleared it up, I kinda was getting suspicious around the end of it

In this topic only users were talking.

What I meant was my ticket managed to get an answer back, sorry if it seems like I cannot get straight to the point.

However this is fixed now so I am good.

[tsarac]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DDnV-MHSaY

[tsarac]

After they get your account details, they do the same to your friends over your account. So your friend got scammed, and then scammers scammed you too over your friends account.

[NoxiBee]

I don't see any comments on my friends chat so I am not sure but I'll make sure.