How safe are steam gift cards for balance?

[ChyonE]

a friend wanted to give me a gift card as a surprise and gave me the code. but im not sure how safe these things are. is it safe to redeem?

[Wolf Knight]

Messaggio originale di Kodan:

a friend wanted to give me a gift card as a surprise and gave me the code. but im not sure how safe these things are. is it safe to redeem?

yes, its safe to redeem. why would you think its not safe?

[Jerry]

Nobody can steal your account, just because they know the code of a gift card, you have used. Even though physical (but not digital) gift cards count as a proof of ownership, there are several other informations required to reclaim an account.
So yeah, it's fine. :-)

[Joke]

There is a scam that's going around right now, where peoples "friends" sends $50 "giftcards" for no reason.
The crux is that the code needs to be redeemed on a link the friend also sends.
This is a 100% scam/hijack attempt.

Most likely the "friend" account has been hijacked the same way, and you are next in line to be hijacked


If your friend sends a link where you are supposed to redeem the code, then don't follow the link.

Talk to your friend, and try to verify it's really your friend.
Redeem it on the Steam client instead if you think it's real.

[ChyonE]

Messaggio originale di Wolf Knight:

Messaggio originale di Kodan:

a friend wanted to give me a gift card as a surprise and gave me the code. but im not sure how safe these things are. is it safe to redeem?

yes, its safe to redeem. why would you think its not safe?

possible chargeback. fraud or fakery? im not sure how these work so im making sure

[ChyonE]

Messaggio originale di Joke:

There is a scam that's going around right now, where peoples "friends" sends $50 "giftcards" for no reason.
The crux is that the code needs to be redeemed on a link the friend also sends.
This is a 100% scam/hijack attempt.

Most likely the "friend" account has been hijacked the same way, and you are next in line to be hijacked


If your friend sends a link where you are supposed to redeem the code, then don't follow the link.

Talk to your friend, and try to verify it's really your friend.
Redeem it on the Steam client instead if you think it's real.

its just the text of the code. nothing seems off with him

[Tristin]

If it is just steam code, nothing wrong it you just entering it in.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Messaggio originale di Joke:

There is a scam that's going around right now, where peoples "friends" sends $50 "giftcards" for no reason.
The crux is that the code needs to be redeemed on a link the friend also sends.
This is a 100% scam/hijack attempt.

Most likely the "friend" account has been hijacked the same way, and you are next in line to be hijacked


If your friend sends a link where you are supposed to redeem the code, then don't follow the link.

Talk to your friend, and try to verify it's really your friend.
Redeem it on the Steam client instead if you think it's real.

Those are followed by a fake Steam Community link to "click and redeem" them. That's the phishing attempt.

A card code itself can't do anything.

[Joke]

Messaggio originale di cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Messaggio originale di Joke:

There is a scam that's going around right now, where peoples "friends" sends $50 "giftcards" for no reason.
The crux is that the code needs to be redeemed on a link the friend also sends.
This is a 100% scam/hijack attempt.

Most likely the "friend" account has been hijacked the same way, and you are next in line to be hijacked


If your friend sends a link where you are supposed to redeem the code, then don't follow the link.

Talk to your friend, and try to verify it's really your friend.
Redeem it on the Steam client instead if you think it's real.

Those are followed by a fake Steam Community link to "click and redeem" them. That's the phishing attempt.

A card code itself can't do anything.

:qr:

Yes, just what I wrote

[汉东省祁厅长]

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