What is "WL Steam Purchase"?

[Joshy]

I have been buying and refunding games on Steam for a decade now, and I've always been satisfied with how it plays out. However, I also keep track of my purchase history on my card and for the first time ever, I am seeing Steam charge me as "WL Steam Purchase" without any additional information instead of its usual verified "Steam - steamgames.com". The purchase I am refunding also happens to be from WL Steam Purchase, and it is taking longer than usual to refund me. Should I be concerned? I'm not sure how to share images/screenshots but if I figured it out I will be posting them. Thank you!

[Lithurge]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από AFKstressEating:

I got charged $590.00 dollars from this WL steam purchase two days ago!!!!!
Nearly six hundred freaking dollars.....

I contacted my credit card company first and brought them up to speed. Got a new card number etc etc. Steam hasn't responded to my ticket yet. They better have a good explanation for what the heck this is.

Most likely explanation is somebody got hold of your credit card details from somewhere you used it and is using them fraudulently, It happens, that's why your bank has voided the charges and given you a new card.

[BaiRacle]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Joke:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από SpaceMonkey:

Yeah it's weird I just added a card to my account and it charged me a dollar

When adding a new card, steam will ask you if you want to "verify" the card.
If you say yes, they will add a charge for a ransom amount (small).

You are then supposed to enter this amount on steam, so steam can see that you have access to the bank statement from the new card. If it matches then your card becomes "verified".

The charge will then be cancelled, and disappear from your card after a few days.

Thank you, very helpful. I was wondering why I got charged with those amount

[カエモン]

I also had the same situation today, but because of my bank balance, they can't take money from me, but I don't understand why they want to withdraw money without my permission.

[Adam]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.