PSA: Watch out for fake games on steam spoofing real games.

[RPG Gamer Man]

This was a prelude to the scam. They actually had 800 games on steam, and some of the aliases of the developes still have games on steam to pull the same scam, which means they can pull this trick again. Here, check out this video as this scam will happen again in the future after everyone forgets about it.

https://youtu.be/qmIwBIs6FVk

As the guy in the video says: There is more to this scam than it first appears, and it seems to be affecting third party sites that sell keys. Also, people will fall for this scam in the future if the community posts forums complains show anything else about it. People do not remember things like this, but scammers do. They will use same scam in the future. This is just a warning to everyone if you buy games in the future, watch out for this new type of scam.

This is also why you do not buy from third party sites, as there refund policy sucks.

[RPG Gamer Man]

If you bought the game recently, you may all want to test out your new purchased games to see if there actually the actual game too.

[Cathulhu]

Are you using the Internet Explorer for news?

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Are you using the Internet Explorer for news?

Why do you ask? Please elaborate. That video is brand new, so i wanted people to see it. Also, it does not hurt to post scams people use all the time, as you can see people always falling for scams on here due to the amount of posts on here. So any help i can provide to game players on steam i want to help them. I could not post the last 2 days as i was very sick in real life. Due to my disability, i have severe health issues alot of times that make me unable to do anything.

[Cathulhu]

The news is already a week old and has been posted in Discussions several times. You are very late.

And such PSAs don't work as the average Steam user that needs it, doesn't visit Discussions. Usually only AFTER it happened.

Just like the thousands of PSAs about common phishing scams. They don't work either. We still get several threads per day from users who fell for the most basic scams.

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

The news is already a week old and has been posted in Discussions several times. You are very late.

And such PSAs don't work as the average Steam user that needs it, doesn't visit Discussions. Usually only AFTER it happened.

Just like the thousands of PSAs about common phishing scams. They don't work either. We still get several threads per day from users who fell for the most basic scams.

I still hope to help someone. Even if it is late, this scam will continue in the future. If you watch the video i linked above, this guy is very good at explaining the long term effect of the scam. It may be old, but the scam is still on going. Please watch the linked full video on top post. Thank you.

As i said, i am sick in real life, so i post what i know. I am sure it will help someone, maybe in the future. I have done this before, and even helped a couple people who friended me. In fact i am helping a person right now talking to me about it. So it does help people, but it might not be as prevalent as you thin. My evidence is that it does help people. As i said, im taking privately right now to someone i am helpng them. They friended me after i posted this and am explaining about this scam.

Jut because you don't see a response on here does not mean it is not helping people Cathulhu. Also, by denying the scam, you are enabling the scammer to have power. As information is power.

Also, could you link the other posts about it? I would like to read them too. Thank you. After all, information is power, and i want to learn more info about this particular scam that i might not know.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Are you using the Internet Explorer for news?

Op might be.

Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Are you using the Internet Explorer for news?

Why do you ask? Please elaborate. That video is brand new, so i wanted people to see it. Also, it does not hurt to post scams people use all the time, as you can see people always falling for scams on here due to the amount of posts on here. So any help i can provide to game players on steam i want to help them. I could not post the last 2 days as i was very sick in real life. Due to my disability, i have severe health issues alot of times that make me unable to do anything.

"Brand new video" doesn't mean it's new method nor recent.

The issue that this is bound to happen on any store that allows self service listing, and management. What can happen is either dev get phished, or had their system compromised, or dev want to be scammer/troll problem.

Steam had took action same day when it happens as well force refund those that bought said game with message explaining to the user why it was refunded.

This isn't first, nor last, even in the past where greenlight was a thing it happen during that time too where if game get approved by users voting it in, dev switch's the name to something else hence the problem. Best people can do is report the issue, and inform their friends if they were affected.

Now PSA is nice, the issue it doesn't work how one think it does, handful of people may read this, but most won't, or think it can't happen to them whatever their excuse may be thinking it impossible to happen to them. Proven point like you said seeing all posts everyday someone losing their account to same repeating scam from discord, or etc, and just that but community countlessly provide PSA, and methods to recovery of accounts stolen, and yet it happens regardless over & over.

[BoxingBud]

RPG gamer man isn't it important to you to keep warning people? You went quiet, where's the advocacy now?

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by BoxingBud:

RPG gamer man isn't it important to you to keep warning people? You went quiet, where's the advocacy now?

I honsetly have not found any fake games recently. But if you want a more active role on steam about things like this, check out the forum group SENTINELS OF THE STORE. They have more information like this. You can check them out here:

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Sentinels_of_the_Store

There a very good group and they help keep fake stuff and fake reviews off the steam store. If you really are interested in this kinda stuff BoxingBud, please check them out.

Looks like the bannana game might be fake though. Someone reported about it on the group:

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Sentinels_of_the_Store/discussions/0/4415298185448102685/

[RPG Gamer Man]

Another thing is be careful of games with no developers listed on them. This is good sign the game is fake. For example:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1989180/The_World_of_a_Mermaid/

This could be considered a fake game type. Who knows what it is doing in the background? Might be cryptomining or doing bad things on your pc. You need to do your reasearch on these kind of things yourself BoxingBud. I cannot report all the time. I am only one person.

NOTE: This info is from the sentinels of the stores group forum. This information was found on there.

[Darkwave Dahlia]

The people who are or will be affected won’t read this and take action. Meanwhile, everyone else is already in the know.

[Crane]

Its okay RPG Gamer Man, you tried. Some people can't help but be negative

[Venti]

Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:

I know this is an old thread, but thank you for your warnings! They helped a lot.
I'm not sure why the first few guys were so rude to you. Any and all help is nice to have.

[Zoe]

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