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BLOODSTONE Jul 8, 2024 @ 5:04am
Someone sold my trading cards for money
HI there..someone has accessed my account and sold a bunch of card and game skins of my to buy something from dota 2. and i dont even play dota. like how they managed to access my account.I didnt even get any login confirmation email.all the transactions were made today.Plus the transactions were in another currency.
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N3tRunn3r Jul 8, 2024 @ 5:09am 
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Originally posted by N3tRunn3r:
You, as hundreds of other Steam users "per day", got scammed and your accounts sort of hijacked.

On some day you had got fooled/tricked by scammers so to given away your steam account credentials on some fake and/or phishing website/link literally, so even the QR and/or SteamGuard codes got cloned for them and/or simply becoming bypassed ..

So, if you logged in into a scam/phishing site and/or clicked on a "suspicious" link, you gave away all of your Steam Account credentials and login informations. This is the oldest scam since Internet..

A bot creates and places an API-key into your Steam account and therefore get semi-full access to it. This API-key grants remote access for developers or in your case for the scammer & hijacker.

Hundreds and thousands of Steam Accounts become hijacked like this on a DAILY BASIS, cuz of greed .. using account credentials and security measures without a brain ..

Your hijacked items are lost..!

This ususally happens to DOTA2, TeamFortress2, CS2, Rust players, etc .. games with skins and stuff .. and usually begins via Discord or similar.

Steam Item Restoration Policy
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/3B6E-B322-2400-8D24

Hijacked money and items will NOT be recovered by Steam Support since 2015 !!


If you would open an official Steam ticket, your ticket becomes closed by Steam Support ..


A first step to enhance security is to select and use a correct browser as "Firefox + uBlock Origin (by Raymond Hill), to delete all cookies when closing a browser and to dont blindly click on next next next and on links links links .. without reading and without using a brain..

An anti-vir as ESET would also help, as it filters out known scamming and phishing sites..

Dont use Facebook, dont use Twitter, dont use WhatsApp, dont use Discord, ...
AND NEVER USE ANY GOOGLE APPS AND SOFTWARE ..

Simply stay far away from "ANY" META and ALPHABET APPS and SOFTWARE ..

Stay away from DOTA2, stay away from TF2, stay away from Rust and ESPECIALLY STAY FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR and FAR AWAY from Counter-Cheat 2 .. !!



Here, work through that list if you havent yet:

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
⚠️ YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN COMPROMISED ⚠️
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

Stay cool!! They have gained access to your Steam account!!

You have been fooled/tricked by scammers/hijackers to give away your login credentials on some fake and/or phishing website, link or similar!!

DO "NOT" TRADE
Many scams try and scare you into trading your items and they become hijacked !!
Hijacked money and items will NOT be recovered by Steam Support since 2015 !!

Steam Item Restoration Policy
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/3B6E-B322-2400-8D24


⚠️ Act now immediately and do following steps "ASAP" ⚠️
  1. Scan for malware:
    https://www.eset.com/int/home/online-scanner/

  2. Change your E-Mail Account password from a trusted/clean computer or device!!

  3. Check, if your E-Mail address and Phone number are still correct:
    https://store.steampowered.com/account/

  4. Revoke/Delete the API key, there should be a blank field in the APIKEY section:
    https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey

  5. Immediately deauthorize all devices - this logs you out of Steam:
    https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

  6. Change Steam Account password from a trusted/clean computer or device!!

  7. Generate new backup codes:
    https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

  8. Deauthorize all devices again:
    https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

  9. Re-check the APIKEY section & report all involved scammer/hijacker on associated platform/s!!

How to Report a Scammer, Hijacker or Phisher
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4D07-D139-587C-2080

  1. Report Player
  2. They are involved in theft, scamming, fraud or other malicious activity
  3. They are engaged in item theft or scamming
    or: They are trying to steal my account or information
  4. Submit this account for review
  5. "your personal text"

Recovering a Stolen or Hijacked Steam Account


To Recover, if you don't have access to the account
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1126288560


Scam FAQ (Confidence Scams and Trade Scams)
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/70E6-991B-233B-A37B


More official Steam Scam FAQ's and Articles
https://help.steampowered.com/en/?text=scam


Also check from where your account was being accessed from:
https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata/SteamLoginHistory


Open a Support Ticket, Steam Support might help localizing the hijacker:
https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpAccountDataQuestion


Here is more account related data to find:
https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata/


Good Luck !!

:cwat:
Last edited by N3tRunn3r; Jul 8, 2024 @ 6:32am
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WinchesterxNL Nov 8, 2024 @ 11:30pm 
Originally posted by N3tRunn3r:
: : :

Originally posted by N3tRunn3r:
You, as hundreds of other Steam users "per day", got scammed and your accounts sort of hijacked.

On some day you had got fooled/tricked by scammers so to given away your steam account credentials on some fake and/or phishing website/link literally, so even the QR and/or SteamGuard codes got cloned for them and/or simply becoming bypassed ..

So, if you logged in into a scam/phishing site and/or clicked on a "suspicious" link, you gave away all of your Steam Account credentials and login informations. This is the oldest scam since Internet..

A bot creates and places an API-key into your Steam account and therefore get semi-full access to it. This API-key grants remote access for developers or in your case for the scammer & hijacker.

Hundreds and thousands of Steam Accounts become hijacked like this on a DAILY BASIS, cuz of greed .. using account credentials and security measures without a brain ..

Your hijacked items are lost..!

This ususally happens to DOTA2, TeamFortress2, CS2, Rust players, etc .. games with skins and stuff .. and usually begins via Discord or similar.

Steam Item Restoration Policy
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/3B6E-B322-2400-8D24

Hijacked money and items will NOT be recovered by Steam Support since 2015 !!


If you would open an official Steam ticket, your ticket becomes closed by Steam Support ..


A first step to enhance security is to select and use a correct browser as "Firefox + uBlock Origin (by Raymond Hill), to delete all cookies when closing a browser and to dont blindly click on next next next and on links links links .. without reading and without using a brain..

An anti-vir as ESET would also help, as it filters out known scamming and phishing sites..

Dont use Facebook, dont use Twitter, dont use WhatsApp, dont use Discord, ...
AND NEVER USE ANY GOOGLE APPS AND SOFTWARE ..

Simply stay far away from "ANY" META and ALPHABET APPS and SOFTWARE ..

Stay away from DOTA2, stay away from TF2, stay away from Rust and ESPECIALLY STAY FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR and FAR AWAY from Counter-Cheat 2 .. !!



Here, work through that list if you havent yet:

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
⚠️ YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN COMPROMISED ⚠️
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

Stay cool!! They have gained access to your Steam account!!

You have been fooled/tricked by scammers/hijackers to give away your login credentials on some fake and/or phishing website, link or similar!!

DO "NOT" TRADE
Many scams try and scare you into trading your items and they become hijacked !!
Hijacked money and items will NOT be recovered by Steam Support since 2015 !!

Steam Item Restoration Policy
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/3B6E-B322-2400-8D24


⚠️ Act now immediately and do following steps "ASAP" ⚠️
  1. Scan for malware:
    https://www.eset.com/int/home/online-scanner/

  2. Change your E-Mail Account password from a trusted/clean computer or device!!

  3. Check, if your E-Mail address and Phone number are still correct:
    https://store.steampowered.com/account/

  4. Revoke/Delete the API key, there should be a blank field in the APIKEY section:
    https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey

  5. Immediately deauthorize all devices - this logs you out of Steam:
    https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

  6. Change Steam Account password from a trusted/clean computer or device!!

  7. Generate new backup codes:
    https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

  8. Deauthorize all devices again:
    https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage

  9. Re-check the APIKEY section & report all involved scammer/hijacker on associated platform/s!!

How to Report a Scammer, Hijacker or Phisher
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4D07-D139-587C-2080



Recovering a Stolen or Hijacked Steam Account


To Recover, if you don't have access to the account
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1126288560


Scam FAQ (Confidence Scams and Trade Scams)
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/70E6-991B-233B-A37B


More official Steam Scam FAQ's and Articles
https://help.steampowered.com/en/?text=scam


Also check from where your account was being accessed from:
https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata/SteamLoginHistory


Open a Support Ticket, Steam Support might help localizing the hijacker:
https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpAccountDataQuestion


Here is more account related data to find:
https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata/


Good Luck !!

:cwat:
Netrunner, you live true to your name.
Thank you for this!

I got phished, probably because I tried to be cheap and get a Steam Key from somewhere.
Few of my friends got messages for a 'gift' with a terribly spelled link. (Thank you, Steam, for mentioning it being potentially dangerous) and a lot of my cards have been sold, for four Dota 2 skins.

Followed every step you mentioned. Did it twice even, just to be sure.
Running a full on Anti-Virus scan on top of everything, and I'm simply not cutting corners or anything like that.

You are amazing, and thank you so so so freaking much. Feeling a lot safer now.
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Yandy Nov 9, 2024 @ 4:43pm 
This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.
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