🚨 WARNING: Steam Security Failed Me – My $4000 CS2 Inventory Was Stolen Even After Blocking My Account! 🚨

[Ахмедов]

Hello everyone,

I want to share my terrible experience with Steam's so-called "security system" and warn you all to be extra careful. If this can happen to me, it can happen to anyone!

What Happened to Me:
🔹 On February 14th, my Steam account was hacked.
🔹 The moment I noticed unauthorized activity, I immediately used Steam’s official account recovery link to BLOCK my account, exactly as Steam instructs users to do.
🔹 Despite my account being officially blocked, the hacker was still able to log in, refund my games, and transfer my entire CS2 inventory to their own account like nothing happened.
🔹 I lost over $4000 worth of CS2 skins that I spent years grinding for and purchasing through legitimate transactions.

Steam’s Response?
When I contacted Steam Support, expecting help and protection, their response was shocking:
❌ "We cannot restore lost items, nor provide compensation."
❌ "The security of your account is your responsibility."
❌ "We’re closing this ticket."

So let me get this straight…
🚨 Steam provides an account block link, but it does nothing.
🚨 Hackers can still access your blocked account and steal everything.
🚨 Steam does not take any responsibility for its own security failures.

Why This is a Huge Problem
People trust Steam’s security and spend thousands of dollars on in-game items. Yet, Steam is allowing hackers to:
✔️ Bypass security blocks
✔️ Steal valuable items from legitimate users
✔️ Refund and take money out of hacked accounts

And Steam refuses to do anything about it.

What We Can Do
I refuse to let this go. If you have experienced something similar, let’s unite and file complaints together. Steam must be held accountable for allowing this to happen!

🔹 Report Steam’s weak security on social media (Twitter/X, Steam Community, Reddit, etc.)
🔹 Demand Steam to restore stolen inventory or provide compensation
🔹 Make people aware that Steam’s security is NOT as strong as they claim

If we don’t act, this will keep happening to other players.

Final Words
I will never spend another dollar on Steam after this. I have seen firsthand how weak and careless their security system is. Meanwhile, the website I built myself is far more secure than Steam’s system.

🚨 If you value your account and inventory, be extremely careful. This can happen to anyone. 🚨

👉 Has anyone else had a similar experience? Let's talk!

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originalmente postado por Ахмедов:

Originalmente postado por Muppet among Puppets:

No one says, someone guessed the 2 or 3 details. Details have to leak. Which you deny.

Its caused by phishing or infection.



You said you locked your account, wasnt that by using the link?
You should have gotten a link about email change with lock account link.

I did not receive any link to my email. When I saw that I had no access to my account, I took action myself and immediately contacted Steam. However, Steam delayed the process and did not restore access to my account in time, which is why everything was stolen from it.

Make sure your email is safe. You should have gotten an email when email got changed.

[Mr. Smiles]

Oh good, yet another "I don't use scam sites except for scam site" thread.

When will you people learn?

All third party sites are use at own risk. You took the risk and lost.

/Thread

[nullable]

Originalmente postado por Ахмедов:

Originalmente postado por StickyPawz:

@Ахмедов

Did you accumulated your entire "$4000 [store credit] CS2 Inventory" without *ever* once trading off-steam?

I have traded on CSFloat, but I have been trading for a year without any issues!

That's one of the smart features. If the sites scammed everyone as fast as they used them it would be an obvious problem. But if you say just scam 1% a month that creates a much different picture.

The site can persist for years because most users think it's safe they've used it their friends used it. In fact if I had said "I got scammed because of CSFloat, here's all the evidence." You could respond the exact same way to dismiss it. "I have traded on CSFloat, but I have been trading for a year without any issues! "

How often do you think that might happen? And it's pretty obvious how it aids the scam site to have a majority of users willing to go to bat for it because they never had a problem. Plus if someone has used the site for a long time, and then they get robbed, they don't suspect the site because they had so much success prior. In their oversimplified view if it was a scam they'd have been hit immediately. They make that assumption because they don't know how these scams really operate or how sophisticated they are. And I think there's something about being fooled by a long term scam that hits the ego a little bit harder.

At any rate OP, your feelings are understandable and not new or unique. Lots of people come storming in blaming Steam security. And even if the user can be convinced they sabotaged security, they usually want to invent systems they imagine would have protected them despite their mistakes. It's a bunch of wheel spinning to avoid learning the hard lessons and getting serious about protecting your accounts.

[Бобок]

Originalmente postado por nullable:

…scam site…
Lots of people come storming in blaming Steam security.

Oh, finally someone who knows how this works. So, how does this work? Is Steam’s OpenID actually the open door to let a third party website creator log into any of their user’s Steam account? Provided knowingly by Valve?

[HikariLight]

People who are so concerned about the "value" of their items are most likely using scam sites to trade/sell their items
Those sites are KNOWN to steal your login info.
This whole issue is your own fault.
YOU gave away your login info.

[Бобок]

Originalmente postado por HikariLight:

Those sites are KNOWN to steal your login info.

I was hoping someone who actually KNOWS will tell me exactly HOW they do it. Can you please?

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originalmente postado por Бобок:

Is Steam’s OpenID actually the open door to let a third party website creator log into any of their user’s Steam account? Provided knowingly by Valve?

No, not the original function used on the original steam homepage itself.
Infection and phishing are the malicious ways.

[shiel]

This is hilarious... you:

- locked your account after all your stuff was stolen.
- admit to using a scam site.
- contradict yourself multiple times.

Frankly, if you can't even admit that you messed up, you deserve everything you got.

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originalmente postado por Бобок:

Originalmente postado por HikariLight:

Those sites are KNOWN to steal your login info.

I was hoping someone who actually KNOWS will tell me exactly HOW they do it. Can you please?

Basically they give you a fake browser site that they put a fake login to phish all your information, including making you put in your steam email and password. Then they wait months or years on your account with the information they phished, and then they strike. The scammer plays the long game and waits. Sometimes even waiting years even before striking your account like a cobra.

This includes links to vote for people's teams by friends, or free 50 dollar steam cards. There are many malicious tools that scammers use to phish on steam for people's account information. Steam warns never to use outside trading sites, but OP is in denial. They even said they used CSFLOAT, which is most likely a fake skin or trading site. I know also scammers say it is trusted, but by who? God, your family members? Go ask your father if he would trust that site.

[↑↑↓↓←→←→BASelect]

Been here 15 years and no one has ever accessed my account you know why? Because i don't go to third party csgo trading sites and enter my steam login and password. And that is what you did.

[↑↑↓↓←→←→BASelect]

Originalmente postado por Ахмедов:

Originalmente postado por cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

CS Float browser extension or the website?

I ask because while both places require you to give up your account info, the extension is far more malicious.

:nkCool:

Onlt Site

{LINK REMOVIDO}https://csfloat.com/

Notice how it says link removed. That is because steam flagged it as a scam site. So you screwed up and instead of saying my bad i screwed up you blame steam for your problem.

[Carlos100]

Been on steam for 17 years been to most of all the trading sites (and gambling sites when they were a thing)
Never been scammed once................because im not stupid and just clicking random links without checking first
Had £1000's worth of skins at some times, bought and sold /traded /gave away etc.
People need to just not be stupid and when they do derp, instead of just going into denial they need to own up they made a mistake

[Ferox_Stormdragon]

this seems the be a common trend with cs2, phished accounts and using 3rd party sites and tools, i don't think there has ever been such a high account compromise rate in any other online game in existence.

This suggests that the problem is not steam but the users doing stupid things and using 3rd party tools and sites without researching them first.

[DeathDealer]

This might be a hard pill to swallow, but Steam did not fail you, you failed yourself.

The sooner you accept this fact, the sooner you can move on and learn from this mistake. It's probably gonna hurt your ego a bit, but you'll live.
Someday you'll tell your grandchildren the story about how you got scammed out of $4000 on Valentines Day 2025.

Be smarter from now on, don't share your account credentials with 3rd parties, ever and in any way.

This thread should be locked, as everything to be said about this has been said.