A new scam/hack attempt?

[Mateusz.Dokladny]

Hi everyone,

I've got a pretty weird request from someone from my friendlist.

He supposedly wants me to add his new account to my friendlist since he is moving to a new one. I really doubt that he would really like to move to a new one.

Here is the link he claims that leads to his account (veeeery big doubt):

https://protectserver.click/?utm_source=steam&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=pr_promo

(Don't open the link if you don't know what are you doing)



What do you think guys, it is a new scam or what?


EDIT: At the beginning of the url there is https:// steam community. com/ linkfilter/ ?url= (I had to pu space) but Steam does remove it here in this post

[Wolf Knight]

remove the link, never post scam links on the forums, you only help the bad guys.

if you think its a scam, report the account thru its profile

[rawWwRrr]

Mateusz.Dokladny eredeti hozzászólása:

(Don't open the link if you don't know what are you doing)

Don't distribute the link if you think it's malicious!

[Beardface31]

Mateusz.Dokladny eredeti hozzászólása:

(Don't open the link if you don't know what are you doing)

Why would you even share it?

[Mateusz.Dokladny]

I totally understand it, but the link doesn t give any search result in Google and it's the first time I see that instead of the link being mispelled, now is pelled correctly but with weird add ons.

In addition I can't check if it's not a scam by speaking to that friend since now bots are now linked to AI and speaks like humans.

So I was hoping that maybe someone with knowledge will speak out here.

[Ettanin]

By posting this link here you make yourself complicit in the scams because you actively distribute it.

[Mateusz.Dokladny]

Let me guess what should I do, instead of posting it here, I should simply report it so Steam so they... do nothing about it and the thing will keep spreading at it's best.

Because this is what would happen. How do I know?

I'm a part of few chat groups involving hundreds of players. In one specific chat group there was 900 players and 2 accounts were spreading that 20 dollars scam links. A few times every 4 hours.

I did report those accounts for half and a month with exact details and links(links were varying).
Guess what happened? Those accounts were banned.
No, just kidding, Steam did absolutely nothing for a month and half. After that time they did...
Flag one of the link as "dangerous link" in red. Yes only one. xD

So the hackers came back just right after that with a new link

Yes, you're reading well, those accounts were nour kicked from the chat(it's a game official chat group), nour the link were removed and account not even banned.

The result is that the chat group went from 900 players to 400 in a period of a month and a half and an unestimated number of accounts were hacked.


So no, they don't care and reporting it will just leave those bad guys keeping stealing account in total freedom.

That's why I prefer to highlight this specific link here, get an answer and if the link in question is really a hack attempt, I will be able to publicly warn everybody in the chat group and in my friendlist.


I hope now you will undersand better why I did i this way.

[Legocreator100]

I scambot did hacked into my account and sending links to users who are on my friends list, but thankfully, I was able to recover my account and change my password.

[Quenlin]

Mateusz.Dokladny eredeti hozzászólása:

I hope now you will undersand better why I did i this way.

This reminds me of that woman who got arrested, fined, and jailed because she drew attention to CP on twitter by posting uncensored screenshots of tweets sharing it.

This is some next-level jester farming.

[Mateusz.Dokladny]

Ok, small update.


I received the very same link from another person with the same excuse that they are wanting to start over on Steam with a new account.
Apparently one of them got hacked but I don't know yet if it thas was done with the help of the same link.

Quenlin eredeti hozzászólása:

Mateusz.Dokladny eredeti hozzászólása:

I hope now you will undersand better why I did i this way.

This reminds me of that woman who got arrested, fined, and jailed because she drew attention to CP on twitter by posting uncensored screenshots of tweets sharing it.

This is some next-level jester farming.

Go 2 posts above and re-read my explanation.




Looks like a new tricky scam for now.