BEWARE!!!!!! People contacted me pretending to work for Steam/valve

[Abu Hamza al-Amriki]

So im up late right and this dude who i was friends with on steam ( i have now blocked and reported ) said that he reported me on mistake for duping things in some game i have never played and told me to add the steam admin ( never heard of this ) i kinda have a funny feeling and the dude goes on and says "oh your account will be terminated if you dont do xy and z " so im think here and he sends a GIF of the "report" and thats when i know its fake then i get an email for someone trying to log in to my account with out a password so told him to go &#*@ himself and unfriended them and blocked them both as well as reported is there anything else i can do ? i have screen shots of there profiles

[Hodman]

You did all you had to.

Relax now and play some games.

[Abu Hamza al-Amriki]

thanks man i was just like freaked out like for real is this what is going on these days?

[SigSauer™]

You should scan your pc for malware. They should not have been able to actually trigger the sending of said emails. You leaked more informations regarding your account than you might think.

[ReBoot]

Początkowo opublikowane przez rubadubdub01:

thanks man i was just like freaked out like for real is this what is going on these days?

What does "these days" mean for you? The scam itself is years old by now.

[Longhaul]

Crap like this is why I keep my friends list small and my groups list smaller... I have never once gotten any kind of scam or spam message since I joined Steam.

[wuddih]

beware, microsoft called me over a sea-accent speaking employee to tell me that they have found viruses ... on my linux system.

apply common sense.
a billion dollar company will never contact you on a human level without your prior request, especially not over methods and features that are named "friends" on their own platform.

issues with a user are always over other communication methods. that is standard procedure.

[Edifier]

This is the oldest scam in the book. Claim to be someone from the company and ask for information.

Common sense is enough to spot them. If you lack common sense then you'll fall for them.

[Abu Hamza al-Amriki]

dang i guess its cause i dont really use steam like that thankfully i caught it before it got out of hand and i made sure everything was cool i think they were entering my user name and wanting me to send them the verification code you get in the email. but i never had anyone attempt to scam me before im going to be way more careful now, im just thankful i caught it before anything really went bad

[Muppet among Puppets]

Pattern of scam:

Bait, story, steps

[ReBoot]

Początkowo opublikowane przez rubadubdub01:

dang i guess its cause i dont really use steam like that thankfully i caught it before it got out of hand and i made sure everything was cool i think they were entering my user name and wanting me to send them the verification code you get in the email. but i never had anyone attempt to scam me before im going to be way more careful now, im just thankful i caught it before anything really went bad

Remember: Common sense protects against almost all kinds of scams, paried with attention for phishing (which you must have if you're going to be online), you're completely safe. The great property of common sense is that you can be all-new to X (i.e. Steam) and still be protected because almost all online scams work like real-world counterparts.

[Edge-81y]

I had the same problem and they attempted to do the same using my account to others on my friends list. This scammer/hacker is like a parasite. Ur friends were likely Apr ready victims themselves. I posted a vid of my situation on YouTube to warn others but have to update it after realizing this. If a friend sends u a link to an admin, odds are he was hacked too. Same on discord and maybe other sites.

[belacile]

Początkowo opublikowane przez rubadubdub01:

i have screen shots of there profiles

Hey I had a friend who actually had his account stolen by someone using this same formula. It was probably the same person. I am currently on a mission to retrieve my friend's account. I would really like to bring this person to justice. I have the links of several alt accounts they are using after doing some digging. They are pretending to be Valve and Steam moderators, which is illegal. Could you send me the screenshots? I don't care if you blur any sensitive information.

[Wolf Knight]

Początkowo opublikowane przez belacile:

Początkowo opublikowane przez rubadubdub01:

i have screen shots of there profiles

Hey I had a friend who actually had his account stolen by someone using this same formula. It was probably the same person. I am currently on a mission to retrieve my friend's account. I would really like to bring this person to justice. I have the links of several alt accounts they are using after doing some digging. They are pretending to be Valve and Steam moderators, which is illegal. Could you send me the screenshots? I don't care if you blur any sensitive information.

you cannot retrieve your friends account, your friend has to do an account recovery. you are not part of the recovery.

you are also wasting your time, you will not be bringing anyone to justice. most of the accounts used are stolen and the scammers just throw them away when they get banned.

if you see an account the tries to impersonate a valve/steam employee, report it and move on

[Muppet among Puppets]

Początkowo opublikowane przez belacile:

Początkowo opublikowane przez rubadubdub01:

i have screen shots of there profiles

Hey I had a friend who actually had his account stolen by someone using this same formula. It was probably the same person. I am currently on a mission to retrieve my friend's account. I would really like to bring this person to justice. I have the links of several alt accounts they are using after doing some digging. They are pretending to be Valve and Steam moderators, which is illegal. Could you send me the screenshots? I don't care if you blur any sensitive information.

Report the profiles.

It is a common scam. Unlikely to be "the same person".

[Lotte]

We already know.