Manager Donald

[Ghostard]

How do you avoid these kind of scams ?! I lost all my friend list...

[Wolf Knight]

your account is compromised
DO NOT TRADE
If you have access to the account

Steps to take NOW to secure the account:
1. Scan for malware https://www.malwarebytes.com/
2. Deauthorize all other devices https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage
3. Change passwords from a clean computer
4. Generate new backup codes for your Mobile App https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage
5. Revoke the API key https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey (there should be nothing in the APIKEY)
6. If points were stolen, do a password RESET to cancel the awards/points before they are delivered


Please review how you are logging into Steam, you somehow gave them your log in information. This could of been due to the computer being compromised and redirecting to a fake login, or you using a 3rd party site to login to steam.

[AirDrifter]

Manager Donald?

[Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥)]

You avoid them by not being gullible enough to fall for them.
Take it as a learning experience.

[Ghostard]

Originally posted by Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥):

You avoid them by not being gullible enough to fall for them.
Take it as a learning experience.

I didn`t accept the trade it apeared outta nowhere...all sudden all my friends where blocked..and my games gone

[Ben Lubar]

Originally posted by Yakoyu Kugura:

Originally posted by Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥):

You avoid them by not being gullible enough to fall for them.
Take it as a learning experience.

I didn`t accept the trade it apeared outta nowhere...all sudden all my friends where blocked..and my games gone

At some point, you gave someone access to your account via username and password and authenticator code.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6639-EB3C-EC79-FF60

Once you make sure the person you gave access to your account doesn't have access anymore, you'll have to unblock your friends and go to the Steam Support website and un-delete your games yourself.

[Wolf Knight]

Originally posted by Yakoyu Kugura:

Originally posted by Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥):

You avoid them by not being gullible enough to fall for them.
Take it as a learning experience.

I didn`t accept the trade it apeared outta nowhere...all sudden all my friends where blocked..and my games gone

you have to figure out how you gave away the log in.

report the accounts the items went to thru their profile. scammed or stolen items/money are not returned

[Kargor]

Originally posted by Yakoyu Kugura:

How do you avoid these kind of scams ?! I lost all my friend list...

For one thing, its just standard scams to make you log into their scamsite, which is usually made to look like the normal Steam site. This allows them to grab the login token for your account.

Other than not following them in first place, there is also a technical thing that they can't do: your browser will not get fooled by the looks of the webpage or a similar-looking URL. If you're logged into the normal Steam site, and their links brings up a login "again", you know it's a fake site because your browser isn't sending its cookies to them.

But, the more important part is to not fall for their scams in the first place. They aren't going to give you $50, they aren't going to ban your account etc. That's just rubbish. And, of course, seeing 2000 hours of Counterstrike on your account almost guarantees that you're a prime target for scammers because you're probably thinking you have thousands of $$$ worth of "skins" and they are offering you ways to turn those into actual $$$...

[Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥)]

Originally posted by Yakoyu Kugura:

Originally posted by Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥):

You avoid them by not being gullible enough to fall for them.
Take it as a learning experience.

I didn`t accept the trade it apeared outta nowhere...all sudden all my friends where blocked..and my games gone

Because you let your account get compromised beforehand.
Somewhere at some point you gave away your account information on a Scam site, knowingly or not.

[VaLiuM]

Manager Donald Plumb i suppose, immediate red-flag, if you ask me.

Good luck with securing your account and next time, be more careful with your login info.

[AirDrifter]

This is the thing even if you just gave them your login name they'd still have to bypass your password and two-step making it extremely hard to get anywhere near accessing your account but the moment you decide to click on there link or enter a fake Steam, you've given them full access with them barely lifting a finger.

Honestly I feel like Steam should allow users to be able to choose to lock there inventory up and that it requires two-step authentication to start selling any of it.

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by Yakoyu Kugura:

How do you avoid these kind of scams?!

By knowing how the scams work and not believing random Internet dwellers when they direct you to another random Internet dweller claiming to be a "manager" to do a bunch of stuff that allows them to hijack your account.

Here's a wiki that details most common scam types, there are others, but they're usually just variations on the most common ones. If you know how they work, you'll be basically immune to them.