Vac ban

[MeHigh]

I was vac banned and i don't know why, i didn't use cheats or somethings like that. Cand anyone help me ?

[Silicon Vampire]

Scam

Your account is compromised

Do not authorize any trades or you will lose your items

[ReBoot]

Here's what happened:
-you gave away your account on some phishing site
-the phishers have changed your profile hoping you're enough of a fool to fall for this (actually pretty obvious) scma
-they wait for you to give your items to some friend so they can intercept them

Here's why it's an obvious scam: there's not a snowball's chance in hell any official announcement would be delivered via user-customizable profile text. There's official messages for that!

Then there's absolutely no reason whatsoever to warn you of an impending ban. Like, why the ♥♥♥♥ would anyone official want to do that? The message being oddly specific about transferring your stuff away is the last nail in this scam's credibility's coffin. Or not, I'm sure others will come up with other common-sense-driven red flags.

With all that out of the way,
-revoke your API key
-deauthorize all other devices
-generate a new set of backup Steam guard codes
-change your password
-educate yourself about phishing
-grow some common sense

The first 4 items are about securing your account right now, the last 2 will keep your online accounts secure in future.

[Cathulhu]

"Our system have been detected some "Cheat" while you are playing the game Counter-Strike Global Offensive, You have to transfer your items into other account or else it will be useless in the future."
Who the heck came up with this trainwreck of a sentence?

[SinCanDory]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

"Our system have been detected some "Cheat" while you are playing the game Counter-Strike Global Offensive, You have to transfer your items into other account or else it will be useless in the future."
Who the heck came up with this trainwreck of a sentence?

Relatives of that specific African prince from 2000s that was asking for money (via email) to get back to his throne?

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

"Our system have been detected some "Cheat" while you are playing the game Counter-Strike Global Offensive, You have to transfer your items into other account or else it will be useless in the future."
Who the heck came up with this trainwreck of a sentence?

Fair point. If a US company's official statement reads like blended spaghetti, that certainly should raise a flag.

[J4MESOX4D]

And as per usual, instead of fixing the issue, they immediately carry on playing games like nothing's happened.

[Bergman]

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

And as per usual, instead of fixing the issue, they immediately carry on playing games like nothing's happened.

Or op did it himself (to troll here)

[ReBoot]

Chillax guys, it's entirely possible that the OP took their lesson and simply didn't feel the neccessity to reply after taking said lesson (and doing all that secure-yer-account shizz). No need to assume the worst & making fun of from the get-go.

[FatalError]

lol what a pathetic scam, who falls for this???

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by FatalError:

lol what a pathetic scam, who falls for this???:pfff:

It used to be thousands each day.

[FatalError]

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

Originally posted by FatalError:

lol what a pathetic scam, who falls for this???

It used to be thousands each day.

i really don't even feel bad for these people, I mean how dumb can you be? I wouldn't have fallen for this when I was 10.

[Ducks on Fire]

Originally posted by FatalError:

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

It used to be thousands each day.

i really don't even feel bad for these people, I mean how dumb can you be? I wouldn't have fallen for this when I was 10.

Careful. Overconfidence can have a wicked bite.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Ducks on Fire:

Originally posted by FatalError:

i really don't even feel bad for these people, I mean how dumb can you be? I wouldn't have fallen for this when I was 10.

Careful. Overconfidence can have a wicked bite.

Sometimes. Othertimes, it's plain & normal confidence, without the "over". Take me as an example. I am very confident with my online security strategy, but the last malware infection I had was in '98 and that was an mIRC worm. No compromised accounts, no nothing.

Sometimes, what looks like overconfidence to you, is plain & normal healthy confidence.

[FatalError]

Originally posted by Ducks on Fire:

Originally posted by FatalError:

i really don't even feel bad for these people, I mean how dumb can you be? I wouldn't have fallen for this when I was 10.

Careful. Overconfidence can have a wicked bite.

never been bitten tho, so clearly it's not overconfidence.