I have received a message like this from several trusted people on Steam.
catch 50$ https://-steamcommunjlnty.com-/?347389457-03912475-93487
(don’t worry I changed everything after the Question Mark with random characters- but still don’t click - As you notice it’s Steamcommunity but spelled wrong.)
it’s a scam.
As you notice it’s Steamcommunity but spelled wrong.
keep your Steam two factor authentication ON
Which channel did you get this message on? Email? Steam Chat?
My profile wasnt part of this was it? I’m away and can’t log in
Direct chat from user, friend chat.
Nono it was someone else.
Hah! I knew that not having any friends would have some positive side effect eventually!
(and of course thanks for the warning!)
More scams on Steam - DO NOT ACCEPT THESE even if they come from friends.
Ask the friends first- outside Steam…
What happens? How do they work? Is it putting malware on you machine through steam or something?
No malware, but when you click on it, it will bring up your steam log in via browser and then ask for authentication which then removes it.
I wasnt paying attention andnhad got the invite from a friend, woke up the next morning with a message saying my account was logged into from Russia and steam was locking it down.
Luckily I keep no payment info attached to my account
Exactly what @weaponz248 said- it tricks you into entering your details, they log in, see your friends and propagate the scam further.
To be completely clear I got two such invites, one from @weaponz248 which graciously reported himself up here and the other from the same Einstein that was user here.
I can’t seem to @ at him so I am just putting a warning and @Troll - if you can put out a site wide warning- to also be very careful about any friend on Steam doing the same.
It’s been almost 8 years now? Wow. It didn’t feel that long ago.
Between texts from email addresses, links in emails and texts, and hijacking URLs/popups, you have to be vigilant anytime you’re using an online linked service for someone trying to deceive you.
Hadn’t heard about the Steam one, but I get friend invites from people I don’t know with generic usernames with a lot of random numbers at the end all the time and I ignore them all.
