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Mr.Bob · 09-29-2008, 02:20 AM

Everyone who has an account on any forums where your email is public needs to be aware of a scam going on. There seems to be someone who is posing as a Steam employee offering a free version of the Steam Beta for testing. DO NOT LOG INTO THEIR SITE. It is a trap to steal your log in information and hijack your account. If you get anything from Steam the website you are directed to will be http://www.Steampowered.com/... and nothing else. VALVe should not have a need to contact you. Both Steam and VALVe will NEVER ask for account information, they don't need to, they already have it. If you get an email that your think might be suspicious delete it, go to Steampowered.com and look at the announcements. Anything you need to know of will be in the news sections on the main page or in their forums.

Direct from STEAM's warning pages.:

"Method

People are being contacted (usually via email) and offered the opportunity to participate in a Beta for Half-Life 2: Episode 2.

The offer generally comes with this image or one similar:

Image of bogus offer

The offer may request the user respond to emails such as:

steampoweredgiveaway@yahoo.com
beta@steampowered.com

Response

This is not a legitimate offer.

You can expect any Steam-related promotions to be offered through:

http://www.Steampowered.com

VALVe will NEVER contact you from or ask you to respond to a free email provider.

Action

If you have responded and provided your Steam Account information you should immediately try to change your password to something else.

If this fails you will need to read the following FAQs:

Reclaiming a Hijacked Steam Account
Contacting VALVe Billing and Support
Account Security Recommendations"

I had to delete about 12 posts from this site with the same lick to the site that is bogus. The users will be banned.

Mods need to watch out for these.

Users here should hide email address from the public and give them to those you trust in a personal message (PM).

CaRnAgE! · 09-30-2008, 06:17 PM

the REAL steam website is:

Welcome to Steam

and the REAL steam community is:

www.steamcommunity.com

anything different, is a scam. make sure your internet or antivirus phishing filter is set to ON

Mr.Bob · 09-30-2008, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaRnAgE!

the REAL steam website is:

Welcome to Steam

and the REAL steam community is:

www.steamcommunity.com

anything different, is a scam. make sure your internet or antivirus phishing filter is set to ON

I dislike the URL changer here. We try to show the url and it edits it!!

www. steampowered.com

Antridas · 01-22-2009, 01:14 PM

Hey thanks for the warning dude

Mr.Bob · 01-23-2009, 09:12 AM

No prob. There's a lot of these scams out there and unfortunately too many people don't pay attention to web address so I wanted to post about this.

pwmzkiflkowy · 01-28-2009, 05:42 AM

u know that

fast-head · 01-28-2009, 09:20 AM

Safe 4 that m8

09-29-2008, 02:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mr.Bob Member THE ARCHITECT! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 3,974	Warning: Fake Steam sites and scams. Everyone who has an account on any forums where your email is public needs to be aware of a scam going on. There seems to be someone who is posing as a Steam employee offering a free version of the Steam Beta for testing. DO NOT LOG INTO THEIR SITE. It is a trap to steal your log in information and hijack your account. If you get anything from Steam the website you are directed to will be http://www.Steampowered.com/... and nothing else. VALVe should not have a need to contact you. Both Steam and VALVe will NEVER ask for account information, they don't need to, they already have it. If you get an email that your think might be suspicious delete it, go to Steampowered.com and look at the announcements. Anything you need to know of will be in the news sections on the main page or in their forums. Direct from STEAM's warning pages.: "Method People are being contacted (usually via email) and offered the opportunity to participate in a Beta for Half-Life 2: Episode 2. The offer generally comes with this image or one similar: Image of bogus offer The offer may request the user respond to emails such as: steampoweredgiveaway@yahoo.com beta@steampowered.com Response This is not a legitimate offer. You can expect any Steam-related promotions to be offered through: http://www.Steampowered.com VALVe will NEVER contact you from or ask you to respond to a free email provider. Action If you have responded and provided your Steam Account information you should immediately try to change your password to something else. If this fails you will need to read the following FAQs: Reclaiming a Hijacked Steam Account Contacting VALVe Billing and Support Account Security Recommendations" I had to delete about 12 posts from this site with the same lick to the site that is bogus. The users will be banned. Mods need to watch out for these. Users here should hide email address from the public and give them to those you trust in a personal message (PM).

09-30-2008, 06:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
CaRnAgE! Moderator Da Bomb Defuser Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,058	Re: Warning: Fake Steam Sites... the REAL steam website is: Welcome to Steam and the REAL steam community is: www.steamcommunity.com anything different, is a scam. make sure your internet or antivirus phishing filter is set to ON __________________ Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned HighTimes Gaming

01-22-2009, 01:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Antridas Member Hostage Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 4	Re: Warning: Fake Steam Sites... Hey thanks for the warning dude

01-23-2009, 09:12 AM	#5 (permalink)
Mr.Bob Member THE ARCHITECT! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 3,974	Re: Warning: Fake Steam Sites... No prob. There's a lot of these scams out there and unfortunately too many people don't pay attention to web address so I wanted to post about this.

01-28-2009, 05:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
pwmzkiflkowy Member Hostage Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 15	Re: Warning: Fake Steam Sites... u know that

01-28-2009, 09:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
fast-head Member Hostage Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5	Re: Warning: Fake Steam Sites... Safe 4 that m8 __________________ FAST HEADOR COUNTER STRIKE SOURCE CLAN: is recruiting clan members, click on banner for more infos! OUR DUST SERVER: hlsw://91.192.100.8:27015 OUR GUN GAME SERVER: hlsw://91.192.100.8:27000 HLSTATX \| HITBOX \| BETTING \| VOTING \| SOUND 4 ALL \|

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