2500 keys have leaked on a russian forum. There is a chance your Steam account will be suspended for using one of those codes, so you should probably NOT enter DiRT 3 giveaways.

Edit: Maybe they'll just remove the game from your account. Is it worth risking? You decide.

According to Steam's policy:

"There is a Zero-Tolerance policy for any violations of the Steam Subscriber Agreement and Online Code of Conduct. All accounts in a user's possession for any of the following activities will be suspended: Piracy or Hacking

This includes using an unauthorized ("hacked") Steam client to access Steam, attempting to register fake CD Keys or attempting to register a CD Key which has been published on the internet."

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What kind of "leak" you are talking about?

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2500 codes in text form were posted.

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Where those codes are obtained from?

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I see, thanks.

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didnt this happened 4 months ago? Shouldnt codemasters have already disabled this codes by now?

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o___O

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I actually saw a list of 250K codes. I obviously didn't use any of them, I don't want to risk getting banned.

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Dirt 3 should be removed from the giveaway list ASAP !!

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This is why I can't have nice things!

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I was just about to post a topic asking why there we so many DiRT 3 giveaways. It seemed really weird.

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So that explains why there were so many Dirt 3 keys being given away by a russian guy. Apparently he got banned but I'm still kinda worried because my friend IRL happened to win one of his giveaways
Cult, care to enlighten us a little on what happened?

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Russians. Not big surprise...

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blame Russia!

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Не гони на Матушку Россию, Оке??

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do you like the Topol-M?

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Oh fuck, I have just won a raffle for DiRT 3 on a forum, and I found the key on the russian forum that this article might be talking about.

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If it's from a Russian forum I wouldn't register it... your liable to get your account suspended.

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Hmm just activated 1 from chat -.- Better not get banned or else I will have a fun day at steam support ;S

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I suggest you to contact steam before they "contact" you.

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  • on this sites only gifts are allowed i dont get why he is still here :D
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Man, these keys are official! i am russian boy and i am very happy cos i have DIIIIIIRT 3 NOOOW!
WOOOOW!

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facepunch.

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Official and also stolen. You can be pretty certain Codemasters will inform Steam of all the stolen keys and they'll be revoked.
Whether the accounts associated with them will be suspended remains to be seen but I'm guessing it's likely.

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u are scary man! nobody will be banned because of this keys! its not illegal! its isnt cheating or hacking!
i already use 3 games what have been activated like that, and i am very happy cos i dont pay any money!

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According to Steam's policy:
"There is a Zero-Tolerance policy for any violations of the Steam Subscriber Agreement and Online Code of Conduct. All accounts in a user's possession for any of the following activities will be suspended: Piracy or Hacking
This includes using an unauthorized ("hacked") Steam client to access Steam, attempting to register fake CD Keys or attempting to register a CD Key which has been published on the internet."

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I just got a Dirt 3 code from 4chan lawl.

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They are just copying and pasting codes from that list. Hope you don't get banned, good luck.

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u are scary man! nobody will be banned because of this keys! its not illegal! its isnt cheating or hacking!
i already use 3 games what have been activated like that, and i am very happy cos i dont pay any money!

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It is denying the game-developers income for the time spent making the games. Stealing game keys is not only unethical, but just as bad as stealing from a greengrocer or a market stall. You should be ashamed of yourself. I have never seen anyone so hopelessly self-indulgent and ignorant.

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Those are from AMD promo, I'm pretty sure you won't get banned.
EDIT: Wait, what, leaked from Codemasters?! Holy shit.

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stolen keys are not from amd promo

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DiRT 3 removed from Steam.

Next day papers.

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fuck i used one of these :X

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User does not violate SSA by activating this code. Steam Support can withdraw the game from your account but they have no reason to block your account.

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Yeah, maybe they'll just remove it from your account. Risking your account is just silly though.

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False. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5406-WFZC-5519

"There is a Zero-Tolerance policy for any violations of the Steam Subscriber Agreement and Online Code of Conduct. All accounts in a user's possession for any of the following activities will be suspended:
Piracy or Hacking

This includes using an unauthorized ("hacked") Steam client to access Steam, attempting to register fake CD Keys or attempting to register a CD Key which has been published on the internet."

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These aren't CD keys though, they're Steam activation codes. Dirt 3 cannot be activated on Steam using a Dirt 3 CD Key.

Publishers themselves have given away Steam activation codes on sites like Twitter and Facebook. Surely using those won't get your account banned even though they've been published on the internet.

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That hack was a while ago. The keys are most likely from an AMD Promo.

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No. This is a new one.

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So many Dirt 3 giveaways right now!

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The list is here [http://pastebin.com/ruP404gK]
Use at your own risk.

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I suggest you delete that post.

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Why? It's a good way to check if you were scammed.

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Good point...

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I got all my keys legit so ... for me no point of being worried. But hopefully noone will be scammed with one of those keys.

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no steam sale, massive dirt3 leak, massive dirt3 giveways here = don't enter on the giveways !!

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++++ do not enter

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++

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It's nice to see sudden point increase.

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If you won a DIRT 3 giveaway, you probably should check the code with those which were stolen. So you won't get punished for activating stolen key. I could give you guys a link with the stolen keys but I don't think that admins and Coedmasters aswell would like this idea.

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Already done sir.

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how do you know your key isn't in this leaked list, but existed in whole leaked list?

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Черт а я Драгону и Лерочке ключ дал

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Ничего им не будет на сцы

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I'm tempted to activate one, but I know better to do it on my account. I would do it on a 2nd account but not from my own computer, IP and router, etc.

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https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5406-WFZC-5519

"There is a Zero-Tolerance policy for any violations of the Steam Subscriber Agreement and Online Code of Conduct. All accounts in a user's possession for any of the following activities will be suspended:
Piracy or Hacking

This includes using an unauthorized ("hacked") Steam client to access Steam, attempting to register fake CD Keys or attempting to register a CD Key which has been published on the internet."1

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Yeah thats why i know better and why I didn't/won't. Also there's been a few reports of steam dealing with the issue. So no point in doing it now, period.

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Reports are coming in of copies of dirt3 being removed from accounts. Codemasters is apparently aware of the leak and working with steam to solve this issue. So far only forum chatter, will post credible source when found.
Remember Check your Keys here "http://pastebin.com/ruP404gK"

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im waiting for the "Dirt 3 (2500 Copies)" Giveaway :D

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So tempted to make this right now.

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lol register another account ready for dirt 3.

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hahahaha nice

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I think keys from AMD promo are fine. All the keys I got from the promotion don't start with "F"

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Yeah, those are fine.

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that is a relief for those that got them... how far back in terms of the giveaways can we expect that the codes to be "impure"?

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Closed 1 decade ago by t20k.