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HouseOfBalloons

I just fell a little for a scammer lol.

I got a message from some new guy who just requested a friendship saying his friend wants to talk to me but can't add me for some reason (error or some shit) and wants me to add him. So he gave me the link, it looked exactly like SteamCommunity but 1-2 letters were different. I didn't notice that and went there and I saw some Steam profile. I wanted to add him as friends but I see I'm not logged in so I click "log into Steam account" and fortunately there's this big red screen with some warning coming up and then I realized it was a scam site lol.

Yep, it's me. I know I've always been saying you'd have to be an idiot to fall for one of these and... oh well :D

I didn't log in so I hope nothing happens with my Steam account. But I changed the pass just to be sure.

I guess that proves one thing - never say never, anything can happen :D

Edit: I just re-installed Windows just to be on the safe side. I've been meaning to do it anyway but was too lazy, this at least gave me a reason :)

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bl00rg

you should scan ur pc now for viruses etc might have gotten keylogged

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HouseOfBalloons

I might do that but I didn't download anything and didn't log in.

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Skept

Sometimes you don't need to press anything to download something. Silent java drive-bys will download and execute a file in the background without you ever knowing. The internet is scary :c

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TheDopefish

Maybe if you're still using Netscape Navigator and Java 1.2

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HouseOfBalloons

Yeah but I keep my Java up to date. Those exploits are patched on daily basis. I keep everything updated all the time plus Norton always stops infected java scripts (I've came across them on some sites before).

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NazaSekh

Not everyone knows about it. I didn't. :p

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Khalaq
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Really?

I make it a habit to read all of the "new scam" messages just in case I missed one. The majority of them are rather obvious, though.

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HouseOfBalloons

This is the first time someone tried to scam me this way.

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Wuttdoyaneed

Lul lulky lol

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groZa

No offense but this scam has been around for months and most people know about it. They have used up most of the URLs that look even close to steamcommunity at this point.

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HouseOfBalloons

Never happened to me before :)

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OldPup

I don't think the scam link was intendended to take over your account.It just wipes all your inventory.

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HouseOfBalloons

Still, I have tons of emoticons and backgrounds :) It'd be a loss either way.

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UT99

heh, scamers, scamers everywhere!
btw - today I visited this board http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/916373-pc/70004400
maybe theres something for you, just in case ;)

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HouseOfBalloons

Dzięki Muszrom :D

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faboitas

if the link was real it would not open with browser

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tisforyoumlady

you dodged a bullet didnt you?

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LnRis

No Ofense, but why someone still do this ?
if they steam link in first place(if using steam not browser) they will open on steam not in browser.

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HouseOfBalloons

He said to copy the link to the browser and I wasn't even suspecting anything. I got some moment of stupidity happening to me lol.

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HouseOfBalloons

I just re-installed Windows just to be on the safe side. I've been meaning to do it anyway but was too lazy, this at least gave me a reason :)

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Kathleen

happened to me more than 5 times that "random" ppl want me to add other persons at steam bc of a "alleged trade". I always blocked + reported them. next time you know :p

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HouseOfBalloons

Yeah, lately this happens to me too and I block them immediately. But none of them linked me to what I thought was Steam Community page lol. I thought it was legit, that's what deceived me.

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FreedomGent

A lot of scammers lately, they used every means possible.

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