DANGER: Careful with "1 free game for new users.take the game you want! https: spindatgamex.c.." NO

It's very annoying, I'm getting this message multiple times from multiple steam friends :/

I clicked on the link and im alive ;o

So I'm curious, how are accounts being hacked? So far I have gotten similar messages from at least 9 different users (I unfriended anyone who sent me spam, some are even reputable users here on SG)...

Is this some kind of sophisticated attack or just a standard phishing attack (directs you to a page that looks like the steam login page to collect your username/password)?

If so, I can't believe people are still falling for this nowadays!
Also why aren't they using two-factor authentication (the steam mobile guard thing)?

Just got one message myself, but site name is now rolldatgamexx

I got a link from a "friend"
I logged in
but I checked it was fake
than I changed my passwort fast enought (I think and hope)
and than I lookt after my "Fiendsacc"
and I saw he was banned
....

I'm impressed how the oldest trick on the internet still works flawlessly.
I remember myself playing Age of Empires I when this type of fraud was a thing...

To keep all relevant information in one place, I will close this discussion.

You can continue discussing the issue here