Hey guys, I woke up this morning to find my steam account not logged in. Didn't say anybody else logged in, just said my credentials expired. So I say ok and send my password to my e-mail and I got an Anonymous message saying "Look i'm gonna make it as clear as i can , let the steam account in peace and i promise i won't use your credit card. If you do anything suspicious I'll make purchases with your credit card anonymously. Please help!!!

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You should probably speak to the Steam support. If you did save your credit card info on the Steam account and the guy has access to it, you may want to also cancel the card, for your own financial safety.

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Contact support. What else would you do?

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The only problem with that is I can't log in to steam to submit a ticket.

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Support is a separate account.

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+1231231231231!

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Error: Number too large, cannot compute.

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Make the new account and explain them what happend

11 years ago
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Call the bank and close the creditcard then you take back your steam account fast :) also change your email password.

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Well, if that ever happened to me I would get heart attack on the spot. Did you have Steam Guard activated?

EDIT: Also AFAIK, the CC information on Steam is encrypted, o unless he got his hands on something more than you steam information, he is bluffing, contact Steam Support, your Steam Support is on separate account than your Steam so he shouldn't notice if you contact them.

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I thought I did :o

11 years ago
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If you did, he might have your email login information, so I would suggest to first of all format your PC so to get rid of any possible keylogers, then change your login information on your email and all other important accounts, and then contact Steam. Also obviously contact your CC company to block any anon purchases.

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Isn't jumping straight to formatting your PC kind of... overkill...?

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If it is a key loggers then he doesn't have any other option, better be safe than sorry, and what problem is there with formatting? if he has anything important he can move it somewhere else and just re-install everything after format. I personally format my PC at least every half year.

Also the keylogger might be there but he might not be able to find it, so really it's better be safe nthan sorry.

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Eh, I have bad habits. I had to format about four years back and still never got around to putting everything back where it needed to go. 20GB of shit just sitting in a folder on my desktop. I expect the same to happen once I've built this new PC.

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If he wants to get it clean ASAP and assuming he has everything backed up already, then a format and installation of Windows would not only be a lot quicker than any virus scan, but you'd have no chance of missing something like a scanner could.

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if that would happen to me i would be like,OKAY,son!U go ahead and purchase all u want, i aint got shizz on my bank acc:D

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Update guys, I haven't gotten my password from steam so I believe he set it to his own email...

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1) contact your bank and tell them the card is compromised.

2) contact steam support and get your steam account by proving ownership.

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Well this is what I do:

  • Cancel the credit card.
  • Call the bank and tell than that your credit card is compromised.
  • Create a new email and secure your steam account with that email.
  • Secure your email account with the number phone.
  • Change the password
  • Contact the Steam Support as soon possible.
  • Verify your pc, maybe you have an keylogger. If you want to be sure, reinstall the Windows.
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But I can't get into steam D:

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OMG. I'm so sorry for you ... well:

  • Cancel your credit card, fast!
  • Also, create a new Steam Support account (if you don't have one) and submit a ticket!
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"Verify your pc, maybe you have an keylogger."

That should kind of be the first step, otherwise the other things are kind of rendered moot.

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I know that, but he lost to much time...
Maybe, if he have another PC / Laptop / Mac / etc. he can resolve the problem from there.

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+1

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I don't think "Verify your pc, maybe you have an keylogger" should be last, but I do believe most people would and should call their bank first if they think their credit card has been stolen.

"They maxed by credit card and the bank said they wouldn't help, but at least I still have Steam account!"

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Meh, getting a chargeback due to a compromised card is ridiculously easy, as least where I am. I can honestly say I'd be content to leave that until last.

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Banks and credit card companies don't think too highly of people who allow these things to happen, so if you aren't concerned about your credit being impacted then sure!

I do somewhat doubt a bank would just hand over $10,000 if your card was maxed, but I've never been lucky enough to have it happen.

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Eh, might be different with debit cards, but it's very simple to reverse charges at my bank and they don't care. I don't use a credit card and I doubt I ever will.

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It actually was a debit card, so I'm very lucky there!

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I don't put them in a particular order, of course, that is the most important step, otherwise the other steps are made for nothing, but ...

11 years ago
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Received the message by e-mail? On Steam? Pigeon carrier?

You were either phished or you use the same password for every website.

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Change the account e-mail and password.. Activate Steam Guard, if its activated.. then restart the list of all the computers you have accessed.. You can do that in Preferences..

(Sorry for bad english.. Not sure if you get it..)

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I'm not sure, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think as a user you can only see the credit card type and last four digits. He would not only have had to steal your account (relatively easy for a hacker) but he would also have had to have hacked Steam's credit card storage (much more difficult for a hacker, and this guy would have already used your credit card by now if that's what he wanted).

In short, I think your credit card is relatively safe and you should go ahead and contact support and do whatever else it takes to get your account back.

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That's assuming that he only had access to his Steam account.

If he had access to his e-mail, then he could very well have his credit card number, most likely without the expiration and CVV though.

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Good point.

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He still needs the 3 characters security code to use your credit card.

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That's true, but, something I just thought of... this guy could buy games or other items on Steam with the guy's saved credit card info and not have to type that in ever. The same is true if he has the guy's email and can access other online business accounts.

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block your CC asap with the help of your bank .

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did you recently installed the keylogger program got from giveawayoftheday.com?

edit: because some people found out it was sending anonymus log to unknown recipent, and well almost every1 was fckedup with GOTD for releasing such software without checking it.

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Damn. That sounds scary.

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  • Contact your bank and let them know your credit card might be compromised (the number will be on the back of the card)
  • Then follow this.
  • Change your email password
  • Change your steam password (not one that was used before)
  • Scan your computer for malware/keyloggers (software I recommend use the free download and activate the trial.)

Boom, you're back to normal!

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This is from experience, I've had my Origin account stolen by a Russian hacker, I've also had my tax information stolen from my bank.

11 years ago
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Sorry man, but read the comments, he can't acces his Steam Account, that "Hacker" changed the email, so he can't recover his password. :(

11 years ago
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I submitted a ticket to steam and am waiting for a response. I also closed the card and changed my email password. Thank you for the help everybody! I really appreciate it!!!

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Closed 11 years ago by LukeDuke.