New steam scam/Phising attempt

Mussels · Nov 28, 2009

Seriously, how lame can they get?

the "retrieve" link takes you to a non-steam website, "steam community" is spelled wrong, and why on earth would steam use Gmail >.<

pantherx12 · Nov 28, 2009

Obvious for most but thanks for the heads up.

Now let me just deal with this email I got from techpowerup asking me to prove I'm a real person by giving my sort code and bank account number ...

MRCL · Nov 28, 2009

And steampwred@gmail lol. But I bet quite some people will fall for that.

Mussels · Nov 28, 2009

i reported it as spam and phishing (it was in my spam folder when i got it, but it needs to be doublespammed) but even so, i know a few people dumb enough to fall for it - especially on inferior mail systems like hotmail or yahoo with poor spam detection

MRCL · Nov 28, 2009

Mussels said:
especially on inferior mail systems like hotmail or yahoo with poor spam detection

Untrue! My hotmail hardly lets anything spammish into the inbox.

Mussels · Nov 28, 2009

MRCL said:
Untrue! My hotmail hardly lets anything spammish into the inbox.

and my friends hotmail doesnt let legit emails into his inbox

i went offtopic, my apologies - my point was that unless your email client picked up it was spammy, you'd likely think it was real if you werent phishing aware

Meow9000 · Nov 28, 2009

As all phishing attempts go, this one seems pretty good to some of the ones i seen.

Also the thread title is misleading, maybe change it to "New steam phishing attempt" as steam aint really scamming anyone.

AsRock · Nov 28, 2009

Crappy attempt i think, the e-mail addy alone is a massive give away. Must work though for them to do it huh.

Mussels · Nov 28, 2009

AsRock said:
Crappy attempt i think, the e-mail addy alone is a massive give away. Must work though for them to do it huh.

steal an account, sell it...

BobBarr · Nov 28, 2009

did you forward it to valve? i know someone on my friends list that sent them an email about a scam thing some time ago and was rewarded =D

3870x2 · Nov 28, 2009

thanks for the heads-up, mrcl would have fell for this one had you not made this thread. lol jk :toast:

MRCL · Nov 28, 2009

3870x2 said:
thanks for the heads-up, mrcl would have fell for this one had you not made this thread. lol jk

I never fall for such things. However, I am still awaiting my share of the Nigerian Minister of Communications assets, so I can buy tons of real Rolex watches for 50 bucks each.

Polarman · Nov 28, 2009

The "Reactive My Account" sounds bad too.

Should be "Re-Activate"

Jaffakeik · Nov 28, 2009

Mussels said:
i reported it as spam and phishing (it was in my spam folder when i got it, but it needs to be doublespammed) but even so, i know a few people dumb enough to fall for it - especially on inferior mail systems like hotmail or yahoo with poor spam detection

why didnt i get such messages for me

AsRock · Nov 28, 2009

Mussels said:
steal an account, sell it...

yeah i know why they do it, because there ass holes who cannot do real work.

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