My Steam account was stolen.

@Danacscott your steam account was stolen right? your account sent me a message

then i did this thing

then this happened


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What are you doing about this? What should I do? Also, hi. :worried:

and if you have the same password for other accounts, i suggest changing them

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Maybe PM @Danacscott about this one rather than make a forum topic?

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thought other people should know

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A friend of mine has this happened to him this weekend. It installed a keylogger too. He really didnā€™t go into detail as how to fix itā€¦but this is what i would.

Contact Steam support. and tell them what happenedā€¦refer to this thread too.

Did it happen to your phone or PC?..I would use your backup or format because 10 to 1 you got a keylogger too.

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Holy crapā€¦I didnā€™t know that signing in to a site via steam let them remove 2 factor/steam mobile authenticator! That Steam Login credentials not being shared always reassured me but it would seem not to be true.

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thank you. restarting into linux

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Sorry I misread it. On top of what @delenn13 disconnect your steam account from that website, also change passwords (on your email as well if it is the same as the steam one). If you really canā€™t format the computer at least run a virus scan or two. If it looks fishy never click a link, even from a friend.

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Oh, research tells me it is in fact ok to use third party sign insā€¦it seems @delenn13 is probably on the money with the keylogger thing, which is what went wrong. That and clicking on that link in your steam chat.

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Actually probably not even a keyloggerā€¦thatā€™s a faked sign in site. Direct detail harvest.

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it does look fishy. iā€™m very sleepy and not thinking straight. i didnā€™t really think about it at all. fake sign in site was my first thought after it happened.

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I am getting ready for church but I will keep an eye out on this thread. I sure hope you kept all those emails from steam in regards to your game activations.

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i actually did keep all those emails. iā€™m going to sleep now. i hope you have a wonderful time at church.

also, hi everyone.

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I had something similar happen to me almost 2 weeks ago. A friend of mine who i played Rocket League sent me a message to help him with a Rocket League tournament as his friend has too much ping.
I agreed to help because i didnā€™t think much of it as it was late, then he sent an ESL link to sign up, (which i shouldnā€™t have done) and lost my account and rocket league items.

But gladly steam support got my account back really quick after contacting them with proof that i own it, and got my Rocket League items back too by contacting Psyonix later on.

So yeah, moral of the story, from now on iā€™m double checking links even from friends that i know.

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i know this is a bit late and useless ā€œnowā€, and maybe cynical hindsight
but never click on links in steam chat unless itā€™s a person you trust (and still be weary even then maybe) -steam has pointed out numerous times, donā€™t follow links in chat etc 'cos phishing scams etc
and donā€™t sign in to unknown sites,
+these "have rewards for you"sites/messages is exactly how most scams function (nigerian prince anyone?)
if you canā€™t verify something, just donā€™t bother even if it sounds alluring

and sry you got to go through this, and i hope steam support can get this sorted asap :+1:, and best of New Years to you after this :hugs:

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good observation, well faked tho

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Just for the record I got an PM too and an invite to follow this group from @Danacscott ā€¦EZSKINS EZLIFE. I didnā€™t!

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im pretty sure that ezskins are the same people who bot their scams on csgo workshop

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iā€™d maybe even suggest reporting the group on steam, promoting credentials snagging scam like this :thinking:

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OK from what i can seeā€¦and I need to goā€¦so this will be quickā€¦

@AcornAvenger, @Rilover, @acb234, @nebula7, @DanosaurJr, @TR3NT and @YQMaoski DO NOT CLICK ON ANYTHING from @Danacscott. Itā€™s a hijacker and key loggerā€¦

Lter allā€¦be safe!!!

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ah thanks I was wondering why I got sent that message.

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