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Hello everyone,
I thought I'd address this topic after @Mango messaged me on steam saying that someone tried to scam him. Luckily he knew about this method, but it is almost guaranteed to trick you if you've never heard about it; which is why I'm creating this thread.
So the method that they tried to use is known as the "Fake steam login" scam. When entering a gambling/trading website it'll ask you to log into steam with a pop-up. Now of course this isn't suspicious at all but that very pop-up is actually a replica of the official login and it's unsecured meaning they'll receive your User and password entry.
Here is what the REAL and FAKE pop-ups look like.
As you can see in the top left corner, it is a proper https steam URL and has a secured connection.
And as you can see here, it isn't a proper URL and does NOT have a secured connection. If you try to click the store tab or any one of them, it'll tell you steam servers are having trouble connecting.
Rest assured, they can not get to your steam inventory if you have mobile authenticator enabled, however once they ask you for the authenticator code they are able to gain access to any funds you may have on different websites and use those funds or transfer them to their account.
Please be safe and take caution when trading/gambling. Scammers are getting more clever every day.
Regards,
Aquaa
I thought I'd address this topic after @Mango messaged me on steam saying that someone tried to scam him. Luckily he knew about this method, but it is almost guaranteed to trick you if you've never heard about it; which is why I'm creating this thread.
So the method that they tried to use is known as the "Fake steam login" scam. When entering a gambling/trading website it'll ask you to log into steam with a pop-up. Now of course this isn't suspicious at all but that very pop-up is actually a replica of the official login and it's unsecured meaning they'll receive your User and password entry.
Here is what the REAL and FAKE pop-ups look like.
As you can see in the top left corner, it is a proper https steam URL and has a secured connection.
And as you can see here, it isn't a proper URL and does NOT have a secured connection. If you try to click the store tab or any one of them, it'll tell you steam servers are having trouble connecting.
Rest assured, they can not get to your steam inventory if you have mobile authenticator enabled, however once they ask you for the authenticator code they are able to gain access to any funds you may have on different websites and use those funds or transfer them to their account.
Please be safe and take caution when trading/gambling. Scammers are getting more clever every day.
Regards,
Aquaa
