A scammer just randomly PMed me in Steam, attempting to convince me to log into their site with my Steam credentials to get a free game Steam game of my choice.

best avoid that one if you see it eh

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6105/freesteamgame.jpg

you got that as like a private message in steam?

edit: for s***s and giggles, I always go to sites like that and enter in fake details... sometimes trying a couple times with slightly different passwords. I figure if they're collecting them, the more broken ones they get, the better.

Yeah i've seen a few of these pop up before, you'd have to be pretty stupid to click.

So did you get your free game yet?

Their broken english really doesn't help sell the authenticity of it either.

probably mulims

never trust a witch.

The random capitalisation is a dead give away that they are scammers. Or uneducated. Don't trust either.

Meh no matter how many times companies like valve say "WE WILL NEVER ASK FOR YOUR PASSWORD OR CDKEY" people still do it :P

The random capitalisation is a dead give away that they are scammers. Or uneducated. Don't trust either.

It's interesting, I think, how much effort they'll put in to doing a scam such as this but not even bother to try and write something that seems slightly legitimate. The fact it works is even better though.

From what I've heard, Valve is pretty good with Steam account related complaints. As long as you can prove you've purchased stuff on the account in your name (ie, your credit card/paypal name etc) you don't really need to worry about the account getting stolen.

's interesting, I think, how much effort they'll put in to doing a scam such as this but not even bother to try and write something that seems slightly legitimate. The fact it works is even better though.

Well most of them don't have english as a first language, I assume.

yeah its a bit of a stupid place to pull a scam.. you cant get my credit card details from steam so if i email them with my details they will hand the account back..

pretty stupid to try

I like how the spell Adresse E-mail.

Maybe they are Mexican?

Well most of them don't have english as a first language, I assume.

a combination of dealing with both Joe Public and international dealers/suppliers/IT support has led me to a stage where I no longer expect people to speak, read and/or write coherently.

I must admit, they made that webpage look very convincing.

If you fall for this and give them your details then you don't deserve to have a steam account.

If you fall for this and give them your details then you don't deserve to have a steam account.

What makes steam such a intelligent place that you should lose your account for being gullible?

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lol, failmail

I like how the spell Adresse E-mail.

Maybe they are Mexican?

Adresse is correct German for 'address'. And the structure of 'Adresse E-Mail' is pretty french/spanish/german (Romantic, half-breed genetive/possesive form). I reckon they speak a Romantic language - could be Spanish (Mexico). Could be Africa (French, in parts).

I don't think German because Germans would usually write only 'E-mail' or worst case 'E-mail-Adresse' from what I have seen, but the spelling is curiously German.