by Steam Security Info | Sep 30, 2022 | Blog, Phish, Steam, Workshop
This phish starts out with a friend invite. After you accept the invite you get asked to play CSGO and then told that the person who wants to supposedly play with you has to finish their drawing first. Then they start pasting screenshot of it and other drawings, that...
by Steam Security Info | Sep 24, 2022 | Blog, Phish, Skin, Steam
This starts with two friend invites that look like this. After one day both of those accounts get renamed to something else and either one or both of them sends you a message that looks something like this. When you enter that link you get to a website mimicking to be...
by Steam Security Info | Jun 21, 2022 | Phish, Steam, Tournament
It all starts like this, you get a profile comment from someone you haven’t played with, even if you haven’t played that game for several weeks. This account also sends you a friend request at the same time as you get that profile comment. Profile comment...
by Steam Security Info | Mar 24, 2021 | Ban, Phish, Steam
This phish starts out from a screenshot comment asking you to add them on Steam. After you add them they will give you a made up story about how you are about to get banned if you don’t act quick. Adding pressure to act quickly is to lower your defenses because...
by Steam Security Info | Sep 3, 2020 | Phish, Skin, Steam
This phish starts out from a screenshot showing a valuable item just acquired by someone in Rocket League, and is cropped to hide username and player avatar so it works for any account. The link where you supposedly get free valuable items tries to look like a Psyonix...
by Steam Security Info | Aug 7, 2020 | Phish, Skin, Steam
This phish starts out from a screenshot comment asking you to add them on Steam. The link you get if you add the person tries to look like a Steam address using the word Steam in it. And uses HTTPS protocol so web browser will mark it as secure. But just...