Azalea Floria 145 Report post Posted September 3, 2015 So a while ago, I got a friend request, as soon as I accepted they immediately sent all this http://i.imgur.com/RdcJ7z4.pngso I believe is "Phishing" season now...hope y'all be careful not to get your account hijacked or your items stolen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steamworks 95 Report post Posted September 3, 2015 I thought these kinds of phishes had more or less gone extinct. I haven't seen one of those in the wild in ages. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LegendaryR'QA 40 Report post Posted September 3, 2015 Yeah, now adays they just say "WTF?!!?" with a link 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MechaTecha 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2015 Yup, got a couple of these today, do you trade via TF2 outpost? coz they seem to frequent there and add you once you bump a trade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadioactiveNuke 9 Report post Posted September 3, 2015 I see these occasionally. Well, I did before I stopped accepting private profiles. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sacred 7 Report post Posted September 3, 2015 I remember when I was trading up and eventually got to a low-tier knife in csgo.The spam of requests from phishers was real. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Citadel 26 Report post Posted September 3, 2015 Heh. "Your old friend." Not even, "Some old friend of yours that's apparently on my friends list who thinks i would be the one to contact to get a hold of you" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
----- 14 Report post Posted September 3, 2015 Saw quite a few of these last year when I did a lot of trading. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AaronMk 501 Report post Posted September 4, 2015 I delete every request I get from someone who doesn't know someone I know, talk to, or I have played with. I nuke everything else on sight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Nanfoodle 1,904 Report post Posted September 5, 2015 I delete every request I get from someone who doesn't know someone I know, talk to, or I have played with. I nuke everything else on sight.Yeah, if the profile is private, then I block you outright. If I can't link you in some way to any of my other friends/groups/servers I regular, I'll usually ignore you. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhythm game professional 6 Report post Posted September 5, 2015 i accept all invitations it's just common knowledge you don't click links Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aura 1 Report post Posted September 7, 2015 Too bad there are too many suckers out there who will fall for it. I remember getting hit with one of these back when the Koobface Virus was circulating on Facebook. Fell for it, but at least the damage wasn't too big. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha268 21 Report post Posted September 7, 2015 So a while ago, I got a friend request, as soon as I accepted they immediately sent all this http://i.imgur.com/RdcJ7z4.pngso I believe is "Phishing" season now...hope y'all be careful not to get your account hijacked or your items stolen Started a few months ago on my steam account, and never stopped. From time to time it slows down, only to hand you over 5 friend requests on the next day.I now started with profiling: Every name that isn't familiar and has a steam level below 5 is instantly banned.However thanks for the screeny, always wondered how the scam looks like. I like how they changed "steamcommunity" to "steamcommumilty" to get you on a phishing site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites