OK, before i start i want to say i have not yet fallen for a account hack. In the past few weeks two of my friends have almost lost their accounts. Luckly, both times i was online and avaliable to help them. One of my friends acctualy lost his account, had it sold to someone, and got it back. I dont know if your aware of it or not, but there are people out there who make a lot of money hacking and selling STEAM accounts. There are several ways they attempt this, and i intend to go over the main 2 in hopes that you will have a ready reply when its your turn.

Attempt Style 1: the VAC Moderator In this type of attempt a person (generally named VAC Moderator) will add you to his friends list, claiming to work for STEAM. They will lay one of the following lines on you, and do their best to convince you they are who they say they are and that they are trying to help you. Dont fall for it. VAC Moderator: Dear Steam User, In order to continue using Steam you must validate your account by replying to this message.

You must include your account information in this format in the message: Username: (your Steam username) E-Mail: (the email you registered your account to.) Password: (the password you used to log in to your Steam account.) Our database will be formatted soon, due to some damage caused by some users. We will need to record our active users and add them to our database once again. You must validate your account within 30 days or else your account will be closed.

Thank you for your cooperation, Best regards, Steam Account Managing Team VAC Moderator: Hello how are you? We were told to contact you through steam friend network. Your account is set to be vac banned and hacked which means you will no longer have an steam account. Someone is hacking your account and will be done within hours the safest way to contact you was on here. The only way you can keep your account is if I generate it which means to renew and protect from hackers.

Shall i generate your account? Vac Moderator: Hello, Steam Automated Support has detected multiple ip usage on this steam account. This account is in danger of being shut down unless immediate actions are taken. For verification and full control over this account please state your email, your Account name and the current password. You will need to go offline and come back in a few minutes while we varifty this account.

But whats the average steam user to do? La Nuit Des Temps Barjavel Ebook Gratuit Romance. Know that if you give the person claiming to work for steam you info you will most likely never get on your account again. NEVER give anyone your account name or/and password.

Hello everyone! I just found this article on Twitter, about how people are using RATs to get control of your Steam account and your computer. I play CS:GO often, and thought this was something interesting to share here.:) http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/51824/malware/hacked-steam-accounts.html.

If you are contacted by a person namer 'VAC Moderator' tell them to F#CK off. Or, knowing they are scamers, mess with them. Convince them that you work at steam and that you are reporting them to the police, or what ever. Attempt Style 2: get ALL GAMES FREE This type of hack is getting more common, but the basics are the same.

They want your user name and your password. Some even have a website to make the scam seem real.

Some claim that they done need your info, just DL and install. LOL, i even saw on that said 'This is not a scam.' Awww how nice, glad to hear that. This is a classic example of the GET ALL GAMES FREE scam. Dont do it, one of my friends did and never got his account back. Notice that they ask for yor account name and password, just like the first style.

Also, notice that they ask for you to have at least one game installed already. This makes your account sellable. Another good example of this type of scam. Notice that once again they ask for your name/pass. By asking for it in code, they are trying to make the scam sound real. This is a different way to do the same thing. Its a little more crafty than the others, it shows itself as a program that gets the games for you, but what its really DLing is Trogens and virus infested files.

I just though i should throw this type in too. Note that what these programs do is let a few people, maybe 1 in 1000 actually DL the games. This lucky person will run around bragging ang get all their friends to DL it. And guess what?

OK, now your warned. Never give away your password or your user name. Never fall for the free games scam. And, if you ever meet the VAC Moderator. Tell him to suck your balls.

Posted by Xaoc They're Not getting hacked, it's fools falling for the so called 'steam moderators' and even when steam sticks a warning in every single chat window they still fall for it, so personally to those who fell for it, you deserve everything you get. Go ahead and bitch at me for saying it or thumb me down, whatever but if your going to bitch do it in my profile so I can go ahead and block you. Telecharger Nos Jours Heureux Dvdrip Uptobox Link. Well, SOME people are technologicaly retarded.

'cough' a couple of my friends 'cough' Pirates Ninjas • 10y. Posted by Ben-Hur They aren't really 'hacking' if they're preying on people's stupidity.

But why must those with 'stupidity' (major cough) be punished??? Musn't we help them NOT be so gullible when it comes to this type of stuff? Kindergarten students can understand the idea of 'NEVER GIVE YOUR PASSWORD TO ANYONE'. If you're dumb enough to fall for a SCAM (not a hack) like these then I really have very little sympathy for you. By 'major cough' I wasn't exactly referring to myself:P It's just that I don't feel that it is right for hackers to PROFIT from other's stupidity. Pirates Ninjas • 10y. Posted by AsianBorat By 'major cough' I wasn't exactly referring to myself:P It's just that I don't feel that it is right for hackers to PROFIT from other's stupidity.

Like I said, they aren't hackers, they're scam artists who bilk idiots out of their accounts. They're hackers when they maliciously gain access to the accounts through use of software or hardware exploitation. This thread annoys me. It acts like account hijacks are a new phenomenon. They've been doing shit like this for years, and not just games. Back From the Dead • 10y.

Posted by Xaoc They're Not getting hacked, it's fools falling for the so called 'steam moderators' and even when steam sticks a warning in every single chat window they still fall for it, so personally to those who fell for it, you deserve everything you get. Go ahead and bitch at me for saying it or thumb me down, whatever but if your going to bitch do it in my profile so I can go ahead and block you. I think we all know that it's not literally hacking. XD It's just a term used to describe it. Just sayin'.:3.