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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2024
- I got scammed/hacked on Steam a few days ago and this video explains what happened to me so you won't fall for it like I did. I have never seen or heard about people impersonating steam employees and having access to peoples account so I'm trying to spread awareness.
If you want to know more or got any questions, I'll be live everyday starting January 26 (tomorrow) at 10:00am (EST)
(Might start later sometimes depending how late my nightshift ends)
Twitch Channel: twitch.tv/lesaiqc - เกม
you probably logged on some shady site and shared your api key
I actually know how they do this scam somewhat, it's because they have your steam api key which can change names, block people, remove friends, add people etc which allows them to look like "steam support" it is most likely because you were on a suspious trading site which they all use api keys for trading and the such so they changed the account name of their extra account to your brothers account to make you trade over your items to them, the only thing that I can't figure out is how they got your wallet funds
also if it was actually your brothers account they could have used another part of the api scam where you will try to trade to someone but it will redirect to them (usually using the same name)
i got the same case as you, did steam support reply on your case ? i lost nearly 2k$ cs 2 vs dota 2 item, i am waiting on the ticket im submit to steam now
Thanks for making the video, I always wondered what people who got scammed looked it, and this confirms my suspicion
your mom got scammed, she wanted a little boy but instead, she got a disappointment :(
@@SaiQcTV I got 2 dads, nice try. On another point, I would suggest that you embrace your baldness
This sucks man... i know the feeling. Almost 1,5 year ago i was also scammed and lost about 2.5K. I had a rough day at work, slept really bad, just had a fire alarm at my house so that day i was at my worst. All the red flags i missed. They hacked into my steam account through my email. Like what you said, good wake up call.
Thats rough dude. I recently also fell victim to a scam on steam and lost 300 Dollars worth on skins. Thus I know how you might feel. If you have provide evidence to steam support regarding the scam, they might help you out and ban the account in question. However due to the policy of Steam with Counterstrike skins, I am sorry to tell you but wont get your skins back.
damn dude, that's awful. I pretty sure Steam won't do anything about it also. They pretty much deflect any sort of responsibility on its users lol stay safe out there
What was the scam?
@@austinputter5936 API scam
this has been around forever now on steam
First time I heard of it. Just warning people who dont know or reminding people that there are still and will always be scumbags out there that will work harder trying to steal a couple hundred dollars instead of actually getting a job and be useful.
did you revoke your api key? and logged out all devices and stuff..? i see soooo many people falling for this scam sadly... the scammers are probably millionaires
this is the exact same thing that happened with me like 2 months ago, i managed to save my account by changing my password and ignoring the suspicious message. i also had to change my email lmao. i think the cause of this was adding random people that added you, do not add people that you have no relation to, they are usually random accounts that you never met them in any game. stay safe.
another note: they usually messages you when they already have your account, when they get your account they just add the other account that messages you.
I have never added people I dont know and I dont have many IRL gamer friends so my friend is limited to like my 2 brothers and 2 friends lol
@@SaiQcTV its just because u logged in fake trade site or smth and logged via steam and they stole your api key. they can add fake agent to your friend list by themselves. you dont even have to add anyone
this is happening to me right now, i changed email and password and i still have all my friends blocked. Any advise on what to do now?
@@kyriakosamanatidhs8214 u need revoke api key first, then change all quick
someone got in your account that is how they were able to do all of that, if you use the same password on different things this could happen but there could be something on your computer you downloaded that did this
they got you to trade the items to their own account and then they sold that cheap skin for much more than it was worth and bought it with your money
right, I thought steam had to ask me if I'm logging in from a new device so I don't understand how they would be able to log in to my account without me confirming anything
Apparently, steam doesn't ask for your confirmation when you are logging in from a new device. I think what happened to you was a phishing scam and not api scam as other are suggesting in the comments. Same thing happened to me but fortunately I did not have any steam balance and steam asks you to confirm all outgoing trades. @@SaiQcTV
Very very similar scam happened to me at 4am recently, I really beat myself up for falling for it but like you said it all happened so fast
why wouldnt you have 2fa setup with the steam app on your phone?
they can do that with 2FA on too isn't that hard
@@Lymsleya dude what? you need to have physical access to the phone to sing in. so unless someone steals your phone and guesses your password you literally cant get hacked.
Isn't as secure as you might think, you can be hacked and steam won't even know is someone else, they can log into your account with the same token as yours (steam thinks is still you)
@@therealspoon69
I do have 2FA on phone, that why I'm was so surprised they were able to log into my account without my phone app asking for authorization
it happend to me too, maybe you went to a weird link and they stole your token/api key i hope steam will help you but i kinda doubt it..@@SaiQcTV
i almost felt into the scammer's trap and got away with it and now im safe
Good! :)
They had access to your account, when they unblocked the friend it was a huge red flag.
They did it off site and were logged into your account at the same time, combination of fishing and API.
Sucks bro but, you can check who you bought the item off the market.
That is most likely a mule account but could be used to back trace the funds.
Yeah, the scammer used 2 different level 1 accounts to bust me. One for the trade, and one to buy the item with my wallet money so I assume it was useless to report the accounts cause if they get banned, I wouldn't be able to track my items anymore.
This just happened to me, I changed password and revoked api key. But the hacker took away my games on steam. Does anyone know how I can get them back??
same her i dont have csgo prime more
Got acammed for about 1800 in total😂😂 just 3 months ago i feel you
thanks for spreading awareness man! great video
They got your API key somehow that's how they can make changes on your account
either that or phishing according to most.
they were also logged into his account, they can take the API key from there
@@SaiQcTV a combination of both the name change and stuff was a api key as if it was your actually login they would have moved the stuff themselves as for trading they made a fake version of your brothers account and tricked you to trade your items to them
damn you fall victim of a phishing and an API scam at the same time.
Most likely, everythings is pointing towards that direction. Sometimes it takes one dumbasss (me) to fall for those to remind others to stay safe hehe
@@SaiQcTV Don't feel to bad about it. Remember that the youtuber "Jim Browning" also got his channel deleted, and his whole channel is dedicated to exposing scams.
Its not about how smart you are, its just often times bad timing
same shit happened to me, though WAY less crazy than your case was.
i just did the smart thing to not trust anything or anyone that was texting me and just going with my gut to change my password.
afterwards i reset my api keys and i was clean.
but yeah, phishing and especially --> social engineering
This just happened to me 2 days ago
i am so sorry
not your fault bro! sometimes it takes one person to get reality checked to remind everyone that no one is safe online. ALWAYS make sure you're on the website youre suppose to be.
that sucks bro
yup, I got reality checked.. always be careful of fake websites, stay safe bro :)
Sucks bro, you're a victim of fraud. Try not to think about it too much.
thats not new
It's called API scam
phishing*, api scam isnt effective anymore after some updates from steam
im thinking its most likely a phishing scam at this point
XD 10 IQ
thanks for being so generous, to me, im -1.5k IQ lol
did you link your steam account to you phone number?
yup, I usually have to confirm everything on my phone, even when I log in from my different pc's. according to a lot of comments, it seems I might've fell for some sort of phishing scam :/
This happened to me 3 months ago, no chance of getting my skins back...
Probably not, I messaged Steam Support as soon as it happened and they still haven't responded 3 months later so I guess its gg :/
@@SaiQcTV they replied to me on another issue, my account was partially hacked and a game was removed from it, they were able to get it back. Regarding the skins they said that Steam does not remove items from anyone's account, so to give them back to me they would need to duplicate them which is no longer a thing since it messes with skin market prices, so no go on the recovery of the skins.