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Skaboomatude 5 Mar, 2014 @ 7:29pm
Phishing friends when ads bumped
When ever I bump my ads I get 1-2 friends adds - usually I ignore them as I have stated not to be added, but every now and then I accept (because usually if they are playing tf2 they do a fast trade) but in the last few days these random adds are leaving a phishing link.

Is anyone else getting this?

( I am reporting and blocking the offending profile, obiviously I am not clicking the link, but feel this will not solve the problem)

I am unsure if there is a script involved or how wide spread the issue is.

I have found this post under suggestions:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/groups/tf2outpost/discussions/6/558749824252268394/
Not sure if its a possible solution however

EDIT:

I have received a reply from steam support - its does't instill much faith...

Hello [My Name],

Thank you for contacting Steam Support.

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue.

We are aware of the problem and are investigating the issue further.

For news regarding the latest updates and patches, please check the SteamPowered News page:
https://steamhost.cn/news/


Needless to say the "News" is pretty much just "whats on sale"
Last edited by Skaboomatude; 7 Mar, 2014 @ 5:24pm
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Pimp Daddy L 5 Mar, 2014 @ 9:08pm 
Same problem, I get the phishing adds 3-5 times a day. It's pretty wide spread.:sentry:
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Nuclear Kangaroo 5 Mar, 2014 @ 10:20pm 
this is very widespread, scammers are using the site to check bumped trades and send phising bots to add the trader, if the person falls for the phising attempt his account gets turned into yet another phising bot, in my limited experience this seems to be the case

i believe this because ive seem people with over 100 games and many TF2 items trying these piss poor phising attempts, unless they are mad and want their accounts banned it doesnt make any sense, so banning these people might not be the best course of action, they might be victims themselves

is like the zombie apocalypse of phising, some complete scumbag is not only phising but draging a bunch of innocent people along with him
Last edited by Nuclear Kangaroo; 5 Mar, 2014 @ 10:25pm
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BillyTheFish 5 Mar, 2014 @ 10:29pm 
Same. It's instant too - the exact second that the trade bumps, there's the friend add.
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[FP] Patch Dragon 5 Mar, 2014 @ 10:30pm 
Yeah I just bumped my trade and got 20 invites, all bots 5 of them looked like they were just hijacked too.
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sobaque 5 Mar, 2014 @ 11:00pm 
Pleade, tf2op admins, add CAPTCHA to "add on steam" button. It will be really usefull against bots
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Aries 6 Mar, 2014 @ 12:50am 
Originally posted by Sobah-kiin:
Pleade, tf2op admins, add CAPTCHA to "add on steam" button. It will be really usefull against bots


Good idea here.
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Blue Screen of Death 6 Mar, 2014 @ 1:04am 
Originally posted by Sobah-kiin:
Pleade, tf2op admins, add CAPTCHA to "add on steam" button. It will be really usefull against bots

They are not all bots, there are many humans. Also the button is useless, the bot can get the user ID and add the user manually on Steam.

We are aware of the problem, but this is a Steam problem, not Outpost problem. We can't block front page visibility because of this. People should rage against Steam and their inability to handle the whole hijacking/phishing problem, because it doesn't like they care right now.

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yomisma 6 Mar, 2014 @ 2:15am 
I am having the same annoying problem too.
It seems that even not so newbie users fall easily for it, last one who added me had been on steam for 3 years, had level 11 and 83 games in his/her account.
Last edited by yomisma; 6 Mar, 2014 @ 3:04am
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space ghost 6 Mar, 2014 @ 3:06am 
Same here... worthless scumbags.
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gambit 6 Mar, 2014 @ 4:42am 
It's ridiculous every time I bump my unusual I get more and more insta scam ads. It's not even worth that much. If I got dollar for every scam add, I would have 10 times more worth unusual.
And I just block everybody, I don't care if it is scamer or hijacked account. Either way they are gonna add me next bump. So block it is.
Last edited by gambit; 6 Mar, 2014 @ 4:44am
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ADN 6 Mar, 2014 @ 4:50am 
Originally posted by Blue Screen of Dea†h:
Originally posted by Sobah-kiin:
Pleade, tf2op admins, add CAPTCHA to "add on steam" button. It will be really usefull against bots

They are not all bots, there are many humans. Also the button is useless, the bot can get the user ID and add the user manually on Steam.

We are aware of the problem, but this is a Steam problem, not Outpost problem. We can't block front page visibility because of this. People should rage against Steam and their inability to handle the whole hijacking/phishing problem, because it doesn't like they care right now.

Hello,
This may be true, but inviting people to rage against Steam is a little harsh. I do have the same problem - when i bump, 2-3 adds with phishing links.
On the other side, Steam is indeed responsible, and should invest time and resources in preventing this; but its a big issue - they would have to buy and secure all domains that resemble "steamcommunity" - as you are aware, i presume. And that is a big issue to tackle, they would need to buy 14x27x27x3 domains. Minimum. Don't want to get into that math formula, i'd stutter.
ALSO: for all others who read, Google is reinforcing the "Anti-Phisher" policy - https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/
Do report the links you receive - COPY + PASTE! DO NOT CLICK OR LOGIN ON THE LINK!
Last edited by ADN; 6 Mar, 2014 @ 4:51am
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BillyTheFish 6 Mar, 2014 @ 6:38am 
Valve can't even be bothered to shore up their own VAC system against LMAOBOX cheaters, so asking them to tackle endemic phishing is just p***ing in the wind...
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Aries 6 Mar, 2014 @ 10:51am 
Originally posted by ADN:
Originally posted by Blue Screen of Dea†h:

They are not all bots, there are many humans. Also the button is useless, the bot can get the user ID and add the user manually on Steam.

We are aware of the problem, but this is a Steam problem, not Outpost problem. We can't block front page visibility because of this. People should rage against Steam and their inability to handle the whole hijacking/phishing problem, because it doesn't like they care right now.

Hello,
This may be true, but inviting people to rage against Steam is a little harsh. I do have the same problem - when i bump, 2-3 adds with phishing links.
On the other side, Steam is indeed responsible, and should invest time and resources in preventing this; but its a big issue - they would have to buy and secure all domains that resemble "steamcommunity" - as you are aware, i presume. And that is a big issue to tackle, they would need to buy 14x27x27x3 domains. Minimum. Don't want to get into that math formula, i'd stutter.
ALSO: for all others who read, Google is reinforcing the "Anti-Phisher" policy - https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/
Do report the links you receive - COPY + PASTE! DO NOT CLICK OR LOGIN ON THE LINK!

Thanks for the info ADN.
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S 6 Mar, 2014 @ 11:02am 
Same here.
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Skaboomatude 6 Mar, 2014 @ 12:44pm 
While offline and at work today, I have received 3 phishing messages from random people who I have not on my friends list nor am I in any chatrooms (as I am offline and using the website on my phone) I will be submitting a report to steam when I get home.
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