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    Scammers and Idiots on Steam: A double-decker sandwich of crap

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    #1  Edited By ELBUMBLERO

    Hey, have any of you ever been messaged by one of your friends on a friendslist on Steam, asking you to TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GET FREE STEAM GAMES AT www.obviouslynotfreesteamgames.com? And did you actually click on it?
     
    Did you actually click on that fucking web address? Did you realize that you were not actually getting free Steam games like your "friend" promised, but instead a virus that propogated and sent itself through your friendslist?
     
    If so, haha, sucks to be you. You fell for it, and now you're a true blue retard, easily duped into giving up your Counter-Strike K/D ratio because you thought there were free Steam games at the other end of the gloryhole. Congratulations on failing a fucking IQ test.

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    #2  Edited By OmegaPirate

    haha - while the tone of this thread is probably gonna get some hate - i totally agree with the content, It's unbelievable how dumb some people can be !

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    #3  Edited By Jack268

    Someone linked "Nvidiasteampowered.com" or some shit like that. I clicked even though I know it was a scam (Yes, I have an antivirus program) just to see how hilariously bad it was at replicating the real steampowered website.

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    #4  Edited By Goldanas

    I one time got sent one that tried to imitate a steam profile. It ended with a .co.ez, so obviously something was up. 
     
    I feel bad for people who click on that stuff thinking they can trust their friends. The Internet is a deceptive beast indeed. She'll make poor, unaccustomed souls feel comfortable in their own virtual space, and then she'll STAB THEM RIGHT IN THE GODDAMN BACK OH GOD WHY INTERNET WHY I LOVED YOU

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    #5  Edited By ajamafalous

    My brother got one that was like "Hey see that post you made the forums on funny! forumsteampowered.tk/(all the php stuff)" and clicked it like an idiot. Got his account phished. Like an idiot.

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    I never got a message but I also wouldn't be retarded enough to click something so obvious, it's just like the idiots who click every little thing they see on facebook and wonder why they have a virus.

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    #7  Edited By HereAllDay

    Dude this is hilarious on Live Messenger, I get messages from my guy friends saying, "hey check out my WILD pics from the party last night, do i look hot? *link*", always cracks me up.

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    #8  Edited By Fallen189

    Aren't you a peach

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    #9  Edited By Azteck

    Might wanna tone down the, you know, asshole-ish attitude your post sounds like.
     
    But yeah, clicking stuff like that and actually installing shit is kind of stupid.

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    #10  Edited By AdvanceStrat

    I've started getting emails lately that are about the WoW account I have getting suspended or hijacked or whatever, and needing to verify information. 
     
    The best part is I don't even play WoW.  Awesome.
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    #11  Edited By McPaper

    I doub't you can get viruses by just visiting websites. Most of those sites get passwords by phishing with a fake login.

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    #12  Edited By JP_Russell

    I always examine links in Steam chat before I copy and paste them, and question my friends about what they're linking me if they don't explain it themselves, unless it's something obvious like a standard Youtube URL.

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    #13  Edited By ELBUMBLERO
    @Fallen189 said:
    " Aren't you a peach "
    Yeah I fucking am.
     
    @Azteck said:
    " Might wanna tone down the, you know, asshole-ish attitude your post sounds like.  But yeah, clicking stuff like that and actually installing shit is kind of stupid. "
    Might wanna tone down the, you know, old man-ish method of thinking your post sounds like. 
     
    @JP_Russell said:
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    I always examine links in Steam chat before I copy and paste them, and question my friends about what they're linking me if they don't explain it themselves, unless it's something obvious like a standard Youtube URL.

    "
    I bet you're fun at parties. 

    @McPaper said:
    " I doub't you can get viruses by just visiting websites. Most of those sites get passwords by phishing with a fake login. "
    Hurray, you don't pay attention to things!

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