To protect yourself from this scam and others like it, Malwarebytes recommends that Steam users enable two-factor authentication ( 2FA) for their accounts and avoid clicking on any links from unknown users either in-game or online. To make matters worse, they might even try to perform identity theft by logging into a victim's other online accounts using their Steam credentials.
Once a user's Steam account has been taken over, they'll need to go through Steam support to try and recover it but by that time, the scammer will have likely changed their password and other login information. “G’day – I don’t need this bayonet just take it ”.“I haven’t met you unfortunately (or not lol), but take it, I dont don’t need that skin ”.vpk would go into C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonTeam Fortress 2tfcustommycustomstuffmaterials. For example, a skin for the Bazaar Bargian thats not a. “Yo, I don’t know you unfortunately, but this is for you, I do not need that knife ” If theyre not, you gotta put them into the proper folders and put said folders into C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonTeam Fortress 2tfcustommycustomstuff.Here are just a few examples of the messages used in this latest skin phishing campaign: Buy & Sell TF2 skins and items (keys, hats, weapons, etc.) for real money with instant cash out. A scammer will begin by sending a message to potential victims on Steam or Discord that contains a malicious link. What makes this tactic so dangerous is the fact that it can be carried out in such a short time.
