Some scammers simply won’t care about this, on the basis they can just send it to a seemingly never-ending pool of other recipients.Īfter some small talk, the scammer will ask the message recipient if they want to join their Esports team. The message may also be sent in a different language. The scammer presents the “offer” as a way to help a fellow Steam enthusiast out, or tie it to fictional rewards if the message recipient takes part. It may be sent via Steam’s own messenger service, or it could be in a Steam-themed Discord channel. How does it work?Ī Steam user receives an unsolicited message from a stranger. People want to be helpful, and this slice of social engineering takes full advantage of this. This makes it even more likely they’ll feel obliged to assist. As a result, some people assume the message sender is actually a friend and not a stranger. On top of all that, the social pressure of “Please help me out” is often too good to let go.Īn additional headache here is that people change usernames on Steam all the time. It’s also used to spam people from compromised accounts.
The scam routinely separates unwary gamers from their logins. As some have noticed, it is indeed “ flaring up again”. This trick has been around for a while now, but shows no signs of going away. One current twist on Esports where Steam scams are concerned is the “vote for my team” fakeout. In reality, it was a data stealing Trojan.
FEEDS WEB SLICES MALWARE CRACKED
Links to third-party hosted files would offer up a supposedly cracked ESEA Esports league client. One particular tactic of note was to claim joining an official league is an easy process. We’ve seen Esports occasionally become the focus of gaming or Steam scams.
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