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IShallRiseAgain posted:Maybe somebody should just start a separate thread for all the goons who click on those extremely shady links, so the thread isn't constantly spammed with it. Presumably if they actually read this thread, they wouldn't fall for the scam because someone posts about it on every page of this thread. It feels like 10% of this thead is someone posting about who fell for this scam. Why would anyone read that thread? Post it here where someone who might know them can find out and let them know. Yes its spam sort of, but best way to do it.
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I only found this thread when I was searching for his username.
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Mar 28, 2021 17:20
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Alright I just went to the website myself. I had to wait for a DdoS guard to verify my browser, then do a bot check, and get greeted with this The bad grammar isn't enough of a tip off? But then when I click sign in  Goons can't be this dense about online security
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Mar 28, 2021 17:24
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Wanna bet?
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Mar 28, 2021 17:25
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Leal posted:What can steam possibly do to not "let" it happen? People are willfully entering their account info into this scam. Somehow in TYOOL 2021 people still can't get it through their heads to not enter their info on any website that isn't the website itself. Scam sites like this tend to look just like the real thing. If you click a "log in with Steam" button, it's easy to miss if it takes you to stearncommunity.com instead of steamcommunity.com or some other misspelled domain.
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Mar 28, 2021 17:26
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Yeah, that's basically the whole thing. That site looks exactly like the real Steam login site, even the "not associated with Steam or Valve" is not in and of itself a warning sign, it just means that neither Steam nor Valve own the site you're logging into. There are plenty which are legitimate and look no different. If phishing wasn't so effective and easy to fall for, people wouldn't bother using phishing scams. Everyone thinks they're too smart to fall for a scam until the moment they do.
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Mar 28, 2021 17:28
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Leal posted:The bad grammar isn't enough of a tip off? But then when I click sign in
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Mar 28, 2021 17:30
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Just got a message from Strongmouse as well, so the impersonator is still going. Reported the profile as hijacked, though I have no idea how much of a difference it makes.
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Mar 28, 2021 17:33
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hey dude wassup? may u help me? can you vote for my sa:goon posting team on forums.sornthingawful.net? only need 2 more 
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Mar 28, 2021 17:42
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treat posted:hey dude hunter2
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Mar 28, 2021 17:44
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He ended up blocking me when I called him out. I know StrongMouse is a variety gamer and rarely plays CS:GO lolBroken Cog posted:Just got a message from Strongmouse as well, so the impersonator is still going.
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Mar 28, 2021 17:47
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treat posted:hey dude help, the link isn't working.
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Mar 28, 2021 18:04
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Did Project Zomboid turn into something decent at some point recently because I’ve noticed a few streamers uploading videos of it to YouTube.
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Mar 28, 2021 18:17
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Welp pour one out for Spacebeez, appears to be another goon lost to the great goon phishing project.
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Mar 28, 2021 18:19
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Kibayasu posted:Did Project Zomboid turn into something decent at some point recently because I’ve noticed a few streamers uploading videos of it to YouTube. Not sure if it's on the normal branch yet but last time I played the experimental branch had a fairly sizeable update that changed the graphics to 3d models and generally made the game look/feel a lot better than it used to. It's been half a year or so since then so there might have been more changes to it.
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Mar 28, 2021 18:20
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Kibayasu posted:Did Project Zomboid turn into something decent at some point recently because I’ve noticed a few streamers uploading videos of it to YouTube. Yeah, on the beta branch is feels and plays great. It's easily my favorite zombie game, tied with State of Decay 2 as they go in very different directions. I love the lonely, desperate struggle for survival in Zomboid. It perfectly captures too many slow zombies in a rural American town.
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Mar 28, 2021 18:23
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Leal posted:******* Hey that's cool, didn't know the forums automatically blank out your password! Let me try: ************ Edit: looks like it works, cool. Gonna go vote for some teams now that my account is safe
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Mar 28, 2021 18:42
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Leal posted:Alright I just went to the website myself. I had to wait for a DdoS guard to verify my browser, then do a bot check, and get greeted with this The grammar would be a dead give away to me, even with friends that are ESL. However, I believe email scammers often use poor grammar intentionally to make it seem more believable to grandma and grandpa that an actual Nigerian prince is emailing them.
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Mar 28, 2021 19:28
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Leal posted:
The funny thing about you posting this image is that it is visible proof that you fell for their phishing scam. Like, you knew that it was a phishing scam and didn't log in, but everything about your wrong explanation demonstrates you don't actually understand the issue.
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Mar 28, 2021 19:33
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Here is a condescendingly marked up explanatory image, as is the style:
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Mar 28, 2021 19:50
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Hey it looks like neo-noir cyberpunk detective RPG Gamedec finally got a release date - September 16th. There's also a new demo build out that's free to try.
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Mar 28, 2021 19:54
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turn on two factor!
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Mar 28, 2021 20:13
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Leal posted:What can steam possibly do to not "let" it happen? People are willfully entering their account info into this scam. Somehow in TYOOL 2021 people still can't get it through their heads to not enter their info on any website that isn't the website itself. Change the Steam Guard app login method from 'input the code' to 'tap 'OK' on the app', and only have the 'tap OK' thing fire from pre-approved websites. That way you can't login to freecsgoskinsforstearn.cz, even if you give them your details.
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Mar 28, 2021 20:17
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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uber_stoat posted:turn on two factor! i wonder if this is part of it. people going "oh i have 2fa on i dont have to use my brain at all"
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Mar 28, 2021 20:18
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Awesome! posted:i wonder if this is part of it. people going "oh i have 2fa on i dont have to use my brain at all" it is at least 50% this uber_stoat posted:turn on two factor! it asks you for a code and people are willingly putting one in, two factor won't save you if you're already fooled
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Mar 28, 2021 20:20
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uber_stoat posted:turn on two factor! *looking at little old lady who unlocked her door to let in a nice young man with a fantastic investment opportunity and signed away her life savings* "should have had an extra lock on this door"
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Mar 28, 2021 20:21
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pseudorandom name posted:Here is a condescendingly marked up explanatory image, as is the style: i'm not going to the site to find out, what does "not real" mean in this context? is the top bar an image instead of actual menus, or is the url spoofed? (afaict at first glance it looks valid and from Valve - but i'm also high as a kite atm)
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Mar 28, 2021 20:22
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uber_stoat posted:turn on two factor! It asks for your 2FA code, and will immediately use it to log into your account. In general, the best thing you can do is the same thing you'd do with phone scams : don't login anywhere you followed a link, the same way you don't give important information to anyone who calls you. Find out what the real number/URL is, and YOU initiate the contact with it and verify that the original request was real. In the case of a steam or any other login, if you just go to steamcommunity.com and log in, then when another site wants authorization it will just ask you for authorization and not your password.
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Mar 28, 2021 20:23
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Ciaphas posted:i'm not going to the site to find out, what does "not real" mean in this context? is the top bar an image instead of actual menus, or is the url spoofed? (afaict at first glance it looks valid and from Valve - but i'm also high as a kite atm) It's like https://www.windows93.net/, a fake in-browser implementation of the Windows UI.
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Mar 28, 2021 20:29
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exquisite tea posted:Hey it looks like neo-noir cyberpunk detective RPG Gamedec finally got a release date - September 16th. There's also a new demo build out that's free to try. This looks really cool; added to my constantly-growing wishlist
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Mar 28, 2021 20:42
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I never thought I'd see a worse name than Immortals: Fenyx Rising so soon but Record Of Lodoss War-Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth- just went and did it
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Mar 28, 2021 21:01
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Gay Rat Wedding posted:I never thought I'd see a worse name than Immortals: Fenyx Rising so soon but Record Of Lodoss War-Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth- just went and did it It’s Kingdom Hearts side-game level bad.
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Peewi posted:Scam sites like this tend to look just like the real thing. If you click a "log in with Steam" button, it's easy to miss if it takes you to stearncommunity.com instead of steamcommunity.com or some other misspelled domain. Volte posted:That's what all Steam sign-in pages say to authorize third-party accounts say, even the legit ones. e.g., click the Sign In button on https://scrap.tf/ (just an example I found on Google). Identifying that the URL isn't actually coming from Steam or Valve is the only way to really tell that it's not legit. quote:Sign into scrap.tf using your Steam account Xander77 fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Mar 28, 2021 |
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Mar 28, 2021 21:10
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pseudorandom name posted:It's like https://www.windows93.net/, a fake in-browser implementation of the Windows UI. It's actually quite clever, there's lots of training for people to check the url, check the lock icon and the certificate name, but checking whether the popup is actually a new window? i'm not sure i've ever explicitly checked for that before.
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Mar 28, 2021 21:10
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Xander77 posted:I mean... if you're already logged into your steam account, you generally don't need to re-enter it.
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Mar 28, 2021 21:23
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Random thought but I’ve been playing Amnesia Rebirth and I feel there’s notably fewer monsters segments in it and I think that makes things worse (in the good way that is).
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Mar 28, 2021 21:56
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Just got a message from Mitchicon with the fetown link. How many goons gonna get hacked today?
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Mar 28, 2021 22:04
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Gay Rat Wedding posted:I never thought I'd see a worse name than Immortals: Fenyx Rising so soon but Record Of Lodoss War-Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth- just went and did it it's so bad it wraps around and becomes good again unlike immortals, that's just an extremely bland 2000s gamecube platformer title
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Mar 28, 2021 22:05
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Tamba posted:What do they even do with the hijacked accounts (other than spreading it even more)? I tried but only got 'bro?' back. Even told them i knew the deal but seems to be fully automated now.
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Gay Rat Wedding posted:I never thought I'd see a worse name than Immortals: Fenyx Rising so soon but Record Of Lodoss War-Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth- just went and did it I'd put The Sexy Brutale up there as well, would have never even looked at it if it wasn't recommended on here at some point.
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