Post #2100182
2026-05-03 01:30 UTC
God dammit, almost fell for a Steam phish. I had someone add me with an account that mimicked one of my online friends and it looked legit enough that I added them assuming they were weird and either accidentally deleted me or were making an alt.
Well the account tried to get me to sign up for some sort of (likely fake) counterstrike match and I don't play. They pushed me to sign up just so they could qualify but I told them I wasn't going to.
Then today they messaged again but with a totally different name, and then I realized it was in fact, a different account. Shit!
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@kevinmirsky@infosec.exchange 2026-05-03 01:33
And the reason I didn't give them as much scrutiny? I was in the middle of a multiplayer game with some other friends and I was trying to be friendly to my impersonated friend. Makes me feel stupid that I accepted and entertained them but it just emphasizes that scams work when you're distracted!!