Warning to Steam users

I realise that 99.99% of people here wouldn't fall into a stupid trap such as this but I still thought I should get it out there.

I got an email with a free beta trial to Episode 2, and it seemes legit until you see it needs your steam account and password. But the main reason I think it should be brought out like this is because the email seemed pretty convincing as well... this what the email said..


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Open multiple messages at once with the all new Yahoo! Mail Beta.


Also another give away it was fake was it had a yahoo signature at the bottom.

That is why all my game accounts have all fake info of myself. I use Alias on all my gaming accounts to include birthday, address and phone.

Thats really sad that anyone would fall for that. Valve already has all of your account info, so they would definetly send a popup through steam itself saying something along the lines of "Click here if your interested in the beta" and then you get to a preload screen.

Sorry, was just trying to help, considering this is the first scam I've seen, that was email based and aimed towards the gaming community. I also forgot how 'superior' this community is not to fall for something like that.

Whilst we're on the subject, the correct spelling is "grammar", not "grammer". Oh, and you meant "lose", not "loose".

Sorry man, but I couldn't resist.

i should add a notice in my sig to say that most of my posts are posted after midnight and therefore spelling mistakes there will be, and grammar too......

It's a shame that so many people fall for this kind of scam. Thanks for the heads-up btw. Haven't gotten it yet, but I'll let my mates know to watch out for it.

Look liks it's not stoping....


Dear Steam User,

We have been having recurring problems with multiple user(s)
signing on to the same account, ergo; several people using the same
account
from
different IP Addresses at the same time. In order to prevent this, we
are
authorizing a validation process, in which you, the contact e-mail
registered to Steam, e-mail us a code in which you authorize every time
you login to ensure that no one shares your account. To validate your
account within the next 5 days (otherwise it will be disabled), respond
to
this
e-mail in the following format;

Username:
Password:
Code:

IMPORTANT: You must enter the above information into the Steam
application.

Signed,

{The Steam Support Team}
To contact us about this problem email support@steampowered.com,
otherwise
respond to the e-mail above


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This notification has been sent to the e-mail address you provided when
you
created your Steam account. For information on Valve's privacy policy,
please
visit www.valvesoftware.com/privacy.htm



What I wonder though is how did they get my email... I'm extremely careful of who gets my email. I never use my good email for contests or surveys.... hmmm.