Watch for hackers.

I received an add yesterday from this account:

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198088417623/

I thought it might be someone looking for help so I added him (or her!), and thought nothing of it. He messaged me within seconds of me accepting the add and asked if I could stand in for a tournament. I asked for a link to the tournament and he sent me this site. I bookmarked it to forward to my captain, and now the link is broken (It was working yesterday). Looked like a pretty basic front page, with the DotA 2 teaser trailer on it. The tournament was out of Romania.

He said to participate in the tournament I had to make an account on another website, and link it to my steam account. I told him that I cannot stand in for a tournament. He said just 2 games, and it would help him out. I asked how he had heard of me and how he chose ME as a stand in (Prior to this message I made my steam profile private so he couldn't copy/paste any random steam profile). Here's the conversation:

8:24 AM - e2Z | Fade.: i create new account man ?
8:25 AM - e2Z | Fade.: you*
8:26 AM - d(^_^)b: How did you get my account information, again?
8:28 AM - e2Z | Fade.: you recomander ک�ยקéภdΩЦ� �
8:28 AM - e2Z | Fade.: eddie:D
8:29 AM - d(^_^)b: Doesn't sound familiar. Link to his steam profile?
8:29 AM - e2Z | Fade.: 1 sec
8:30 AM - e2Z | Fade.: this man
8:36 AM - e2Z | Fade.: gamer nature man
8:36 AM - e2Z | Fade.: :D

All of his responses were immediate except the last two. That makes me think that he was looking for a way to find a name of any of my friends and link them. After I told him I couldn't

Now this was yesterday morning, and about two hours ago I received a very similar message from another account. Again, right after I added them they asked me to stand in for a tournament. I told him "No." and he responded with:

6:43 AM - Messi91: : plz open this link once [Removed for security puposes]
6:44 AM - Messi91: pls do it ASAP
8:52 AM - d(^_^)b: What's in the link?
8:52 AM - Messi91: dont know much... my frnd sent it
8:53 AM - d(^_^)b: You didn't click it?
8:53 AM - Messi91: jst copied and passd
8:53 AM - d(^_^)b: Gotcha
8:54 AM - d(^_^)b: Do I know you? How did I add you?
8:55 AM - Messi91: forgot :P
8:56 AM - Messi91: can unfriend me..
8:56 AM - d(^_^)b: I'm going to
8:56 AM - Messi91: gogogo
8:56 AM - Messi91 is now Offline.


Still no response.

here is his/her steam account:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/m91/


I have two friends who have been scammed and lost their entire inventory from just clicking a link. I'm not kidding. So if you get random messages like this, I suggest removing that person immediately unless they can explain who they are or why they have added you.

That's it. I know long post is long. Sorry.

Be safe!

-Angelo

Spotting hackers and scammers is okay, just don't post the website they use to hack people please :D

Okies! I didn't know that was a rule.

Mai bad.

Reminds me of those players copypasting their "steamcornmunity" links. :D
I find the "play as a stand in" excuse very convincing though, I'm pretty sure many players would fall for it without reading this post first.

Yeah people want to become pro players and they will fall for anything xD ANYWAY thanks for telling us :3

Last time I was offered to have a 5v5 between people I know, I declined.

I feed bad enough in pubs, the last thing I need is to feed in a professional setting :)