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"Steam" phishing scam

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http://kotaku.com/5139438/steam-users-beware-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-free-game

Be careful what you log into, Steam users. A new account phishing scheme is targeting users of Valve's digital distribution platform, luring in gamers with the promise of gifted copies of Ubisoft's Far Cry 2.

While Steam users are regularly warned by messages from Valve not to provide their login details to anyone — "Steam Support will never need your password for any reason" — this particular tactic capitalizes on the service's ability to "gift" a copy of a game to another user.

The authentic-looking e-mail uses a spoofed, support@steampowered.com address, forwarding recipients to a dummy version of the Steam Community web site. That page simply harvests login and password information, potentially giving the phishing schemers access to personal account information.
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