Beware of people social engineering your passwords

[LabRat]

Taken from newsvine, http://maaz.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/28/...-steam-password

 

br0kenrabbit: hi

Greg_ValveOLS: good evening

br0kenrabbit: What's ip?

br0kenrabbit: up?

Greg_ValveOLS: my name is greg a member of the valve online Support team

br0kenrabbit: On MSN?

Greg_ValveOLS: yes

br0kenrabbit: Why?

Greg_ValveOLS: we logged multiple ips from your account and ned to verifi your information

br0kenrabbit: My information?

Greg_ValveOLS: we believe someone may have stolen your account mmmm you havent shared youre account infomation with anyone have you?

br0kenrabbit: No. I don't even have it written down.

Greg_ValveOLS: hmmm maybe a keylogger on you r PC then maybe you need a format?

br0kenrabbit: Well...

Greg_ValveOLS: if you can verify your account information to me i can insure that only your ip have access to it Its a new security feature were trying because this happens so muchlogin names and passwords aint safe anymroe You know. L:)

br0kenrabbit: Well

Greg_ValveOLS: dont worry this connect it secure

br0kenrabbit: Can I be honest with you, Greg?

Greg_ValveOLS: k

br0kenrabbit: Look, I don't know how you go this MSN account name, don't really care, either.

br0kenrabbit: Unlike you, I DO work for Valve. Trace my ip and you'll see.

Greg_ValveOLS: huh?

Greg_ValveOLS: bs

br0kenrabbit: Trace it.

Greg_ValveOLS: how

br0kenrabbit says:Start/run/cmd type Tracert and then my IP address and hit enter.

Greg_ValveOLS: oh k

br0kenrabbit: As an employee, I know that Valve employees will NEVER contact users over MSN. I also know a valve employee will NEVER ask a user for his/her username and password.

br0kenrabbit: I'm putting a temporary hold on your Steam account.

Greg_ValveOLS: why?

br0kenrabbit: Have you read the ToS?

Greg_ValveOLS: Tod?

Greg_ValveOLS: tos

br0kenrabbit says:terms of service

Greg_ValveOLS: were?

br0kenrabbit: Greg, this is a serious infraction against the Tos. You are at risk of losing your account.

Greg_ValveOLS: why

br0kenrabbit: I just told you why

Greg_ValveOLS:

br0kenrabbit: I need some information from you if you want me to unlock you account. I'm going to write you up but I will only suspend you account for three days, since this is your first infraction, okay?

Greg_ValveOLS: k

br0kenrabbit says:First, what is the name the account is registered to. Not the user name, the persons real name who created the account. This is for verification purposes.

Greg_ValveOLS: xxxxx xxxxxxx

br0kenrabbit: Is this you?

Greg_ValveOLS: ya

br0kenrabbit: Are you the only user of this account?

Greg_ValveOLS: ya

br0kenrabbit: Okay, and what is the username

Greg_ValveOLS: xxxxxxxx

br0kenrabbit: Okay.

br0kenrabbit: I see you have purchased a few of our games, thank you.

Greg_ValveOLS: some. dude

Greg_ValveOLS: m

br0kenrabbit says:Do you always log on from the same IP?

Greg_ValveOLS: ya

br0kenrabbit says:And who is your internet providers, your ISP?

Greg_ValveOLS: xxxxxxx

br0kenrabbit says:Thank you. One moment, please, let me verify this information.

Greg_ValveOLS: am i gonna be bale to play 2nite?

br0kenrabbit: What is your city of residence?

br0kenrabbit: That depends on if you cooperate. You're doing fine so far.

Greg_ValveOLS: xxxxxx

br0kenrabbit: Illinios?

Greg_ValveOLS: yes

br0kenrabbit: Okay. And what is the password associated with this account?

Greg_ValveOLS: xxxxxxx

br0kenrabbit: Okay. Do not try to log into steam. If you are connected now you need to log off.

Greg_ValveOLS: why

br0kenrabbit: So I can update your account.

Greg_ValveOLS: can I play 2 nite

Greg_ValveOLS: clan fight

Greg_ValveOLS: wont win without me heh

br0kenrabbit: Heh. You'll have to wait a few minutes. Are you logged off?

Greg_ValveOLS: ya

br0kenrabbit: Okay. Give me just a moment.

br0kenrabbit: Try to log in now.

Greg_ValveOLS: k

Greg_ValveOLS: It says login failed wtf wtf!!@?

br0kenrabbit : Greg

Greg_ValveOLS: did u ban me???????????>WHY

br0kenrabbit: Greg

Greg_ValveOLS: what

br0kenrabbit: Valve will never ask for your username and password.

Greg_ValveOLS: what????

br0kenrabbit: I don't work for Valve dude, but you just got pwnt.

Greg_ValveOLS: omg dude wtf why?

br0kenrabbit: Why were you trying to steal my account?

Greg_ValveOLS: i wanst

br0kenrabbit: Then why were you asking for my information?

Greg_ValveOLS: i was just making a joke but not cerious honest dude just give

my acount back pllllleeease i'm only 13 and save d up for like a year to buy it

br0kenrabbit: Greg

Greg_ValveOLS: dude pleas

Greg_ValveOLS: what

br0kenrabbit: Go mow some yards, @!$%#.

[Gohan]

Rofl, omg. He got owned so bad.

 

-Blee

[Vanyel]

I've read it somewhere before and still it's damn funny.

[Sistema]

OMG, that was awesome. That should teach 13 year olds

[LabRat]

Umm would it be malice aforethought to wait for a newb to try and password scam me?

[Scorpius]

omfg roflmmfao!!! pwned

[Mugwump]

That's a good lesson! Even if it's a fake conversation, it tells an important story. There are still plenty of boneheads out there who give their private info to anyone who asks! Someday everybody will smarten up and all this &@#%#^%#$ spam I get will dry up!!

[Dushan]

haha, that's funny :>

[Entris]

LMAO When ur digging a hole...

 

(i can't spell anything right atm lol )

Edited December 15, 2006 by Entris

[thelethalmoo]

roflmao!!! he's owned

 

 

(p.s who takes a year to buy somthing?)

[jhlightning]

Hahaha!! That's sooo funny!!

 

 

(p.s who takes a year to buy somthing?)

a lazy idiotic lying loser

[The_Knight]

Lol, rotflmao

[Athel's]

LMAO thats great

[Nidan]

lol, great. Reminds me of a conversation of some script kiddie with someone who actually knows a bit about computers. The kiddie was gonna hack and DoS attack the other guy. So the other guy convinced him his ip address was 127.0.0.1. (= your own local host, so the kiddie was attacking his own computer, and lagged out).

 

Hmm, so much better if you read the actual story.. maybe i will look it up some day.

[Atlantis]

lool nice find

[scarr]

lmao. i knew he was gonna get scammed back..so obvious ^^

[Tanyia]

Methinks he won't ever do that again...

[scarr]

Why do you lot actualy think hes 13 lol..

[peeper :)]

lol pwnt...

 

btw methinks methinks is my word..