HEADS UP - New Scam Going Around

Pretty sure Steam won't ever send people anything in chat, they have notifications for that.

got the same message today, never clicked the link.
i googled about it and found this discussion.

As usual, anything other than steampowered.com or steamcommunity.com is beyond suspicious when looks/acts like legit Steam pages, but a little refresher on that practice is always good.

https://store.steampowered.com/account/playtestinvites

Invites go to email and show in notifications. DMs are not the way they are given out, I guess some people fall for it

thanks

What looks legit about this to you the link ain't even right?

Can we stop calling slightly reworded variations of the same scam "new"
Literally all of these have a fake steam login or makes the user download and open something on their pc

You can call it new when it isn't one of those 2 things.

+1, happen the same for me for fake playtest for MONSTER HUNTER WILDS - https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/kc7gC/scammer-alert-if-you-received-a-gift-invitation-for-a-playtest

Started to see these going around when Deadlock first came about. Don't know if it existed before, but yeah, don't click random links on the internet.

Wut! Mafia Old Country?!? Where do I sign up???
I just need by SSN, Driver's License, and Bank info, yes?

I got one of these messages from someone on my friends list.
I think it was a trading partner that I met on barter, but am not sure.

I am not sure if he got hacked or if he was pushing the scam himself.

Just gonna say, to everyone here bashing on the fact this isn't "new" or that it's very easy to tell it's a phish/scam, please keep in mind that this warning isn't targeted at you, but rather the stray forum-goer who might not be as familiar to scams and phishing attempts.

Everyone learns about those for the first time at some point in their life - let it rather be through this thread than by actually falling for it. ^^

Thank you for the heads up!

It may seem pretty obvious for most of us, but we are not the target. My mom fell for a scam because the scammer first scammed a store she frequents. They used their number to scam lots of people pretending to be the store. Sure, it still requires lack of attention but I wasn't even angry because using a trusted number lowers our guard by a lot.

Thanks for the warning.

let me guess, they sent that link to you after 2-5 mins you accepted their friend request. They also appeared to play that same playtest game altho it is under non-steam games, lul.

This is not a new scam, but for sure a "well" designed one.
When I used to trade back in 2014-2016, I also saw this same example twice.

As rule, do not open links nor files send by strange ppl :)

A scam that has been going around for a while now:

Someone will send you this link https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/download/ which will take you to a site where if you download it and run the program, it will install League of Legends on your computer.

This is actually fooling a lot of people because of how legit it looks. I know a lot of people don't understand based on what's been posted as to why so I'll explain. It's not a still frame like the pic in the OP, it's an animated animated logo for Mafia The Old Country with crap blowing, so it looks like a legit invite. That is why it's fooling even people who generally don't fall for these type of things.

In a related topic, scammers are using AI to develop better phishing attempts via email.

MWB has put out an advisory about how to recognize these new AI-generated phishing attempts.
(See "How to Recognize AI-Generated Phishing Mails" on the web.)

Thanks for the notice. Not been sent any link from anyone, but, there is at least one giveaway on Indiegala for that game that I think I entered for. The raffle giveaway section is a pigsty of beta tests, gog games, anime porn and super cheap games. Would not surprise me if someone has tried gifting one :(

I got this one today and almost fell for it. Very disturbed at my own inability to spot this immediately.