So it looks like mwhym got his account back. Thanks everyone for the cooperation!

And of course never follow weird links in private Steam messages and remember if something sounds too good to be true, it 99% of the time is a scam.

--- Leaving the original post below as a warning ---

So I just got this private message from mwhym, which is a trusted, veteran user of SG.
https://i.imgur.com/VfwN72U.png

I find it hard to believe that he's sending scummy links knowingly, so it seems that he lost control over his account. Be wary when interacting with him and if you know him IRL let him know about this ASAP. I'll keep the thread up until we can confirm that he got the account back.

And as a reminder, NEVER click links looking like that regardless of who sends them to you. It's almost always a scam and you'll lose your account and/or money. It's not worth it.

Cheers and stay safe.

EDIT: Just to clarify, I did check and it's indeed his Steam account not just an impersonator.
EDIT2: As reported by zelghadis, imaya2 is also affected.
EDIT3: If you got a link like this from mwhym or imaya2, you can report their account as compromised. It probably won't hurt to provide the screenshot of conversation or mention the link you've got on chat.
EDIT4: Looks like imaya2 got his account back.

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I'm happy you got account back, still have to do damage control it seems.

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I'm glad it's all fine.
On a side note, how much of this does the steam authenticator app prevent? Can a link like this infect the steam client and send messages to my friends?

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All of it if you don't give the code to the scammers on the fake website. None if you enable the scam by doing that yourself.

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Thank you for the reply!

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Hmm, interesting. So they fish for the guard code and then the bot takes over. Thanks for the link it was very informative. I'll make sure I'm already logged to the community if I go to a fishy site.

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