Quick summary: Scammers have recreated a large amount of trading websites. When you click on the "Sign in through Steam" button they recreated a fake login page. When you enter your info it's sent to the hacker and logs you into Steam. The hacker will not steal your items right away. Instead they get your Steam API key. They can use this to accept (but not confirm), decline and cancel trade offers. When you send a trade to someone, or someone sends you a trade offer, the scammer can decline that trade and then send a new trade to it's scam account.


For full break down and how to secure your account: Click Here


Stay safe,

Fire.

The scammers have figured out a way to make it impossible to tell the difference between a real and fake item. They create a game and then change the icon and name to mimick the game they are using scammed items with.

The Golden Pan below is not from TF2:

https://i.imgur.com/My236oK.jpg


The only advice for right now is to be super careful who you are trading with or to just not trade at all until Valve do something to fix this issue.


Full details about everything related to this scam posted here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/9315ju/steam_direct_shovelware_developers_creating_fake/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3myO7jj6q0s

^Here is a video explaining it.

Basically this game has drops for items that look exactly like rare TF2 items.

This is from the backpack.tf Steam Group posted here: http://steamproxy.net/groups/meetthestats#announcements/detail/1478727366603990442

I'm just reposting to spread awareness.

Originally posted by -».•´WOIFILICIOUS`•.«-:

Hello Users,

this announcement is a warning that the very popular browser extension Steam Inventory Helper released an update and requested additional permissions that let them see every site you visit and stores all that information. A more detailed explanation about that can be found here (with proof): https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/70xofs/warning_trusted_steam_inventory_helper_now/

We recommend that you remove this extension from your browser right now for your own safety!

More Info:
Initially they circled back and apologised and promised to revert this, but that announcement in their steam group has been deleted since then. Please keep in mind that with those permissions they can do way more than spying on you, that could just be the start. Steam Inventory Helper has been sold 1 year ago by their creators to a cs:go gambling site whom no longer seems to have your best interest at heart.

Stay save!

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