Fake Game Item Vote Login Scam

A link takes you to what looks like a page on a gaming platform's community site, usually a fan-made weapon skin or other game item, with a request to vote for it or add it to your favorites. The page copies the real site's design, but it sits on a web address the platform does not own. When you click to vote or sign in, it shows its own sign-in window instead of the platform's real one. What you type there, including your password and any login code, goes to the people behind the page, who can take over the game account and the items in it.

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Fake Game Item Vote Login Scam example

How this scam works

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    Step 1: A message, post or chat gives you a link to a game item, such as a weapon skin, and asks you to vote for it or add it to your favorites.

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    Step 2: The page copies the gaming platform's community page, with its logo, menus, item pictures, vote buttons and visitor counts, but the web address belongs to someone else.

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    Step 3: When you click to vote, favorite or log in, the page opens its own sign-in window inside the page instead of sending you to the platform's real sign-in page.

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    Step 4: Your username, password and any login code go to the people behind the page. They can sign in to your account, take your items and may use the account to send the same link to your friends.

✓ Do this

  • Sign in only through the platform's official app or by typing its web address yourself.
  • Check the full web address before you sign in, and close any page that is not on the platform's real address.
  • Turn on the platform's own two-step sign-in, such as its mobile authenticator.
  • If you typed your password into a page like this, change it from the official app, sign out all other devices and check your account's trade and security settings.
  • Warn the friend who sent you the link, since their account may have been taken over.

✗ Avoid this

  • Do not sign in from a link that asks you to vote for or favorite a game item.
  • Do not trust a sign-in window because it shows the platform's logo or what looks like an address bar, since it can be drawn inside the page.
  • Do not share login codes or approve sign-in requests you did not start.

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