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Offline ricercar

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free steam game 24 hours only - scam?
« on: Sat, 25 September 2010, 15:13:25 »
anyone else get this offer for a free steam game?

supposed to be from steam + nvidia (http://slizone.com), but i'm wary of typing a steam id into a foreign site.



http://steampowered.surge8.com

Good for 24 hours. I own none of these games. I'm thinking Counterstrike Source.
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free steam game 24 hours only - scam?
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 25 September 2010, 15:21:21 »
I didn't and I've had Steam running all day. I'd be wary too...isn't there something in their agreement about not sharing your information with 3rd party vendors?

Offline Rajagra

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« Reply #2 on: Sat, 25 September 2010, 15:39:52 »
surge8 = free hosting site.
24 hour window = quick, act now without thinking.
http://slizone.com is wrong address, should have www in it.

Looks bad.

Offline D-EJ915

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free steam game 24 hours only - scam?
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 25 September 2010, 16:08:22 »
report it as a phishing site

Offline Ekaros

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« Reply #4 on: Sat, 25 September 2010, 17:07:05 »
Yep, can see from adress, it should be xxx.Steampowered.com and not steampowered.xxx.com to be legit. Clear phising to me...
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Offline phillip

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« Reply #5 on: Sat, 25 September 2010, 18:56:59 »
why do people fall for this ****

Offline Rajagra

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« Reply #6 on: Sat, 25 September 2010, 19:17:37 »
You must admit this one has an authentic look and feel. Most that I've seen are laughable by comparison.

Plus, there are plenty of legitimate people on the internet who send you links to domain names different to their main one. I think Amazon have done that to me. I never follow the links. But when respectable companies do that to you, how can you tell the honest people from the conmen?

EDIT> Specific example. I have an email from Argos, a popular chain of UK stores whose website is www.argos.co.uk. The email is full of links to www.email-argos.co.uk. I believe the email is legitimate, but I wouldn't dream of using the links on principle, because the site is not the same one that I know for certain is theirs.
« Last Edit: Sat, 25 September 2010, 19:30:57 by Rajagra »

Offline kriminal

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« Reply #7 on: Sat, 25 September 2010, 22:40:36 »
LOL @ ppl that fall for this.
my partner did got his account jacked...
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