Author Topic: Those scammers are getting sneakier.  (Read 5789 times)

December 08, 2006, 09:42:02 AM
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Lightning Blue

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Dear steam user.
In this time, we ask all of out users to validate their ownership to
ensure that we have no unused accounts, nor empty ones.
Please reply to this email with your account information such as username,
password and email.

Thank you.
VALVe Staff.

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December 08, 2006, 09:59:43 AM
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you better reply... who knows WHAT valve will do if you don't get validated!!

December 08, 2006, 10:00:50 AM
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PS what's the reply to email address, I better validate too  ;)

December 08, 2006, 02:45:21 PM
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They are getting better, but it is still lacking. It is so annoying how terrible spammers' spelling and grammar are. There is no way anyone should be fooled by them. For example, there are many things that should be capitalized or use alternate punctuation in that email. /odd_rant
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December 09, 2006, 02:21:09 AM
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I might try replying to it later with faked info, from an email created just for it, hmmm.
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December 13, 2006, 01:34:15 PM
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and yet people still fall for it...

*chuckles*  people sometimes are so thick skulled it's hilarious.


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January 07, 2007, 05:13:04 PM
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Maybe we should become the lunixmonster scammers and harvest steam accounts!

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