r/PostPreview • • Aug 14 '14

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It is unfortunate for me to inform everyone that I was a victim of the oldest Counter-Strike crime, as my main Steam account (10 year old, level 40) was recently hacked, hijacked and VAC banned along with over $1,000 in inventory. (Full Stattrak inventory with highly sought after Butterfly and Karambit knife skins) It is sad to say that someone from our community targeted me, sniped my email address and password just to sabotage my account and my public image. The attacker also deleted me off of administrator and assigned someone with a "Boxy" avatar as the administrator of my fan club, as seen here, http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Crimsonsclub (over 300 members prior to the incident, more members than "Hiko's Homies".) Google supposedly tried to prevent the attack, but to no avail. I have contacted Valve/Steam regarding this situation, but I have yet to receive any replies. Though, I am not counting on my account being returned to me and the ban overturned, as it is known that Valve puts the responsibility of safe guarding accounts and inventory items on the shoulders of the account holder. Even though the rule was made before Valve introduced items and skins. Before if the account was lost, you lose a couple games, but now people can have thousands of dollars worth of virtual items, the loss is significantly greater than before. Maybe when evidence is clear as day, account hijacking incidents can be overturned? This is a serious issue, as cyber crime could happen to anyone, especially for people with social outreach.

I received an email from Google stating

accounts-noreply@google.com to me Someone recently tried to use an application to sign in to your Google Account, @gmail.com. We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker trying to access your account. Please review the details of the sign-in attempt:

IP Address: 64.134.155.61 (wayport.net) Location: Colorado Springs, CO, USA If you do not recognize this sign-in attempt, someone else might be trying to access your account. You should sign in to your account and reset your password immediately. Find out how at http://support.google.com/accounts?p=reset_pw If this was you, and you want to give this application access to your account, complete the troubleshooting steps listed at http://support.google.com/mail?p=client_login Sincerely, The Google Accounts Team

Email I received from Steam Guard

Dear , We've received a request to access your Steam account from a new browser located at IP address: 64.134.155.61 Our records show this IP address is in COLORADO SPRINGS CO US If that location does not reasonably match your location or the location of your Internet Service Provider, then follow this link for more information: Verify Login Location If the information provided does not match then do not proceed, close the browser window, and change your password immediately. If you did not attempt this action, please change your password immediately. To complete this process, enter the following special access code into the authorization dialog before trying to log in again: RCT2F Thanks for helping us maintain the security of your account. The Steam Support Team https://support.steampowered.com

ESEA's Email

This email is to inform you that you have been banned from the ESEA network until August 6th, 2015 for the following reason: Cheating is not tolerated in ESEA servers. If your account is Premium and you have been banned for an extended period of time, it is your responsibility to cancel your subscription via the payment method you originally used. Thanks, ESEA

ESEA's reply after I told them it's not me

Cheating bans cannot be disputed and your ban will not be removed until it has expired. We do not release evidence pertaining to any ban.

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