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Did I just almost get scammed?
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Hello,

"Ranger" added me on Steam and asked me whether I could play in their team in 30 minutes. I declined and he asked me to vote for his team "PanicAttack" on a eSports website. The website looked fine at first, until I noticed that all links force me to login via Steam and I can't even see the "About" page without it. Also, the Terms & Conditions were not clickable. My google-fu failed me on that gaming site as well.

Is that a kind of scam and was I lucky I didn't log in or was I just overly paranoid?

The site is

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Hello,

"Ranger" added me on Steam and asked me whether I could play in their team in 30 minutes. I declined and he asked me to vote for his team "PanicAttack" on a eSports website. The website looked fine at first, until I noticed that all links force me to login via Steam and I can't even see the "About" page without it. Also, the Terms & Conditions were not clickable. My google-fu failed me on that gaming site as well.

Is that a kind of scam and was I lucky I didn't log in or was I just overly paranoid?

The site is [spoiler]POSSIBLESCAMproplayitDOTcomPOSSIBLESCAM[/spoiler]
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Faint Gaming
27 Frags +

Yes

Yes
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#3
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You can tell because TF2 wouldn't be on an esport website.

You can tell because TF2 wouldn't be on an esport website.
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#4
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if someone asks you to merc in Europe and it’s not ugc or etf2l you should remove them

if someone asks you to merc in Europe and it’s not ugc or etf2l you should remove them
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#5
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also rest in peace to wireplay

also rest in peace to wireplay
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#6
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x

x
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#7
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FireIf you use steam openid (aka login with steam) you will always enter your credentials on steamcommunity.com and not on the websites domain.

this is true but be careful as some websites (like the one OP mentioned) use popups with fake address bars that look like steamcommunity but aren't.

[quote=Fire]If you use steam openid (aka login with steam) you will always enter your credentials on steamcommunity.com and not on the websites domain.[/quote]

this is true but be careful as some websites (like the one OP mentioned) use popups with fake address bars that look like steamcommunity but aren't.
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#8
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BilbertYou can tell because TF2 wouldn't be on an esport website.

Heh, true enough. It occurs only later in the list after bigger titles like Dota and CSGO, though. He also asked me specific questions like "What are your best classes?" which don't really fit in many other games on that page. So, props to him for wasting both our times, I guess.

[quote=Bilbert]You can tell because TF2 wouldn't be on an esport website.[/quote]

Heh, true enough. It occurs only later in the list after bigger titles like Dota and CSGO, though. He also asked me specific questions like "What are your best classes?" which don't really fit in many other games on that page. So, props to him for wasting both our times, I guess.
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