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Old 10-27-2010, 06:38 PM   #1
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So I found a site, steamgamesales.com. I thought it was a really good site, it shows all the discounts and price adjustments right on the minute. However, if you want to take part in their give aways which is free games, you have to give your steam id and password and email address. Is this site a scam, has anyone else used it?
 
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Old 10-27-2010, 06:43 PM   #2
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lol?

The site asks for your steam ID, your Steam password and your email address.

Do you really have to ask?
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Old 10-27-2010, 06:48 PM   #3
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ya i think ill pass on this on, just curious is all
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Old 10-27-2010, 06:49 PM   #4
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Well, I run both SteamGameSales, and TF2store, both which operate on Steam OpenID.

SteamGameSales is featured in the stickied thread at the top of this forum.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...d.php?t=518670

TF2store was verified by a moderator here.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...php?p=17919643

Both sites never see your username or password. When you login with Steam OpenID, Steam simply responds to the sites with the Steam ID that just logged in. Therefore, both are entirely secure, and your information never leaves the official Steam site. For example, go login to Steam right now. Then visit either site and click the 'Sign in through Steam' button. You'll never have to enter any information.
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Old 10-27-2010, 06:50 PM   #5
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Never type your password into anything, other then the Steam Client and Steampowered.com

If you are unsure, you can whois the domain and find out if the domain is owned by Valve or not.
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Old 10-27-2010, 06:50 PM   #6
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however, its not the site that asks for it, when you click it it brings you to a steam page that says Why sign in through Steam?
By signing in through Steam, www.steamgamesales.com will be able to identify you within the Steam Community and retrieve your public gameplay information (such as stats and achievements).

Steam will not reveal your username or password to this site, rather a unique numeric identifier will be shared. You should never enter your Steam login credentials into a third party website!
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Old 10-27-2010, 06:52 PM   #7
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That is the most professional Steam scam site I've seen yet!

EDIT: It's not a scam! It sure looks like it due to the poor HTML code and misaligned columns!
Last edited by ernest.: 10-27-2010 at 06:58 PM.
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Old 10-27-2010, 06:53 PM   #8
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Well, I run both SteamGameSales, and TF2store, both which operate on Steam OpenID.

SteamGameSales is featured in the stickied thread at the top of this forum.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...d.php?t=518670

TF2store was verified by a moderator here.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...php?p=17919643

Both sites never see your username or password. When you login with Steam OpenID, Steam simply responds to the sites with the Steam ID that just logged in. Therefore, both are entirely secure, and your information never leaves the official Steam site. For example, go login to Steam right now. Then visit either site and click the 'Sign in through Steam' button. You'll never have to enter any information.
This. I went to SteamGameSales and I didn't have to enter any information. This is because beforehand I logged in through Steam then I did the sing in through Steam thing. I never had to enter in any information. I didn't want to, as I didn't feel safe doing that.
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Old 10-27-2010, 06:55 PM   #9
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I like how people are calling SteamGameSales a scam, without any proof whatsoever. It uses Steam OpenID... so yes it uses Steam stuff, but you don't log in through their website.
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Old 10-27-2010, 06:56 PM   #10
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lol?

The site asks for your steam ID, your Steam password and your email address.

Do you really have to ask?
Please don't jump to conclusions, you don't understand the frustration when you work on developing a site on and off for a year, only to have people assume it's a scam based on false information.

Take a minute to check out the numerous threads on these forums regarding this site, and TF2store.
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Old 10-27-2010, 06:58 PM   #11
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K this puts my mind to ease, thanks guys for your posts I admit I did enter my info at steam game sales but it looks like steam covers your informaion.
Sorry for the trouble and thanks again for the heads up. I dont think i gavce my info to that site but to the sign in with steam so it should be ok
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Old 10-27-2010, 07:00 PM   #12
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Sorry sgs, i didnt mean to call you a scam, I just wasn't sure what was going on, i thin your site rocks
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Old 10-27-2010, 07:19 PM   #13
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After so many people falling for (or reading others falling for) legitimate scams, the Steam API is still having trouble being recognized for what it is. Heck, even garrysmod.org had these sorts of problems.*

*That is, working past the knee-jerk "ITSA SCAM" stigma.

EDIT[2]: Though I wonder how many scam sites have gone to the lengths of faking the Steam OpenID button and page. Remember, only enter your information on the "Log In Through Steam" page's URL is "steamcommunity.com".
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Old 10-27-2010, 07:20 PM   #14
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Sorry sgs, i didnt mean to call you a scam, I just wasn't sure what was going on, i thin your site rocks
No worries, it happens every time the site comes up. It looks like a moderator already assumed the same and deleted my thread about the upcoming game giveaways. It's really unfortunate, but I can't blame people for being skeptical. Anyway though, I'm glad you like the site, and hopefully I'll see you around in the discussions.
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Old 10-27-2010, 07:59 PM   #15
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so is it legit?
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