Reported by users on Steam, scam website ‘steamonlinereward.webs.com’ claims to offer in-game rewards for Valve’s MOBA title DotA 2 in exchange for your personal details.
I know, I know, most of us won’t be suckered in by sites like this, but it’s still worth pointing them out when they pop up. Some people are being conned after all.
You can read more about the scam over at the Malwarebytes blog, where malware analyst Christopher Boyd has been looking into it; ”With so many users, DotA is rich pickings for anybody wanting to do some account harvesting,” Boyd writes. ”If scammers don’t want your account, they’ll almost certainly want to try and scam some valuable in-game items via the trading screen instead. Brush up on some Steam account security tips and always think twice before jumping on the tempting offer of the week bandwagon. More often than not, the wheels are bound to come off…”
Wise words.