---
id: 6577
title: "Hacking a Massive Steam Scamming and Phishing Operation for Fun and Profit"
source_domain: samcurry.net
source_url: "https://samcurry.net/hacking-a-massive-steam-scamming-and-phishing-operation-for-fun-and-profit"
published_at: "2018-05-09T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "phishing", "social-engineering", "fraud", "gaming", "scam", "steam"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6577"
lang: en
---

# Hacking a Massive Steam Scamming and Phishing Operation for Fun and Profit

## Summary

Spam friend requests led Sam Curry to a massive Steam skin-gambling scam: he probed the operation's fake gambling sites and infrastructure, exposing how players' accounts and items get stolen.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** samcurry.net
- **Published:** 2018-05-09T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://samcurry.net/hacking-a-massive-steam-scamming-and-phishing-operation-for-fun-and-profit
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6577