Emergency Banana Productions

Earlier this morning I was contacted by a user claiming to be a steam account something bot. Evidently this was a fraud. I discovered that this individual had hijacked the account of one of my steam friends. Upon replying to him he responded. A thought occurred that I had the chance be the first person to ever interview a Steam Account Thief (That I know of).

This is a real conversation that occurred between this person and myself.

Never tell your password to anyone!!!!!
IP Validation Bot#8 : Hello Steam user. We have been monitoring your Steam account, and have noticed that there are more than one IP Adresses logging into it at different intervals during the day. We belive that one or more persons may have your Steam account password. Please login to our steam IP Validatior, [Scam Site], and verify that the account you are using is yours. After doing this, you will recive A message in the E-mail saying that your account is okay. This has been an automated message from Steam. And again, the adress is [Scam Site]. Also: If you have any problems, or just want to ask questions, feel free to type !help to connect you to A live Steam admin.
IP Validation Bot#8 is now Offline.
IP Validation Bot#8 is now Online.
Mechlord: Hey
IP Validation Bot#8: his account was stolen
IP Validation Bot#8: sorry.
Mechlord: Really?
IP Validation Bot#8: You’re talking to the cluprit.
IP Validation Bot#8: [Steam Account]
IP Validation Bot#8: oops
Mechlord: weeeeel
Mechlord: Hmm
Mechlord: Sure it’s not Krad?
IP Validation Bot#8: Lol
IP Validation Bot#8: Why would he put his name as <—
Mechlord: Because he’s Krad
IP Validation Bot#8: I’m [Name]
Mechlord: Did you really steal his account?
IP Validation Bot#8: Yeah
Mechlord: hmm
IP Validation Bot#8: or I wouldn’t have this cp’d
IP Validation Bot#8 : Hello Steam user. We have been monitoring your Steam account, and have noticed that there are more than one IP Adresses logging into it at different intervals during the day. We belive that one or more persons may have your Steam account password. Please login to our steam IP Validatior, [Scam Site], and verify that the account you are using is yours. After doing this, you will recive A message in the E-mail saying that your account is okay. This has been an automated message from Steam. And again, the adress is [Scam Site] Also: If you have any problems, or just want to ask questions, feel free to type !help to connect you to A live Steam admin.
Mechlord: Is that automatic?
IP Validation Bot#8: Yep, coded the bot for it myself.
Mechlord: Are you part of a group or do you do it all by yourself?
IP Validation Bot#8: Just me.
Mechlord: What do you do with the accounts?
Mechlord: Do you sell them?
IP Validation Bot#8: Sell/use
IP Validation Bot#8: Gotta make some l4d hacks, so I’ll be on this one for A while/.
Mechlord: how do you sell them?
IP Validation Bot#8: [Stolen Account Sales Site]
Mechlord: As is how would I buy one?
Mechlord: k
IP Validation Bot#8: add me on msn if you want one.
IP Validation Bot#8: [IM Account]
Mechlord: I don’t have msn
Mechlord: WHat’s your thread on the forums?
IP Validation Bot#8: Well that’s how kH does most of their deals.
Mechlord: hmm
IP Validation Bot#8: [Stolen Account Sales Site]
IP Validation Bot#8: or aim
Mechlord: You know we are talking right now
Mechlord: In a fashion similar to MSN
IP Validation Bot#8: But steam can read this chat
IP Validation Bot#8: So if you sell an account, they can read the account name, and disable it.
IP Validation Bot#8: LOL
Mechlord: ah
IP Validation Bot#8: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tehmostelite/announcements/detail/91334866865326365
IP Validation Bot#8: I lol’d
IP Validation Bot#8: So, I guess the guy that owned this account was a good guy?
Mechlord: Yeeeeeah
Mechlord: I do feel sorry for him
IP Validation Bot#8: I don’t.
IP Validation Bot#8: Remorse is for the dead anyways.
Mechlord: hmm
Mechlord: Does it work often?
IP Validation Bot#8: Very.
Mechlord: So many fish in the sea
IP Validation Bot#8: I could sell you A phisher similar to this one for 10$
Mechlord: It runs from keyboard and command imputs or is it connected with steam?
IP Validation Bot#8: look
IP Validation Bot#8: [Scam Site]
IP Validation Bot#8: Go there, type anything you want.
IP Validation Bot#8: In user/pass
IP Validation Bot#8: Not your reall account name though
Mechlord: Obviously
Mechlord: Oh
IP Validation Bot#8: steamAccountName=blah
steamPassword=blah
Mechlord: No I meant the chat thing
IP Validation Bot#8: ^^
Mechlord: The automatic chat thing
IP Validation Bot#8: Ahh, spambot
Mechlord: As I was asking before, does that use imput commands and such?
IP Validation Bot#8: Yep/
Mechlord: k
Mechlord: Why the green favicon insteas of a steam one?
Mechlord: The hosting?
IP Validation Bot#8: Idk.
Mechlord: How do yu prevent people from getting their accounts back using password retrieval?
Mechlord: wait, can you change that
Mechlord: Ah
IP Validation Bot#8: ^^
Mechlord: I remember, you can change the email
IP Validation Bot#8: And secrect question
Mechlord: yes
Mechlord: What about people getting it back through valve?
Mechlord: Have you lost accounts to that?
IP Validation Bot#8: They can, but some don’t know it’s possible ^^
IP Validation Bot#8: brb
Mechlord: k
IP Validation Bot#8 is now Offline.

Since retrieval of accounts should be left up to the hijacked user, I shall have further questions for this person in the near future.