People are stupid, will fall for the most obvious scams and then they'll proceed to blame everything and everybody but themselves.

People can't stop clicking malicious links and giving away their account info.

It's nothing new. https://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/oldnews/19618

The only thing different is the amount of users on Steam now.

greed is the usual culprit

people see they are getting something for free and they stop thinking clearly

the sties that prey on these people seem to be legit so they ignore the warnings

then there are those that scared by the accidental reporting scam

they move before they think it through and come to the boards after they realize it

The question isn't why or how people get scammed, but why this forum is inundated by all these threads. Go back a month in time, and maybe one out of ten. Threads would be about scams. It's now like every other thread. It's starting to read like the Vac forum. Just curious if anyone had any idea as to why the sudden shift.

引用自 cSg|mc-Hotsauce：

The only thing different is the amount of users on Steam now.

The other thing thats different is the amount of scammers, bots and spam.
And while Steam is infested with all of that, their services continually breaking and not working, they dont seem to care very much and seem to think that slapping another warning message on chats is going to do anything.

引用自 Dodece：

The question isn't why or how people get scammed, but why this forum is inundated by all these threads. Go back a month in time, and maybe one out of ten. Threads would be about scams. It's now like every other thread. It's starting to read like the Vac forum. Just curious if anyone had any idea as to why the sudden shift.

Steam has over 100m active users and chunk of them happily use 3rd party sites. There are no new scams or vulnerabilities coming to fruition so chances are something has happened on one of these sites and people are coming here about it. Also waves of users sometimes fall for the same scam in a period which results in them all posting in the forum wondering what happened. There really isn't any increased volume or risks where these are concerned - just the usual people falling for the same old scam in their droves.

引用自 Dodece：

I couldn't help noticing that half the threads on the front page. Are about scams or folks who have had their account hijacked. Is this like a yearly occurrence, have things gotten so terrible, or are there other possible explanations? Just curious if anyone else has any ideas.

There has been dozens daily for years. Your brain starts to filter them out once you spend long enough time on Steam Community. Same with feature xyz that has been requested 10000+ times on these forums. It's just your brain trying to maintain your sanity. You'll get used to it eventually.

Generation Z

引用自 cSg|mc-Hotsauce：

People can't stop clicking malicious links and giving away their account info.

This in a nutshell.

The average user does not consider the risks involved and will quite happily believe what they're told, click a link and log in anywhere to get what they want, it's only after being scammed that they realise the dangers of clicking links.

引用自 t9：

Generation Z

Actually I'm pretty sure Gen Z still had this in the bag. We're already two gens ahead of Gen Z now...

引用自 Trollhammer：

People are stupid, will fall for the most obvious scams and then they'll proceed to blame everything and everybody but themselves.

Not everyone here is young and skeptical.

引用自 #6b35a1：

引用自 Trollhammer：

People are stupid, will fall for the most obvious scams and then they'll proceed to blame everything and everybody but themselves.

Not everyone here is young and skeptical.

Studies show that young people are th biggest group of "victims"

引用自 Dodece：

The question isn't why or how people get scammed, but why this forum is inundated by all these threads.

You haven't seen these forums inundated by all these threads, believe me.

引用自 Dodece：

The question isn't why or how people get scammed, but why this forum is inundated by all these threads.

The former answers the latter. You have to remember those who were scammed don't exactly have the best thought process with things, hence being scammed to begin with. Take that thought process and apply it to when looking for help. Sure, one could use google and find an answer quickly on how it happened and the results but for one reason or another choose to post here regarding it. As you see there are a few topics regarding it, meaning some of those people also did not bother to read the existing topics that would have answered any of their questions. To answer your question though, they panic and post here instead of research after the scam. You would of course be better off asking those who are posting here as to why they did post, only they can answer that.

引用自 t9：

引用自 #6b35a1：

Not everyone here is young and skeptical.

Studies show that young people are th biggest group of "victims"

says where? i thought old people were the ones getting scammed thte most.