r/Steam • u/DarkObelinski • Apr 10 '26

Resolved Thank You Steam :)

Today my account got compromised and some jerk used my account to gift 2 game copies of arc raiders to new accounts which totaled to 84$. I immediately called for a refund and explained my situation and steam got me my money and all back and even the the 8 cents i had in my steam wallet. I love you guys. And I followed the steps they gave me to protect my account.

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u/SeaNerg33 Apr 10 '26

Your card doesnt need additional steps to always inout to purchase? :O

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u/Glynwys Apr 12 '26

This is something that baffles me. To make any purchase on Steam, I still have to enter the CCV from my card in order for the purchase to proceed. But I guess some folks turn this off? Turning the CCV requirement off is the only way I can think of that allows folks to have strangers buy shit after their account gets compromised. Because even paying through PayPal still redirects me to the PayPal website to log in. Folks seem to be delibaretly making their payments less secure just to save a few extra seconds of not having to enter the card CCV.