Accepted Report: 76561198122450284 - (Hope Akpan / [TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items)

Scam Report

Report Type: [Rep Fraud] Impersonation with intent to defraud
Virtual item type involved: [TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items

Accused profile: 76561198122450284 (Hope Akpan)

Victim profile: 76561198079334270

What happened? Description:

Guy added me asking about my unusual, he wanted me to send the unusual to a friend of mine. After some search I realized that he wanted to pull of an impersonation scam with my friends profile to steal my unusual. He have 5 reported friends and some of them got banned for the exact same impersonation scams. I inculte logs too, there was a moment where he forgot why he added me (we are talking about a 5.5 bud unusual)

Logs:

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#kakmak Lowstar*: hey
Hope Akpan: hi
Hope Akpan: do you need buds for your unusual ?
#kakmak Lowstar*: yup
Hope Akpan: okay
Hope Akpan: how many buds for that ?
#kakmak Lowstar*: let me calculate
Hope Akpan: okay
#kakmak Lowstar*: about 5 buds + 10 keys
#kakmak Lowstar*: since buds are 18 keys now
Hope Akpan: okay
Hope Akpan: but wait can you provide me a proof
#kakmak Lowstar*: sure thing
Hope Akpan: do you hav trusted friend to hold the unusual,before i buy the buds at market
#kakmak Lowstar*: unfortunaltely you are only able to buy keys on steam market
#kakmak Lowstar*: but i can take 100 keys
Hope Akpan: yup but i dont buy at steam market
Hope Akpan: sure
Hope Akpan: let me add him
#kakmak Lowstar*: http://backpack.tf/unusuals/Reggaelator
#kakmak Lowstar*: search for Kill-a-Watt
#kakmak Lowstar*: its 6 bud, im asking 5
Hope Akpan: okay
Hope Akpan: we go for 5 buds+10 keys right
#kakmak Lowstar*: yup
Hope Akpan: link me your friend
#kakmak Lowstar*: look im holding the unu
Hope Akpan: as a proof only
#kakmak Lowstar*: i do have a friend i could send the unu but
#kakmak Lowstar*: hes offline right now
Hope Akpan: okay
Hope Akpan: no other friend or we wait
#kakmak Lowstar*: http://steamcommunity.com/economy/item/440/2/2438215169/?l=english&o_url=lowstar

Hope Akpan: okay we can wait him
#kakmak Lowstar*: okay
#kakmak Lowstar*: but he will ask the same price, and hes not a noob
#kakmak Lowstar*: A guy called swordman adds me. He talks to me how he wants my friend to hold my unusual while he buys keys/buds w/e so he can buy it. Then a fake account of my friend's with exactly the same picture and name but with a . in the name trades me and i do not realise. This account has not given me any friend requests or anything whatsoever, so I am heavily confused how it got the chance to send me trade requests. The guy called swordman then offers to buy all my buds, at which point i decline the obvious scam. I have still lost the unusual which was a Dead cone with Disco Beat Down effect.
#kakmak Lowstar*: lollololol
#kakmak Lowstar*: guess what im gonna do now
Hope Akpan: i can help you
Hope Akpan: can you link me his profile
#kakmak Lowstar*: yes you can help me
Hope Akpan: okay
#kakmak Lowstar*: explain the scam
#kakmak Lowstar*: lol​

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