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Friend got scammed, helping him, need help myself.

Discussion in 'SteamRep General Discussion' started by Meerk, Oct 8, 2014.

  1. Meerk

    Meerk New User

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    I stumbled upon a trade, it was strange, mainly because of the comments,

    User,
    http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198109369803
    Posted a trade offer, of an unusual whirly warrior c9.

    In the comments, a user, http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198072051797
    claimed he wanted his unusual back, I got curious and asked what happened,

    The user added me saying he got scammed, so ever since around 3 hours ago, i've been helping him.
    The buyer said he'll give money to the scam victim, obviously, after he traded the unusual, the buyer pretending he already sent the cash, and ignored the user.

    He has proof of sending the trade and his paypal history,
    We just don't know what to do, we found the scammers most likely alt : http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198156935484
    And by likely, I mean really likely, all the signs its an alt, and we predict he might move the unusual there.

    The scammer is obviously scared, this is probably his first time, he saw an opportunity and took it,
    He said he will give the unusual back in 5 days, but that most likely is false, and probally is planning something.

    Me and my friend never stumbled across this before, and all I want is for him to get his unusual back,
    So we need help, from some experienced folks on here, what do we do?
  2. Meerk

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    : NOTE :
    He just now changed his profile to private, and changed his name.

    Its obvious he is the scammer, we just need directions.
  3. SIVARTZ

    SIVARTZ Retired Staff

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    Tell your new acquaintance that he needs to file a report with us. SteamRep is not affiliated with VALVe or Steam in any way so we(SteamRep) can not recover lost or stolen items.
    We are here to help the community and protect them from potential scammers. Please refer to this before making a report. http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/submission-fundamentals.60254/
  4. Meerk

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    I planned to reply this to the other staff member who commented, but here it is, we have all proof other then chat logs, he lost those, unless there is some way to view them?
  5. gukingofheart

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    I seen some scammers give back the items after being marked. Some scammers gave it back out of fear of being marked.
    All depends on the scammer type.
  6. Meerk

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    He said he'll give it back, and said it'll take him 5 days,

    But him recently changing his profile to private and ignoring us is showing bad faith.
  7. SIVARTZ

    SIVARTZ Retired Staff

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    Making restitution is just one part of an appeal. This does not mean that they will get their tag removed if they are actually banned by SR.
  8. Meerk

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    Friend is filing a report, we highly doubt hes going to give it back, we hope he does, but.. yeah.
    I assume he is planning something, there isn't a way he can get away clean can he?
    I mean, we can easily track the item history and find out if he swapped the items to an alt.
  9. Meerk

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    He filed the report, http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/report-76561198109369803-tf2-team-fortress-2-items.79817/
    Does it look good, do we have enough proof to take him down?
  10. SilentReaper(SR)

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    the 5 days is just stalling things to get him time to sell it.
  11. Meerk

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    Looks like it, but we don't have the chat logs, so we are screwed, :/
    Hopefully we get better luck with steam support, but knowing them.. ehhh.
  12. Meerk

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    We just got some chat logs, fresh, what do we do? I think there is enough proof with the logs now.
  13. SDACE

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    pics of a confession!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Meerk likes this.
  14. Meerk

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    Note : this is from the suspected alt, which is proving it is indeed the alt of ExObvious.
    Hopefully this is enough to take him down!
  15. SDACE

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    more talking with him!!

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  16. SilentReaper(SR)

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    put that on that report, not here.
  17. Meerk

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    We have,
  18. SDACE

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    No one has gotten back to us on the report yet!! :(. I hope someone does soon!!!
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