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Declined Report: 76561198088803050 - ([TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items)

Discussion in 'Archived Reports' started by Darth Zed, Aug 17, 2014.

  1. Darth Zed

    Darth Zed New User

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    Scam Report

    Report Type: [Money] PayPal scam or scam attempt
    Virtual item type involved: [TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items

    Accused profile: 76561198088803050

    Victim profile: 76561198002674263

    What happened? Description:
    We had been chatting for several days as he was apparently waiting to charge his paypal account to buy an unusual and several other items from me.

    He messaged me saying he way ready, got my email info and claimed he wanted to send the money after. Being gun shy, I came to steam rep first and found 3 scam reports against him for this exact situation. Reading them, one chat log seemed to be exactly our conversation.

    >waiting to charge
    >taking several minutes to get paypal ready
    > confirming the email twice
    >wanting to get items first
    >and sending me a block with the trade info and the phrase "Will not chargeback after trade"

    Which ended in him taking an unusual and not sending any money.


    After I mentioned I was reading steam rep, he quickly stated he understands I want money first and removed me from his friends list.​

    Provide Evidence:
    I have a large section of the chat, everything was before this was just haggling and making the deal talked about in this chat, it was originally 150 for an unusual, then 180 for the same unusual plus 7 painted vintage hats.

    It's somewhat large being as it stretched over 3 days as he was apparently getting money to charge his paypal.​

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  2. Darth Zed

    Darth Zed New User

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    Oh, and I forgot to mention, however it is in chat. He claims to have 20+ pages of rep on his profile.

    However on his profile is just the phrase "I have over 20 pages of rep" with no link or proof of the actual rep existing.
  3. Aeryhal

    Aeryhal Unconfirmed Reports

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    IMHO this is a potential scam attempt,but what if he did really have the money ready for the transition?You can't mark a person basing on a few chats that could be even true.
  4. Darth Zed

    Darth Zed New User

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    I agree, that is true.

    It was just quite suspicious that he ran off the moment I said I was looking at his steamrep.

    Like literally I said that and he replied and removed me within 10-15 seconds.

    And another report, granted one that didn't have screenshots but just a copied chat log, does have essentially the exact same chat log almost word for word he gave me and that one DID (at least claim) to end with stolen items. Only difference with me is I always go for money first out of principle, rather lose a trade than get scammed like that, so I didn't actually fall into this scam if indeed that was what it was so I don't have the definitive proof of a finalized scam.

    Also he DID lie about having a bunch of positive rep so that's gotta be a black mark. You can see he said it in the screen shotted logs, and go to his profile and see there isn't any rep nor a link to any source of rep.
  5. Darth Zed

    Darth Zed New User

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    Edit, seems there are a bunch of comments I couldn't see before for whatever reason. However there isn't a rep site listed, just comments.
  6. Sjru

    Sjru Retired Staff

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    Hello, can you give a screenshot of ALL your paypal history?
    Make sure it shows at least one month of history.

    Also give your trading history.
  7. Aeryhal

    Aeryhal Unconfirmed Reports

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    About the rep stuff,I think he was referring at the +reps on his profile,because he does have 20+ pages of +reps. Here it is his profile to check http://steamcommunity.com/id/alebrea/
  8. Darth Zed

    Darth Zed New User

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    Sure, that said I didn't fall for it so this particular action isn't in my history, in fact my paypal is empty for like a year since I never use it.



    And yeah, I noticed the comments section afterwards, I think it didn't load for me when I first looked at his profile, the steam community was kinda bugging out when I did.

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  9. Sjru

    Sjru Retired Staff

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    Steam:
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    Hello, @Darth Zed.

    Thank you for your report! It has been marked for review and an SR admin will handle it ASAP.
  10. RainbowFart

    RainbowFart New User

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    Hello, i'm albera.
    I saw this report and i didn't say to him that i have to go first, and he didn't gave me items too.
  11. Mattie!

    Mattie! SteamRep Admin

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    Thanks for the info-- this isn't enough to ban him, but I'm reviewing the other reports and this will be kept in mind. Thanks for the heads-up.