Evidence Provided Report: 76561198105910493 - ([TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items)

Scam Report

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

Accused profile: 76561198105910493

Victim profile: 76561198097170886

What happened? Description:

The accused user, added me and claimed that he was interested in one of my tf2 items saying he would buy a pair of buds for a 65$ Visa Card Prepaid. This seemed sketchy to me since I do know that since buds are available on the market, this user could basically get the bud for 50% off if he went through the steam market. I then let the user know he could get a better deal on the steam market. After telling me that he wants a 1:1 trade even though the steam market is cheaper, I went for it asking for him to find a steam middleman. He found a "steamrep middleman" who was in fact an impersonator. After having a chat with the "middleman" and the trader himself I let them know that I knew they were scammers, and impersonators. They then admitted to the crime. Screenshots are below.

Fake middlemans info:
| steamname: ☆Penguin The Fluffy
| steam3ID: [U:1:163326904]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:0:81663452
| steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198123592632
| customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/PeguinPrince
| steamrep: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198123592632

NOTE: the middleman has already renamed himself.
All screenshots of both chats with the middleman and chats with the trader are included below:

Chat with Trader:

http://i.imgur.com/qC4OD2j.png
http://i.imgur.com/wbeFJhs.png
http://i.imgur.com/IMOsrkW.png
http://i.imgur.com/kJTXl6V.png
http://i.imgur.com/MQJS5er.png
http://i.imgur.com/I2ygnhB.png
http://i.imgur.com/PYi0kuI.png
http://i.imgur.com/vpuKjJ9.png
http://i.imgur.com/axWPk45.png
http://i.imgur.com/A6IyMFQ.png
http://i.imgur.com/IqvJmul.png
http://i.imgur.com/w70Lqeg.png
http://i.imgur.com/tZEydmZ.png
http://i.imgur.com/qcuN81j.png

Chat with fake middleman:

http://i.imgur.com/otcTSii.png
http://i.imgur.com/IcqcPGS.png
http://i.imgur.com/U9njyKd.png

Proof of Identity of both users:
http://i.imgur.com/vJZGa8k.png
http://i.imgur.com/d4JXxn6.png​

Provide Evidence:

Ive included the screenshots for the proof of scam attempt both through imgur links and through the upload button due to the fact that the chats were very long. With long chats the screenshots exceeded the maximum amount of uploads. Thanks.​

Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone has yet to look at this thread. Posted it over a week and a half ago and have noticed that by this time, both the middleman and the scammer have both traded all items of value out of their accounts.Thanks,
Gorny

Hey there,
Just wondering if anyone has had the time to look at my report yet????
Thanks

Posted a fake middleman attempt scam report on September 27th. Had the best proof provided, with both of them admitting to the crime. Had screenshots everything. Steam rep hasn't touched it yet, both of them saw the reports, made alts traded all valuables away. Disappointed in the work done by the Steam Rep admins in regards to this thread (Work done=NOTHING). Due to that, I seriously can't see myself ever filing another report in this abandoned place.

CLOSE THIS THREAD!
Regards,
Gorny

Hello @UnderGorny,

It's important that everyone understand that SteamRep is a small volunteer organization helping a 75-million member community. Not every report will receive a response (and definitely not always right away). Not even Valve can handle all of the community's reports and they have incredible income. We're definitely not going to be able to do the same level of investigation on every individual report and you shouldn't expect that. Even if we tripled our staff, there's simply no volunteer group that can handle such volume and the growth in this scene. (Gone are the days of a mere dozen trade servers to monitor and an in-game TF2 trade window.)

We prioritize reports for investigation based on a number of factors-- we will publish those after our staff finishes rounding out some of the priorities and we run them by our partner admins. We'll also be updating the scam report form to set expectations accordingly for new submitters.

One key thing we prioritize for investigation, though, is the quantity of scam reports submitted against an account. By submitting a report against a repeat offender, you help ensure they do get banned as quickly as possible through the community and provide guidance to other traders on your experience with them. SteamRep provides a public capture of these reports so traders can educate themselves and do better research even if each report can't be analyzed right away. We feel it's better to have these situations logged rather than lost entirely (e.g. if you report a violation on Steam, it helps Valve know quantities, but may not help traders understand what actually happened so they can make their own decisions to protect themselves).
Hello @UnderGorny, Evidence reviewed and ready for admin to process.