Archived Report: 76561198116901383 - ([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: 76561198116901383

Victim profile: 76561198034072369

What happened? Description:

I was recently approached by someone who wanted to buy some TF2 keys that I was carrying around. Everything seemed Normal, They bought 40 - 60 dollars CAD worth of the stuff via PayPal and I sent my things over.

I had them type in the message box that they were purchasing virtual goods, would not charge back, and their Steam ID.

After a bit of time had passed I got a bunch of messages from PayPal about unauthorized payments. I messaged the person about it and they haven't replied since. This was on "13 Jan, 2016 @ 4:08pm" I disputed the claim as I had the screenshots and transaction, however after some digging, I realized the account probably didn't actually belong to the person that paid for the items (hence unauthorized payment).

I have some screenshots from conversation, as well as the PayPal transaction itself and I am disclosing them with this message.

Trading up from nothing to having TF2 keys to trade for various other things took a lot of time and effort, I understand that the mistake was mostly my fault, though it's really disheartening to feel like that all was stolen from you and for nothing. When things in life started getting tough, I decided to sell some of my virtual goods to try and help a little. I also understand that this part of the message is unnecessary and may not even be relevant, but life sucks sometimes.​

Provide Evidence:

I had to scratch out the owner's address and name, I feel like this user who scammed me stole, or someone got a hold of this person's PayPal information, and I don't see it right to share that kind of information if they really weren't involved.

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Here are the conversations, Steam ID info, and trade:

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Forgot to add; His Steam ID matches (top left) the one he added to the PayPal message.

You also replied in my thread, It seems like this user uses multiple paypal accounts. He also scammed me.

I suggest transferring the money and deleting all your info. He'll likely win cause its virtual and he can just say charge back

I looked into that, it was weird. Right after the trade I transferred the money to my bank (this is before I knew I was being scammed). It went through, but because the transaction is on hold now, PayPal says I owe them the money back (negative balance). I saw the money in my bank account, but I couldn't delete any of my info because it held onto it due to the fact that I owed them money. I also couldn't make purchases with paypal because of the Negative balance. So I transferred the money back over, but I had to pay more than I received because the conversion rate changed. Super annoying.

If you can put it pack in paypal then remove the info then transferring it to a new paypal. i was talking about abandoning the account entirely and transferring it to a new one even though itll go negative paypal wont pursue you. Only for large transactions.