Accepted Report: 76561198156484574 - ([TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items)

Scam Report

Report Type: [Item Fraud] Quick-switch trade scam or attempt
Virtual item type involved: [TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items

Accused profile: 76561198156484574

Victim profile: 76561198119039257

What happened? Description:

Earlier today I was asked if my Australium Flamethrower can be barrowed due to him selling his entire backpack for an unusual he has longed for with him explaining that he will pay me back in four days. Being the nice guy I am, I accept his offer. About 30 minutes later I am blocked and removed from his friends list. I knew this person since the 18th of December and I met him on a server known as HigherNation's bloodgulch.​

Provide Evidence:

Here is the full chat as shown:
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Sunday, January 04, 2015
TheOfficialPortal: I got mah nigg
Pyro™: Hey man
Pyro™: It's me
Pyro™: So how's tradin
TheOfficialPortal: gud
Pyro™: Well do you remmeber me?
Pyro™: Pyronator
TheOfficialPortal: Ye
Pyro™: Well
Pyro™: Can i ask ya a favor?
TheOfficialPortal: Sure
Pyro™: Well,I'm trading my WHOLE bp for a quicksell SCORCHING Team captain,i need like about a bud or 2 in sweets,i was wondering if you could lend me your aussie flame thrower,i'll pay ya back soon,i will be buying one later,and give it to you,thank you alot
TheOfficialPortal: Oh s✿✿✿
Pyro™: Yeah
Pyro™: scorching tc
Pyro™: too op
Pyro™: So
Pyro™: Can you do it
Pyro™: I'll pay you back
Pyro™: a proffesional KS one
TheOfficialPortal: I may need to go over a few thoughts
Pyro™: I'm sorry i went to go to you
Pyro™: And annoyed you
Pyro™: but the thing is
Pyro™: all my friends
Pyro™: f✿✿✿✿✿✿ scammed me and ran away
Pyro™: ;.;
TheOfficialPortal: I'll think about it bro.
Pyro™: Ok
Pyro™: Just remmember,i will pay you back,an aussie prof ks flame thrower
Pyro™: so
Pyro™: So what do you think?
TheOfficialPortal: I'm not sure yet mang
Pyro™: I Kinda don't have much time,he's taking the pure offer if i don't respond
Pyro™: ;.;
TheOfficialPortal: Oh f✿✿✿
Pyro™: Yeah
Pyro™: I'd really apreciate it
TheOfficialPortal: s✿✿✿ dude. I hate to turn down the offer but I'm afraid I have to ;-;
Pyro™: ;.;
Pyro™: But i will pay you back
TheOfficialPortal: I'm afraid of being scammed.
Pyro™: If i could
Pyro™: like give you somthing for insurance i would
Pyro™: but
Pyro™: I'm tradaing my whole bp
Pyro™: So
Pyro™: k?
Pyro™ is now playing Team Fortress 2. Click here to join.
TheOfficialPortal: I really don't know ;-;
Pyro™: ;.;
Pyro™: pl0x
TheOfficialPortal: My question is, how will you be able to pay me back if you're selling your bp for that one item?
Pyro™: Getting paid from youtube
Pyro™: in 4 daysa
Pyro™: or 3
Pyro™: maybe
Pyro™: i will do a paypal trade
Pyro™: Not STEAM community market trade
Pyro™: because
Pyro™: da item won't be tradble for a week
TheOfficialPortal: I don't have paypal
Pyro™: nu
Pyro™: i will do paypal trade
Pyro™: to get you
Pyro™: you aussie back
TheOfficialPortal: What is your youtube
Pyro™: Here
TheOfficialPortal: If you don't mind
Pyro™: sure
Pyro™: i don't
Pyro™: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/101465204058616858114/101465204058616858114/videos
Pyro™: Dere ya go
Pyro™: So
Pyro™: So ok?
Pyro™: If you
Pyro™: could
Pyro™: leeve me a sub
Pyro™: it'd be apreciated
Pyro™: k?
Pyro™: Will yu du et
TheOfficialPortal: I can sub but I'm just really scared of being scammed
Pyro™: You won't
Pyro™: Could you send me a trade offer?
TheOfficialPortal: I don't think I'm going to oblidge. I am so sorry Pyro
Pyro™: ;.;
Pyro™: here goes my dream hat
Pyro™: ;.;
Pyro™: i cri
Pyro™: You can record it
Pyro™: And screen shot it
Pyro™: for trust
Pyro™: ;.;
TheOfficialPortal: okay.. if I must
Pyro™: Yeah,just send me a trade offer
Pyro™: Trade is so buggy for me
TheOfficialPortal: My question is, how soon can I get this aussie back
Pyro™: it closes as soon as i open it
Pyro™: in 4 days
Pyro™: i'll add a guy
Pyro™: with an aussie flame
Pyro™: i do the trade with him
Pyro™: i giff yu et
Pyro™: send me a trade offer
TheOfficialPortal: I will, let me get my recording program
Pyro™: Alright :4
Pyro™: :3*
Pyro™: k
Pyro™: yu dune
TheOfficialPortal: I recorded
Pyro™: k
TheOfficialPortal: I swear to f✿✿✿
Pyro™: send me a trade offer
Pyro™ is now playing Team Fortress 2. Click here to join.
TheOfficialPortal: If I don't get an aussie back..
Pyro™: You will bro
Pyro™: I Will do
Pyro™: EVERYTHING I CAN
Pyro™: to pay you back
Pyro™: and even more
Pyro™ is now playing Team Fortress 2. Click here to join.
Pyro™: Becuase you're f✿✿✿✿✿✿
Pyro™: Nice
Pyro™: AS f✿✿✿
Pyro™: k
Pyro™: did yu send it?
TheOfficialPortal: I'm having second thoughts
Pyro™: But..
Pyro™: ;.;
TheOfficialPortal: I..I don't know what to do.
Pyro™: I Will pay you back man
TheOfficialPortal: I really don't know what the f✿✿✿ to do.
Pyro™: You'd really
Pyro™: save my life if you do
Pyro™: I've been waiting like
Pyro™: 2 years
Pyro™: to trade up to this
Pyro™: and get that tc
TheOfficialPortal: I am so...
TheOfficialPortal: sorry
Pyro™: I Guess
Pyro™: There goes my dream hat?
Pyro™: Well
Pyro™: Looks like i'm never getting that one quicksell
TheOfficialPortal: I feel so f✿✿✿✿✿✿ bad right now.
Pyro™: Why won't you try me
Pyro™: Just do it,try me
TheOfficialPortal: I've been scammed before..
Pyro™: I'm not like
TheOfficialPortal: It wasn't fun.
Pyro™: anyone else
Pyro™: Trust me
Pyro™: I've lost over 600$
Pyro™: from getting scammed
Pyro™: i know how it feels
Pyro™: I Really
Pyro™: Really
Pyro™: need your helpo
Pyro™: Help*
Pyro™: You have no idea
Pyro™: how it means to me
Pyro™: if i get that tc
Pyro™: yu dere?
Pyro™: ;.;
Pyro™ is now playing Team Fortress 2. Click here to join.
Pyro™: i ned yu
Pyro™ is now playing Team Fortress 2. Click here to join.
Pyro™: Like really man
Pyro™: i really
Pyro™: need yer help
Pyro™: You there???.......
TheOfficialPortal: It isn't letting me send you the offer.
Pyro™: I'll send ya one
Pyro™: Thank you so much
Pyro™: :3
Pyro™: You just
Pyro™: Made my day
Pyro™: Trade offer sent
Pyro™: Thank yu
TheOfficialPortal: ok
Pyro™: su much
Pyro™: Thank yu
Pyro™: so much
Pyro™: i cri
Pyro™: YES
Pyro™: MY TC
Pyro™: HERE I COME
Pyro™ is now playing Team Fortress 2. Click here to join.
Pyro™: K
Pyro™: IN A TRADE
TheOfficialPortal: I've recorded everything btw
Pyro™: Okay
TheOfficialPortal: So if I don't get my weapon
TheOfficialPortal: Just know I have evidence to prove my loss
Pyro™ is now Offline.​

I can confirm that this was a scam. I was there when it happened on my Gaming Group's server. I have banned this player from the servers, and I have been helping TheOfficialPortal in whatever ways I can. I have found the scammer's alt accounts:
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198102101648
http://steamcommunity.com/id/o0DarkX0o/

All three of his accounts have been banned from TF2 Outpost as you can see:
http://www.tf2outpost.com/user/76561198156484574
http://www.tf2outpost.com/user/76561198102101648
http://www.tf2outpost.com/user/76561198065789274

And two of his accounts have negative Trust on backpack.tf:
http://backpack.tf/profiles/76561198156484574
http://backpack.tf/profiles/76561198102101648
http://backpack.tf/profiles/76561198065789274

Below I have attached three screenshots. One show's TheOfficialPortal's item in Pyro™'s inventory after the scam. One screenshot shows Pyro™ being banned from all six of the Gaming Servers owned by HigherNation, where he was when he scammed TheOfficialPortal. The last screenshot shows him officially permanently banned for trade scamming. Hopefully TheOfficialPortal has provided enough evidence for his case, and my testimony has aided me. I trust that the mods here will make the correct call, and should they find Pyro™ to be guilty, will also give negative reputation to his alternate accounts.

The accused has another 4 reports pending on him as well. If you could provide screenshots of the chatlogs it would help.

I did provide screenshots, however if you had actually looked at my report. I am sorry if this comes off as being rude to you.

My apologies, I was looking at the screenshots of the reply and missed the first ones.

Hello @TheOfficialPortal, can you give a screenshot of your trading history?

To get your trading history follow these simple steps:
* Go to your inventory:
* Click more:
* Click "View Inventory history"

Click here to get an animated gif that shows how to do it


Give a screenshot of the day of the event.

Thanks!

Of course, I apologize for not including that. Here it is:

I forgot to mention that "Portal's Own Flamethrower is what I renamed my Australium Flamethrower before this incident.

Please uncrop that.

Okay, here is the uncropped version.

Hello, @TheOfficialPortal.

Thank you for your report! It has been marked for review, and hopefully will result in bans against the accused/s

Yea met this guy on a server and tried to scam me aswell. I pulled up his reputation and he said he was hijacked (highly unlikely). If he really was hijacked he would be smart enough to return the items.
In the end, this person needs to be banned as he is a threat to the community.

Hello @TheOfficialPortal,

Your report was accepted and the accused was banned. Feel free to report a violation via their Steam profile.

In order to do that, you have to:
1. Visit the accused's profile
2. Click "More" drop-down located at the top right of the page
3. Choose "Report Violation"
4. Select the violation, then describe it and provide the evidence
5. Click "Submit Report"

Click here to view an animated gif that shows how to report a violation.

Thank you for reporting this user.