Accepted Report: 76561198274033705 - ([TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items)

Scam Report

Report Type: [Rep Fraud] Fake reputation vouches
Virtual item type involved: [TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items

Accused profile: 76561198274033705

Victim profile: 76561198041371601

What happened? Description:

This person contacted me and said they were interested in my Cloudy Moon Pyromancer and Australium Grenade launcher. They offered $390 through PayPal and invited a "trusted" middleman to help with the trade. I was dumb enough to not do research on the middleman, because it turns out http://steamcommunity.com/id/MarioMniac here was reported as a scammer before (I just reported him as well). Ignorant at the time, I agreed to use him as a middle man. But when he got my items. both parties disconnected. Sadly I don't think my evidence provided (on my report on 76561197966283628) can prove that Silence and Mario are accomplices in this. However I can try to prove that he fake's his reputation.

When trading with him earlier he gave me links to his "rep pages" when I asked for them. While looking through, I noticed that a lot of the things said have been repeating themselves. For example; I have seen multiple accounts that say things like "+Rep | Recommend this 110% trustworthy dude" and "+ Rep | I gave my first knife for 200 € steam wallet code and I do not have regretted" with similar to EXACT wording. That was the first sign that his profile was fishy. so I assume he was using bot accounts to fake his reputation.

Don't forget I also accuse this profile to be an accomplice with Mario, who scammed $400 worth of items from me.​

Provide Evidence:

Note: - all the noticeable repeats are highlighted blue.
- The first chat pic shows his links to his "rep pages'
- The third chat pic shows that he listed a bunch of admins he trusts and Mario was ONE OF THEM. The first one listed.
- The last screen shot was Mario taking my items. claiming they are dirty (which they were not) and just unfriended me at the same time Silenced unfriended me.​

EXCUSE ME!!! I WANTED TO BUY YOUR STRANGES ASWELL, BUT YOU DECLINE EARLIER, SO I DECIDED TO CANCEL. IM NOT WITH THAT FILTHY MIDDLEMAN, YOU EVEN SUGGESTED ME TO HIM!!!! OMG!! WHY DESTROYING MY REPUTATION?!

What I mean was someone gave me those links, then I tried suggesting it to him as well, I told him to help me add them since I was atleast trying to contact one. He then said someone added him already and talked to him. But no one even accepted my request. WTF

I'm not going to bother trying to argue with that person. honestly, I was dumb enough to not check his "trusted" admins and see if they were legit. I'll take that L, but it still does not justify the fact that he lied to me about his "trusted" admin friend (who isn't even on his friends list), as well as haveing a sketchy reputation. He claimed, in chat, that people he traded with didn't make the effort to type their own rep so they "copy pasted" an old rep comment. Can't speak for others, but if I didn't want to bother writing a genuine rep for a trader I would have written "+rep great trader". Quick, easy, to the point. Thus why I didn't bother with comments that similar.

When you mean "follow up" did you wanted me to provide more evidence or testify against his argument?

Correction: Mario was never in his friends list. I retract that statement.

My apologies. Here's the trade history.
For some odd reason, it looks like I traded with what I assume is a bot account. But those are my items. Mario said he accepted my trade offer, as shown in one of the screenshots I posted in my other report about him, so I originally assumed he had it.