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So a friend forced me to be a middleman... (Also a report on a scammer.)

Discussion in 'SteamRep General Discussion' started by Liquidfox, Sep 9, 2014.

  1. Liquidfox

    Liquidfox New User

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    Like the thread says, I was basically yanked into a sudden middleman deal. I don't plan to make threads here very often, I just wanted to get this off my back as soon as possible.

    I never did any middleman trades before until now. This guy tried to take off with my friend's Crimson Web Bayonet by impersonating him with a bot with a trade (after taking pictures of me getting involved, which is why I'm here). Geez, and I'm already worried because he might try to make a false report to fool somebody into thinking I'm the scammer, I'm scared to death as I type this.

    Unfortunately, I wasn't able to supply enough screenshots to express the ordeal 100% (Again, first time middleman, I got too confident and thought I'd be dealing with a honest man the first time around), but I felt like I had to make this thread before he tried to frame me and/or my friend (Fountain) via general with false accusations.

    His information:
    | steamname: 隊長Karambit
    | steamID32: STEAM_0:0:74550592
    | steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198109366912
    | customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/EzKarambit
    | steamrep: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198109366912

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    1.(The chat my friend yanked me into.)
    upload_2014-9-9_2-14-55.png
    2(The group chat where the scammer attempted to fool me with a fake bot, notice the "." at the end of my friend's name.)
    upload_2014-9-9_1-49-45.png
    2.(His profile)
    upload_2014-9-9_1-54-49.png
    3.(His fake +rep bots)
    upload_2014-9-9_1-58-7.png
    4.(One of his bots impersonating my friend with a "." at the end.) upload_2014-9-9_2-1-30.png
    5.(In comparison with my real friend. Who has no "." at the end and the profile isn't marked as "private".) upload_2014-9-9_2-3-50.png
  2. Liquidfox

    Liquidfox New User

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    Also, just realized I posted in the wrong section, hopefully a moderator will fix this. My bad.
  3. Lava

    Lava Public Relations SteamRep Admin

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    What you've got here is a fairly common "trusted friend" scam. Go ahead and fill out a report on him, you appear to have some decent evidence at a glance. http://forums.steamrep.com/forms/scam-report.2/respond

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    SilentReaper(SR) Retired Staff

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