Victim: steamID: Sergio steamID32: STEAM_0:0:19097776 steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197998461280 customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/psycho-somatic steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561197998461280 Scammer: steamID: iNe steamID32: STEAM_0:1:19683745 steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197999633219 customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/i_N_e steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561197999633219 Scammed out of CS:GO invite, I made the mistake of going first in a trade where the buyer has no reputation on his profile even though his Steam account appears clean, came across him on the Sythe.org forums where he is known under the name "Inzanein". Chat: Never tell your password to anyone. Sunday, April 22, 2012 19:01 - iNe: hey 19:01 - Sergio: Hey there 19:01 - Sergio: Are you still looking for CS:GO invite for 30$ PayPal? 19:01 - Sergio: Account is verified btw. 19:01 - iNe: yeh i am 19:01 - iNe: and yeh PP acc is verified 19:02 - Sergio: Alright, my email is: [email protected] , please mention that you are paying for virtual goods and will not charge back, I would also advise you to use the send as gift option as payment is instant and less fees apply that way. As soon as I receive a notification of payment received I will trade you the CS:GO invite. 19:03 - iNe: do you have any vouches on sythe? 19:04 - Sergio: Only one, but there are plenty on my Steam profile, also check out my Steamrep page for proof of account reputation: [email protected] 19:04 - Sergio: Seems as though steamrep website is offline atm. 19:04 - Sergio: Still, do check out my Steam profile and its comments. 19:05 - iNe: yeh sorry had this issue alot today, my post was on sythe so i really only care about sythe rep for my own safety 19:05 - iNe: its just because i've been scammed by people who have quite a few steam rep 19:06 - iNe: and i dont use palydota forums or steam to trade that often 19:06 - Sergio: I have been trading for well over a year now, as much as I would like to have 30$ extra free of charge on my paypal account it is not in my best interest to rip you off and risk my reputation over 30$. 19:06 - iNe: and i've been trading for 4 years ever since markeedragon 19:06 - iNe: look the deal is you either go first or pm me when you have a OMM 19:06 - iNe: or more vouches on sythe 19:07 - Sergio: How about instead of gift option we use request payment instead? That way you can cancel the request if I do not deliver. 19:07 - Sergio: Alright, I can go first then, if the deal goes through accordingly I will vouch for you and I expect you to do the same. 19:07 - Sergio: Give me a minute. 19:07 - Sergio: Deal? 19:07 - iNe: yeh sure 19:09 - Sergio: I'm ready. 19:09 - iNe: hold on 2 secs just on the phone 19:09 - Sergio: K iNe did not respond to the trade request. 19:11 - iNe: ok sorry about that im back 19:11 - Sergio: np. 19:11 - iNe: whats your paypal again 19:11 - Sergio: [email protected] iNe did not respond to the trade request. 19:12 - iNe: ok cool 19:13 - iNe: ok so send it as a gift 19:13 - iNe: with what note attached 19:13 - iNe: forgot how its wrote 19:13 - Sergio: payment is for virtual goods, I guarantee not to charge back, that would be splendid. iNe is now Offline.
I wouldn't trust most of the people from sythe.org again if I were you. Well from this incident you'd probably already figured, I personally just don't like using sythe.org from past experiences.
I have made several successful sales through Sythe.org although I found out about the website itself very recently, I treat every such website on case-by-case basis, I just made the mistake of going first here, that's all.
Thanks for the report. Could you also please provide a screenshot of your Paypal history (with any personal information removed) verifying that you did not get the payment? Thanks again.
My PayPal is full of both transactions received and sent, I'm not sure what good that will do since iNe did not provide an email and thus there is no way for you to verify, but here is the full Sythe.org conversation which followed after I made a post in his "Buying cs:go" thread on Sythe where he basically apologizes for having scammed: