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Accepted Appeal: 76561198126201092 - (OPAF More Medic | Middleman / BANNED BY SR)

Discussion in 'Archived Appeals' started by OPAF More Medi, Jul 4, 2017.

  1. OPAF More Medi

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    Appeal for BANNED BY SR

    Steam profile: 76561198126201092 (OPAF More Medic | Middleman)

    Appeal Plea: I am innocent of all listed offenses
    Appeal Reason: [Evidence] Fake - Report had falsified evidence
    Victim Repayment: No, I committed no fraud or had no direct victims
    Previous Appeals: No, this is my first appeal here

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    Appeal description:
    First off, I would like to say that I have 15 hours in CS:GO and my inventory is worth a solid $2. I suck at the game and NEVER play it.

    Second, why is someone who's steamrep banned allowed to get me banned as well?

    Third, why was it done so quickly?

    Fourth, I am VIP and a very well known and trusted unusual trader/middleman/spycrab enthusiast on Vatican Unusual Trade Server.

    Fifth, the actual story. I also have screenshots of our ENTIRE chat and his payment that didn't go through. If you need these you can get back to me and I'll send them in immediately.

    So I've been a TF2 trader for a long time. I made my entire backpack off spycrabbing. A couple of days ago I decided I wanted to cash out. I made a post on forums.backpack.tf. Storm decided to hit me up, right? He added me and we talked a little bit. He wanted to buy my Neutron Star Vive La France, Cloudy Moon Big Elfin Deal, Bill's Hat with Team Spirit Footprints, and a Genuine Professional Killstreak Widowmaker for PayPal (I've since sold almost my entire backpack to another player. I can refer you to the player if need be. His name is Shining something-or-other. He's a well-known backpack buyer. Anyways, Storm wanted to give $315 to me for the items. It was an OBVIOUS scam. He sent the money and it had a hold. I told him he could have the items as soon as the money hit my PayPal account. He immediately got frustrated and began threatening me. He said "I don't care if you screenshot this. I've gotten 5 people banned and I'll do it again. I'll just make fake evidence."

    The sad part is that admins actually fell for this. Like I said previously, I have 15 hours in CS:GO, don't know ANYTHING about their trading, and only have about $2 worth of skins that I've bought with TF2 currency.

    I can give REAL evidence instead of this fake bullshit if needed. Just the fact that my CS:GO inventory hasn't ever changed should be enough to invalidate the entirety of this fake accusation.​
  2. You Are The One

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    1-4 mean nothing/are irrelevant and you did not provide any evidence or reference specifically what is fake. Giving two week notice to followup.
  3. OPAF More Medi

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    Had these screenshot since the moment he got all bitchy on me. If this isn't enough to get me unbanned for bullshit that hasn't happened, I don't know what is. Btw I'm in Mountain Time so it's 9:12 p.m. here now. Also, you say "reference specifically what is fake." To sum it up, the ENTIRE THING. We were making a TF2 transaction, I never play CS:GO, and he had 0 evidence but the ban still went through. f✿✿✿✿✿✿ bullshit. How can someone get me banned with 0 evidence? He literally just typed it out AND he even messed up in it. In his little script that he wrote, he sends the {LINK REMOVED} first and then I send it back. Also, I'm a college student in the United States. Why the hell would I type in such an illiterate form? He makes it sound like English isn't even my first f✿✿✿✿✿✿ language.
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  4. Lava

    Lava Public Relations SteamRep Admin

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    @OPAF More Medi, could you please upload the original screenshots of your conversation? What you provided is downscaled, blurry, and just short of unreadable.
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  5. OPAF More Medi

    OPAF More Medi New User

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    Lava, sorry, but I don't know how to upload the original screenshots. I'm new to the whole being accused thing and I'm god awful with technology. I just used the print screen button and pasted them all into a Word document. All I did was copy and paste them into the chat. I don't know how to fix the quality.
  6. Lava

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    Try right-clicking and saving the images from the Word document? Generally for something like that it's better to paste into Paint. Here are some tips on taking screenshots, but I can only hope the ones you took weren't saved in that quality because there's nothing for us to review in them.
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  7. Lava

    Lava Public Relations SteamRep Admin

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    I've conditionally reduced your tag to CAUTION while working this appeal. Please accept my friend request in Steam.
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  8. OPAF More Medi

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    Lava, thank you for the reduced tag. It means lots to me. Here are the requested cleared up screenshots. Sorry it took so long to get back to you, I've just been swamped with work.

    http://prntscr.com/ftd5cs
    http://prntscr.com/ftd5f2
    http://prntscr.com/ftd5ik
    http://prntscr.com/ftd5li
    http://prntscr.com/ftd5o4
    http://prntscr.com/ftd5q8
    http://prntscr.com/ftd5t3

    At that point in the chat I closed my laptop and left. I came back to check later and he had unadded me. I made sure to print screen all these and post them into a word document. I didn't realize I was steamrep banned until my friend messaged me saying I had been marked. I was confused as to what this meant until I went on Backpack.tf and saw.
  9. Lava

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    Could you provide those screenshots uncropped, please? Additionally, all screenshots need to be uploaded directly to our forums, not on a 3rd party website. Please use the Upload a File button below the text field:
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    With the tag reduced to caution, most sites including backpack.tf and I think Vatican City will automatically unban you again. You may need to appeal the rest, but that can wait until after your appeal here is finished.
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  10. JoshTheKiller™

    JoshTheKiller™ New User

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    I've also uploaded each one like requested.

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  11. Lava

    Lava Public Relations SteamRep Admin

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    Unless you're directly involved with the case, please keep it to just the appellant and SteamRep admins, ok?
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  12. OPAF More Medi

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    Thank you, JoshTheKiller. These are valid screenshots and I asked him to clear them up for me. I'm just awful when it comes to technology.
  13. Lava

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    Concluding the investigation, I have determined that you were innocent and removed the tag. We were able to conclusively prove your reporter is submitting doctored evidence to frame some of his victims. He has been blocked from submitting any new reports to us.

    Most trading websites and communities should unban you automatically, but if that doesn't happen you'll need to submit appeals with the respective communities. You may provide them with the following link to this appeal if it helps clear your name: https://forums.steamrep.com/threads...paf-more-medic-middleman-banned-by-sr.168066/

    That said, I recommend avoiding scammers altogether. While we do not ban anyone for trading with scammers anymore, and we usually catch fake reports, scammers have been known to try and frame victims they're angry at. Additionally, it appears from the screenshots you provided, and speaking with you personally, you were unaware of the PayPal invoice scam he attempted and could very well have gotten scammed by it. In the future, you should follow these instructions before even accepting a friend request to avoid adding scammers again.
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