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Improper Format Attempt to scam (As I thought)

Discussion in 'Archived Reports' started by changalis, Feb 24, 2013.

  1. changalis

    changalis New User

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    Hello. I would like to report 2 people (who I guess is the same person) who tried to scam me. Whole information, screenshots below.

    Victim (Me):
    steamID: changalis
    steamID32: STEAM_0:0:15141485
    steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197990548698
    customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/changalis
    steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561197990548698

    Scammer No.1:
    |steamID: DènnisNewstream ?
    |steamID32: STEAM_0:0:54488206
    |steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198069242140
    |customURL:
    |steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198069242140

    Scammer No.2:
    |steamID: Gabe
    |steamID32: STEAM_0:0:42381020
    |steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198045027768
    |customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/63352341843532
    |steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198045027768

    So, I posted a trade on http://tf2tp.com with selling my white painted bills. After an hour got an invite from the first scammer. I knew what would have happen so I was playing along. After it another guy added me with the same offer. I have the screenshots of the chat's with the both scammers.

    The screenshots:
    Chat with scammer No.1:
    http://tinypic.com/r/jtp8xy/6
    http://tinypic.com/r/4gptuu/6
    http://tinypic.com/r/2w7kc5k/6

    Chat with scammer No.2:
    http://tinypic.com/r/ljxqp/6
  2. TradingCo

    TradingCo New User

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    The only clear intent of a scam here is him saying the "steam wallet money" part. I have delt with people who when they say "steam wallet money" they mean like they post a useless TF2 item like a crate or such on the market for a set amount. And then i buy it from them and then they give me the item. Usually that is not the case though, most of the time its reffering to "transfering money to steam accounts", and that just cant be done. It does seem he was eluding to transfering money through steam wallet though, and not what i was reffering to before.
  3. MacroPower

    MacroPower New User

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    The second guy you listed was just going to buy you a game I think. When people say "Steam Wallet" they mostly mean "I can buy you any game worth X".

    He is on trade probation (which means it was good you didn't trade with him), but I still don't think it's worthy of being called a scam attempt. The whole "steam wallet transfer" scam kind of died after Valve did away with the /me command.
  4. changalis

    changalis New User

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    Still, comparing them both introducing themselves. I just posted all this to just be aware in any case and for further investigation just to keep our community safe'n'sound. :)
  5. jzipp99

    jzipp99 New User

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    It says they are both under SR caution and Valve trade probation. I am guessing they are quite known for scamming. If someone ever offers you money, check their steam reputation.
  6. changalis

    changalis New User

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    What's wrong with this? What should be added to be proper format?