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Improper Format Attempted Scam

Discussion in 'Archived Reports' started by Alfonze Frankenferno, Nov 3, 2012.

  1. Alfonze Frankenferno

    Alfonze Frankenferno New User

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    A man by the name of Toasty Zonda (http://steamcommunity.com/id/zondaf11/?textMessage=inviteSucceeded) attempted to scam me earlier today at about 9:00 eastern U.S. timewhile i was playign team fortress 2.
    I was talkign to him on the server because i saw he was selling buds. I asked him if he would take a strange machina and some keys. He traded me so we could discuss in trade chat... Once we entered trade, he put up 3 clean buds. I put up my machina and asked him how many keys he wanted me to add, he said 5, i counteroffered 3 and he said: "i guess i can take it". As i was putting up the agreed 3 keys, he quickly switched out his 3 clean buds with one gifted bud and clicked ready (i didnt realize they were gifted at the moment). So i clicked my ready to trade box and on my way to click the trade button i coincidentally hovered over his bud where i thought i saw something, i looked again and sure enough, it was gifted. I told him i saw it was gifted and he left the server immediately.

    I know i got lucky this time but i fear that his slick ways will end up screwing over someone else, so please help prevent this from happening.
    Thank you,
    Alfonze Frankenferno
  2. Clive

    Clive SteamRep Admin

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    Hi, next time please use the correct format, which can be found here: http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/...-look-at-acceptable-format-before-posting.51/

    Victim:
    |steamID: Alfonze Frankenferno
    |steamID32: STEAM_0:0:39807653
    |steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198039881034
    |customURL:
    |steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198039881034

    Scammer:
    |steamID: Toasty Zonda
    |steamID32: STEAM_0:1:29814228
    |steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198019894185
    |customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/zondaf11
    |steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198019894185


    Also please provide screenshots of chat and/or the trade window showing the attempted scam. Thanks!:)
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  3. Alfonze Frankenferno

    Alfonze Frankenferno New User

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    ok, thank you for next time, safdly thought it happened too fast to get any screenshots or chat bc it was in game inside trade and i didnt know it was a scam till the last sec`ond and he ran immediately after