Accepted Report: 76561197992268942 - ([TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items)

Scam Report

Report Type: [Money] PayPal scam or scam attempt
Virtual item type involved: [TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items

Accused profile: 76561197992268942

Victim profile: 76561198069203921

What happened? Description:

Contacted me with a direct offer for entire TF2 backpack, consisting of direct payment. After discussing certain details and waiting for authentication delays, trade was eventually confirmed, and payment was claimed to have been sent. Payment was not sent. Any further questions were met with silence, being removed from friends list, and the user quickly going offline.​

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

[6/5/2024, 03:08]
isreold:
?

[6/5/2024, 03:29]
Paulster:
Hello there
I was just curious if you still play TF2 by any chance? I was interested in your entire backpack and wanted to make an offer.
$700 US either via PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, or Cashapp.

[6/5/2024, 03:31]
isreold:
I'll have to think about it

[6/5/2024, 03:32]
Paulster:
Sure no worries, feel free to let me know what you decide.

[6/5/2024, 23:40]
isreold:
I've come to terms with the offer, but I have some concerns. How exactly would I trade items for external payment? Is there any kind of insurance or guarantee?

[6/5/2024, 23:41]
Paulster:
Gotcha, so I'm not sure whether you've gone over my rep prior to accepting my request but I've been a member for 16 years. Also level 120, multiple Unusuals owned, awarded 200+ times, over 7000 trades made, etc.
and I'm not too sure what payment method you were after, but I can do Zelle, PayPal, Venmo, and Cashapp.
Also, your inventory is set to private. Would you mind making it public or friends only for the time being?

[6/5/2024, 23:43]
isreold:
Is my inventory publicly accessible somewhere else that you know it's contents? What is this offer based on?
I'll change the privacy settings, but I'm a little confused where you found me over this.

[6/5/2024, 23:44]
Paulster:
Yes, on a trading site. However the last updated instance is 7 years ago.
So I'd like to make sure that what I'm seeing is still in your BP.

[6/5/2024, 23:44]
isreold:
I don't think I've done anything at all with it since then. The settings should be changed.

[6/5/2024, 23:45]
Paulster:
Let me see
Yep, all good.
So what payment method were you after?

[6/5/2024, 23:46]
isreold:
I have paypal and venmo, but I'm more familiar with venmo.

[6/5/2024, 23:47]
Paulster:
I'm cool with either one. I mostly use PayPal & Cashapp but Venmo works as well if you prefer that.

[6/5/2024, 23:47]
isreold:
We can use paypal if it's easier. I'm just not familiar with making paypal transfers.

[6/5/2024, 23:47]
Paulster:
Yeah for sure PayPal works.
So there's a slight issue, you have a 15 day trade hold by the looks of it for not having the Steam mobile authenticator set up.

[6/5/2024, 23:48]
isreold:
You'll have to forgive my paranoia with this whole thing. I work in security, I've dealt with a lot of people that get scammed over non-simultaneous transactions.

[6/5/2024, 23:48]
Paulster:
Oh you're good
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd....669/F21D6058FDF9CCECA49E51B1E254C8D2894DF397/

[6/5/2024, 23:49]
isreold:
I have the steam mobile app. Is there a separate one I need instead?

[6/5/2024, 23:49]
Paulster:
So you'd need to set up Steam guard on the Steam app itself.

[6/5/2024, 23:49]
isreold:
Alright, I'm setting that up now.

[6/5/2024, 23:50]
Paulster:
And once that's done we'd only be able to trade in a week from the moment it's set up.
Meaning if you set it up now, we'll be able to do it next week Thursday at around the same time.

[6/5/2024, 23:52]
isreold:
Alright. I have it set up. Contact again next week, then?

[6/5/2024, 23:52]
Paulster:
Yep! I'll reserve the funds & set a reminder for next week and I'll hit you up.

[6/5/2024, 23:52]
isreold:
Sounds good.

[6/5/2024, 23:53]
Paulster:
Sweet, thanks and have a good one for now!

[6/5/2024, 23:53]
isreold:
You too.

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

[Yesterday, 23:12]
Paulster:
Hey, we should be good to trade in around 40 mins or so. Are you going to be here?

[Yesterday, 23:13]
isreold:
Yeah, I'm here

[Yesterday, 23:13]
Paulster:
Awesome, will hit you up once I’m home.

[Yesterday, 23:54]
Paulster:
Alrighty, hold seems to be gone.
I'll go ahead & set up the offer. You can drop me either your Paypal email or http://paypal.me link here.

[Yesterday, 23:57]
isreold:
Sorry, had to set that up. Haven't actually used that before.
Pay Walter Royce using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/isreold and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
http://paypal.me/isreold

[Yesterday, 23:57]
Paulster:
Ah you're good.

[Yesterday, 23:57]
isreold:
Hopefully that works?

[Yesterday, 23:57]
Paulster:
Yep got it. Walter Royce correct?

[Yesterday, 23:57]
isreold:
Yeah, that's me.

[Yesterday, 23:57]
Paulster:
Perfect.
Paulster sent you a new trade offerView trade offer
And trade-offer has been sent.
Also, it'll prompt you to confirm it on the Steam app as you enabled the mobile authenticator. When you do that just make sure that it says that I'm level 122 and a 16 year member.
And it'll probably take a few mins for the offer to go through due to the quantity of items so just bear with me.

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

[00:01]
isreold:
Confirmations on my phone says "Unable to confirm. Please try again later. (HTTP OK)"Yet, when I reopened it, there wasn't a confirmation there anymore.I can only assume it went through?

[00:01]
Paulster:
Yeah it's been buggy. It should go through, let's give it a few and see.
Seems good, sending the payment your way.
And payment sent! Let me know the moment you get it please.

[00:03]
isreold:
Will it just appear in "recent activity" or should I be checking somewhere else?

[00:03]
Paulster:
Yea it'll appear in activity

[00:03]
isreold:
Forgive me, I haven't used this before. I know I've said that several times before, but I'm just trying to make sure I don't screw anything up haha

[00:03]
Paulster:
Give it a minute
Now you're good man I get where you're coming from
No*

[00:11]
isreold:
How long does it usually take? Or is it a trick after all?
Right, so I'll get to reporting your account, then?

[00:27]
isreold:
Great. Thanks. I would have expected better from an account that's so old; that they might understand the weight of a permanent trade ban. Best of luck, mate.

Sorry for the clumsy screenshot uploads. My browser had shocking difficulty with the uploads somehow, but the attachments should still be numbered appropriately, even if they're not all quite in the "provide evidence" section.

One more screenshot I did not manage to include, of PayPal transaction activity within the last two days.

Hopefully these work. I covered my address with a tiny notepad window.

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