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Accepted Report: 76561198019181299 (Impersonator)

Discussion in 'Archived Reports' started by BillyzeroFF [AoBT], Apr 15, 2012.

  1. BillyzeroFF [AoBT]

    BillyzeroFF [AoBT] New User

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    So yesterday I had agreed to trade a guy my Brink for his keys. Everything seemed fine, but when we both tried to trade, the steam servers failed and didn't allow us to enter the trade chat. We tried several times with the same result, so at the end, I decided to send the game to a friend of mine (with a better internet connection) to see if he could trade the game. They couldn't do it and we agreed to trade today, when the steam servers got working again (my friend still had the game.)
    So today, when I was offline, this guy impersonated me and talked to my friend. My friend's mistake was to tell him instantly that he was impersonating me, but we supposed that he was going to ask him to "give me back the game." He said it was a joke and we are all just friends (although we have never been friends, just traders.)
    I can't say he's a scammer, because he didn't exactly try to do it, but he did impersonate me.
    Here's a screenshot of the chat: http://i.imgur.com/VqUxU.png
    And here's his profile impersonating me: http://i.imgur.com/VHk3G.png

    As you can see, he has changed his profile to make it look like a joke, but it wasn't like that before: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198019181299/

    Thanks for looking.
  2. Spyromancer

    Spyromancer New User

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  3. BillyzeroFF [AoBT]

    BillyzeroFF [AoBT] New User

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    Alright, sorry. I will post it here because I can't edit the post above.

    Victim:
    steamID: BillyzeroFF [AoBT]
    steamID32: STEAM_0:0:36527947
    steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198033321622
    customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/billyzeroFF/
    steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198033321622?t=last
    SOP forum account (if applicable): BillyzeroFF

    Scammer:
    steamID: evil_scammers_name
    steamID32: STEAM_0:0:66666666666
    steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198019181299
    customURL: Not available
    steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/search?q= http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198019181299
    SOP forum account (if applicable):

    Screenshots:
    - Pictures of chat (required): http://i.imgur.com/VqUxU.png
    - Screen shot of profile page): http://i.imgur.com/VHk3G.png

    Description:
    So yesterday I had agreed to trade a guy my Brink for his keys. Everything seemed fine, but when we both tried to trade, the steam servers failed and didn't allow us to enter the trade chat. We tried several times with the same result, so at the end, I decided to send the game to a friend of mine (with a better internet connection) to see if he could trade the game. They couldn't do it and we agreed to trade today, when the steam servers got working again (my friend still had the game.)
    So today, when I was offline, this guy impersonated me and talked to my friend. My friend's mistake was to tell him instantly that he was impersonating me, but we supposed that he was going to ask him to "give me back the game." He said it was a joke and we are all just friends (although we have never been friends, just traders.)
  4. Penguin The Fluffy

    Penguin The Fluffy Articus Birdicus Defenderus Retired Staff

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    Thank you for posting in the proper format, and it appears that you are most likely right about his intentions. There is no other reason in my eye's he would be impersonating you and trading your friend.
  5. BillyzeroFF [AoBT]

    BillyzeroFF [AoBT] New User

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  6. HelenAngel

    HelenAngel Retired Staff

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    Marked- thanks for the report! :)