Accepted Report: 76561198078728338 - ([DOTA2] Dota2 Items)

Scam Report

Report Type: [Item Fraud] Quick-switch trade scam or attempt
Virtual item type involved: [DOTA2] Dota2 Items

Accused profile: 76561198078728338

Victim profile: 76561198066607055

What happened? Description:

The person approach me for a fake scam trade, attempted to "gift trade" for a long time and kept harassing (continuously) me for trades. The purposed a offer and I accepted it. He told me to gift trade my items first, which I was reluctant and actually fell for it. (I kept declining and said to do a normal steam trade but he managed to convince me and I got gullible)

I have the entire conversation, including the time stamp as well as the "trade".​

Provide Evidence:

I will provide the evidence from the following screenshots, with the FULL SCREENSHOTS with date/time stamps.

In the final agreement he acknowledges he received the gift, however as what a scammer does, he quickly unfriends and block me. I will provide the trade inventory history of the transactions and that I did not get what was promised.
The evidence provided that the transaction has been made which the other user has also acknowledged the fact he he has indeed received the item from the chat messages + inventory trading history. In general, he stated the terms of the offer and I have accepted the offer. This makes the text legally binding as an offer is defined as:
An offer, An acceptance of the offer, Consideration, and. The intention of the parties to create a binding relationship.

Drawing definition from the internet, "A text message can be a legal document under the ESIGN Act, which gives contracts signed electronically the same weight as paper and ink contracts. ... As long as these conditions are met, text messages and other forms of electronic communication are considered legally enforceable contracts in court."
https://ironcladapp.com/journal/contracts/is-a-text-message-a-legal-document/#:~:text=A text message can be,as paper and ink contracts.&text=As long as these conditions,legally enforceable contracts in court.

Under the FAQ from steam, https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/70E6-991B-233B-A37B , it states that "A scam is when a user deceives another user into willingly (at the time) completing a trade, market transaction, or sending a gift. After the trade is completed, the person who was scammed either doesn't receive what was promised, or the items involved are not what was agreed upon."
SO looking at my case, I have been scammed and I hope that the account will be under review and have the required justification of being banned. Looking at the previous cases of the account scamming other people, which has been rejected, I am willing to provide and cooperate with steam admins to provide further evidence if needed. Under the FAQ again, it states that : "If evidence exists that a Steam user is scamming, Steam Support will ban the account from using the Steam Community, including trading and using the Steam Market. The length of the ban is dependent on the severity and quantity of the scams. In some cases, scammers will be banned permanently. If a scammer has multiple accounts, all of their accounts may be subject to the ban as well." I do hope that their multiple accounts do get banned as well.

Furthermore, I have uploaded evidence in accordance to the requirement of a report fundamentals. I will be posting the screenshots as follows.
1. The Agreement of Proof - this is done through steam chat ONLY (furthermore, I have displayed the timestamps to emphasize & in FULL SCREEN SHOTS), we have also agreed to the FORMAL AGREEMENTS OVER STEAM CHAT
2. Transaction Proof - through the screenshots above, the scammer ACKNOWLEDGES THE FACT HE HAS RECEVIED THE ITEMS, this serves as the proof of transaction & including the transaction history
3. Identity-- Proof of the accused's identity - Furthermore, I have also taken a screenshot and enable displaying Steam URL address bar when available. This has been provided in the above attachments.

I have renamed the main parts of the evidence with the standard procedure of do a 'trade', so Initial offer -> Acceptance offer -> Agreement offer -> acknowledgement he has received my items

The evidences I have provided above are in FULL and NOT EDITED (mobile) & I have also included extra photos with the details, as stated before, I am willing to provide more evidence if needed in accordance to Steam admins. I apologize for the spam above as I was emotionally upset, however I provided the evidence in accordance to what was needed. I included another FULL SCREEN SHOT to further emphasize the scammer details.​

CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 3:01am PDT does it?
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 3:01am PDT Does it make you feel good Jake?
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 3:00am PDT why do u guys do this
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:59am PDT see another scammer
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:58am PDT alright cheers
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:58am PDT alright imma gifts my void rn
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:58am PDT recieved
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:58am PDT yep
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:58am PDT have you received that
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:58am PDT I have sent rubick
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:57am PDT got it
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:57am PDT yes
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:57am PDT have you received jugg?
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:57am PDT yep
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:57am PDT is that alright?
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:57am PDT yeah
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:57am PDT I'll comment on what the sets are under the gift description
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:56am PDT Sounds good
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:56am PDT alright i'm online now
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:55am PDT Yes
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:55am PDT Go online so i can easily find your name in my giftlist
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:55am PDT ok double checking i'll send jugg jagged honor and rubicks avatar for void set yeah?
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:55am PDT Alright
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:54am PDT same ,the guy who scammed me is chinese
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:54am PDT alright I'm trusting you cause we are neighbouring countries, the last middle eastern guy did not do me well haha
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:53am PDT im a man of my words ,PERSON so dw
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:53am PDT you got my words bud
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 2:52am PDT for real
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:52pm NZST So yeah? i'll gifts my void set to you straight away. once i see the gifts NO CAP
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:52pm NZST just my problem, boy I'm really trusting you a lot right now, I'm just reluctant to gifting than to trades
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:47pm NZST and i dont even care if you wont send the rest once you get my void
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:47pm NZST BIG WIN after all
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:47pm NZST fine by me , why cant you just gift me the jugg and rubick or jugg and enigma and i give you my void set? even if you give me both rubick and jugg it is your big Win cuz mace of aeons is worth more on market right,imagine having a void complete set ,im a trader who dont really care about prices but yea IT IS STILL your BI
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:45pm NZST Fair enough,I'm just bit sceptical (not your fault) cause obviously you've done quite a decent amount of trades and market transactions but I don't get how you can do it with the 15 day hold though. How about I gift you jugg and you gift me the mace? then I continue with the void for the remaining set of your void?
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:39pm NZST and next step will be es,void and necro for my sniper
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:38pm NZST My items has value on market so i'd prefer to have the jugg and rubick first which is valuable and good for collections and i'll gifts my void to you straight away. you can also sell them or use them up to you , you used steam app you dont have a problem with selling stuff on market
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:38pm NZST Understandable, I was pretty ignorant and gullible and boy costed me a chuck
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:37pm NZST sure, thats why trades are better. how about we start from the sniper set first? I'll gift you necro, ES then you gift me the sniper set then I gift you the void spirit? sounds fair?
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:35pm NZST that's it
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:35pm NZST there's no way i cheat you for a small amount of cache and on top of that i dont play void So you can always have it
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:35pm NZST i've got scammed before too because im ignorant when it comes to mobile steam guard app so i had to gifts my platinum baby roshan and yea i got scammed but aint that bad cuz the guy got banned after 4 days
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:33pm NZST fair enough, but I don't get the part you saying getting rekt by valve? Valve can't do too much with gifting though
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:30pm NZST Yeah understandable ,gotchu ,but i cant trade directly so sorry , but dont worry i have no reason to run i dont play void so you can always have it ,no intention of keeping it ,I dont wanna get rekt by valve for doing dirty s✿✿✿ ,my whole inventory is worth more!
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:29pm NZST dang any chance we can do trades? Sorry I'm just bit sceptical as I have been scammed before that's why I'm reluctant to do trading
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:27pm NZST So how do you want to do this? you send jugg and rubick and i send back my void set and you give the rest and i send the sniper set?
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:27pm NZST ok so the void set + sniper set for my jugg,rubick,void,necro and earth spirit
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:25pm NZST I think I did, sure lets do that do that
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:25pm NZST You can always have my void
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:25pm NZST but im fine giving you crimson bracer and mace of aeons or mace of aeons and head , i dont play void anyway
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:24pm NZST you only mentioned void mace of aeons and the head
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:24pm NZST Yea , you didnt asked for the crimson bracer
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:24pm NZST sure i think we should make it clear before trading
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:23pm NZST ok so not the whole void set with the crimson one? just mace and head + sniper>?
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:22pm NZST just want to make clear
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:22pm NZST So im getting jugg,rubick,void,necro and earth spirit and im sending you void mace of aeons,head and the sniper
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:22pm NZST so yea
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:22pm NZST well i cant trade directly
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:21pm NZST Yea
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:21pm NZST alright sure we will send gifts?
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:19pm NZST but that's fine by me
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:19pm NZST https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd....214/B050F96B7E23AC4CFD689FF1C26904E23A5D8E69/
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:19pm NZST steam is getting more hassle
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:19pm NZST I Had it before ,had to remove it because of my old phone number
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:18pm NZST Danggg you don't have steam guard?
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:18pm NZST I'm actually in dota rn can invite you to proof
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:18pm NZST You're not even in dota rn ,you're on your phone
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:17pm NZST it is indeed fair ,steam wont let me trade directly because of my mobile steam guard app im having a problem with my old number so i'll just gifts my stuff to you right away.
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:17pm NZST https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd....837/C0714A73E036E827FE594A0829551067C0E88ECD/
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:16pm NZST Sure just send me the offer first and I'll send you the gifted ones then accept the trade? Is that fair?
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:13pm NZST Yeah send over the gifted at once ones
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:13pm NZST Alright just send me trade offer, I don't think I can send one to you cause yours is private
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:03pm NZST and necro Fowl Omen
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:02pm NZST keep the mirana i'll take the void spirit,jugg,earth spirit Adornments of the Jade Emissary and rubick
CoMmEnD mE Satoru Sep 2, 2021 @ 9:01pm NZST Its a very tempting offer, any chance you are interested in other cache items? I will be willing to trade the other items as I do want to keep the mirana bundle & void spirit (am more willing to let void spirit go but would def want the mirana)
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Aug 30, 2021 @ 9:04pm NZST let's go!
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Aug 30, 2021 @ 9:04pm NZST If you're down shot it and i'll shot you my void mace of aeons ,void head and the sniper ardalan immortal set
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Aug 30, 2021 @ 8:42pm NZST that's my best shot bud
Satoru CoMmEnD mE Aug 30, 2021 @ 8:41pm NZST Yes they are included of course

I have continued uploading the evidence in steps

Step 2.

• Proof of the broken agreement or scam attempt (e.g. inventory trade history screenshot, disconnect without exchange, or paypal activity Full Screenshots)

• Proof that you verified the identity of the person (e.g. screenshot after clicking user's name from inventory history, or loading their profile from the chat discussion)

Additional supporting evidence: The chat logs (in decreasing order)

Pdf of the Chat logs + my trade inventory history showing you did not get what was promised and you sent this user what you agreed upon
The promise I did not received.

I have uploaded the chat log images under post #3, feel free to ignore the pdf.
After he acknowledges he got my items as provided with evidence screenshot (17), he quickly unfriends and blocks me (the scam).
From my trade history (most recent) you can see that the user has received the 'gifted' items of "Avatar of the Impossible Realm" bundle and "Jagged Honor" bundle which is valued around 93USD.
I have provided further evidence that he has unfriended me.

I was friends with him on 25th Aug 2020, I was still able to search him up in dota 2 and confirmed the fact that he has received my gift.
You can not simply send gifts to people that are not in your friends list. Evidence from Item History transaction.

Currently my steam Activity is bugged, it does not show any activity. (this is not under my control) I have sent steam an enquiry regarding this problem but have not received a response yet.

However, I can prove that I have made the transaction with the user, in my inventory history you can see the transactions I have made. Hovering on the user gives the hyperlink of the user on the bottom left corner. This link matches the URL of the user that had made the scam.

Furthermore, using the steamID you are able to check historical friends that you made. I have hovered over that which gives the correct profile ID matching the User as above: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198078728338.

Have added additional hovering of chatlog for proof