Accepted Report: 76561198143828401 - ([Other] Other game items)

Scam Report

Report Type: [Money] Other cash fraud (webmoney, bitcoin, etc)
Virtual item type involved: [Other] Other game items

Accused profile: 76561198143828401

Victim profile: 76561198127031177

What happened? Description:

Preamble the entirety of the deal is visible on steam, but it started on twitter.
I wanted to sell 8000 Yuan of Buff-balance I had accrued, I posted about this on twitter. "Cuthbert" then contacted me, we first discussed things on twitter. (I can provide this too if needed). They asked for all, I decided I only wanted to sell around 500$ of balance to them. After some back and forth we agreed on me buying a rust item "Big Grin Mask" (as they don't have the tradelock) for 570$ on buff and trade it to "Cuthbert". Then they would pay me in crypto. As I didn't trust them too well I had them send 10$ beforehand, which they did. After sending the item they then wanted to enlargen the deal to include other valuables of mine, which I declined, having realized I had been scammed. They have already moved the mask from the account I know to another one.​

Provide Evidence:

I've provided the entire steam exchange, the trade agreement is visible in screenshot 5, I can prove I gave my part of the deal with the "trade history" file and I clicked through the trade history onto his profile, result seen in "identity proof".​

[12:34 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
Trade Offer URL:
https://steamcommunity.com/tradeoffer/new?partner=183562673&token=dJVj2Myx

[12:35 PM]
yohei:
what was that "crazy high fees" comment

[12:35 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
Put your address on your trade window
Phantom wallet to other platform take crazy fee
i thought you are using binance or paxfull something like that
i got coinbase so its fine

[12:36 PM]
yohei:
wallet or website?

[12:36 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
Phantom wallet is an extension wallet tho

[12:37 PM]
yohei:
nah, the coinbase one. do we need to match up there as well?

[12:37 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
I see
let me know if you have the big grin so we can do this

[12:39 PM]
yohei:
I'm the one with 100% risk again here. give me time

[12:40 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
no worries buddy
im sure im down with you to make deal ^^

[12:41 PM]
yohei:
DkEU6RhS2vwzFB1N9U38m6BeCavCfzQf16Zwamywyzbi
Send 10$ there.
proof o f concept
also, big grin is at 3877 yuan, so you obviously have to pay 570$ for this transaction

[12:42 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
Thats what i said tho

[12:42 PM]
yohei:
huh

[12:43 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
1:1
I told you in twitter lol

[12:43 PM]
yohei:
yeah? and 1:1 of 3877 xuan is 572$

[12:43 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
Yes

[12:44 PM]
yohei:
ok, in twitter you said 550 at one point, just wanted to make sure
anyways, what do you think of you sending me that 10$ first?

[12:46 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
I told you im really down with this deal

[12:46 PM]
yohei:
yeah, that doesnt help me much
im risking 570$ and you dont want to risk 10?

[12:49 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
Check it

[12:50 PM]
yohei:
thank you
ive bought the mask, now we just have to wait on the seller to deliver
seller seems american/ european, so i should have it it sub 4 hours would be my guess. I'll message again once I have it.

[12:53 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
Cool
Oh it seems you have the big grin now

[12:54 PM]
yohei:
that was quick, sub 4hours xD
now that we use crypto and have some trust, I would really enjoy that we do half before half after.

[12:55 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
...
i wont ruined my reputation for a 572bucks bro lol
i already told it to you im really down in this deal
you have my word once i received the offer ill send you the money as we agreed
562$ left

[12:56 PM]
yohei:
correct. all right.

[12:57 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
Trade Offer URL:
https://steamcommunity.com/tradeoffer/new?partner=183562673&token=dJVj2Myx

[12:58 PM]
yohei:
You sent CuthbertBinnsCS a new trade offerDkEU6RhS2vwzFB1N9U38m6BeCavCfzQf16ZwamywyzbiView trade offer
sent
you working on it?

[1:03 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
I just accepted
just wondering if you could sell your Fade knife for 1500usd

[1:05 PM]
yohei:
lets finish this deal first

[1:06 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
I mean i send payment at once to less any charge fee
knife is 98% fade tho

[1:06 PM]
yohei:
its a 0.00025$ fee
lets keep them seperated

[1:07 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
Yeah but i need to convert my usdt and all my funds is on binance
its like 2072$ for all

[1:07 PM]
yohei:
you said you were good for the mask man?

[1:07 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
I show your knife to a friend Maayazi and he is paying 1900$ xD i just want a good profit tho

[1:08 PM]
yohei:
lets keep it simple, wire the funds

[1:09 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
Ill do it 2150 for the both just to be fair ?

[1:09 PM]
yohei:
bro
send me my 560 well talk after

[1:10 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
I get the funds on him bro thats why im offering you for the both , i really get a decent profit on it
can ?

[1:11 PM]
yohei:
no
the bfk is about 3k$ anyways, your buyer is offering a s✿✿✿ deal

[1:12 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
Its not 100% fade lol
Look at buff

[1:12 PM]
yohei:
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd....668/014A8C73578D18278B50ED14EC59C3803B33114E/

2700$ my bad
anyways, im not selling the knife, thats a playskin

[1:13 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd....646/2ED3B906A3E123C87F388E4BAD3D43BD1FAAA8DC/

[1:13 PM]
yohei:
bro thats marble

[1:14 PM]
CuthbertBinnsCS:
lmao my bad
2500$ for knife ? + 562$ can ?

[1:14 PM]
yohei:
thats a pretty good offer, send the 560 first though

[1:39 PM]
yohei:
Im not getting my money am I

Yeah, after the fact it does look classic, greed makes blind etc. the address is solana "DkEU6RhS2vwzFB1N9U38m6BeCavCfzQf16Zwamywyzbi". Sadly can't get the mouse to show up on the screenshot though. Thanks for the quick response.

Here it is on solana explorer. The senders address is "5tzFkiKscXHK5ZXCGbXZxdw7gTjjD1mBwuoFbhUvuAi9" but my guess is that its a mixer, as a balance of 5 Million SOL is about 115 Million USD.