Accepted Report: 76561198200197481 - ([TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items)

Scam Report

Report Type: [Other] Any other fraudulent behavior
Virtual item type involved: [TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items

Accused profile: 76561198200197481

Victim profile: 76561198090733426

What happened? Description:

He wanted me to trade him my unusuals to verify that they could be listed. He initially offered 25 keys pure for two unusuals that total up to 21 keys if you add up their average bp.tf values.​

Provide Evidence:

See chat. This may not be sufficient for a full ban, but I will let you be the judge of that.​

[4:34 PM]
zrai-hA:
Hello?

[4:34 PM]
Freak:
?

[4:34 PM]
zrai-hA:
sorry for disturbin you
are u busy?

[4:39 PM]
Freak:
kinda

[4:39 PM]
zrai-hA:
oh okay
sorry

[4:39 PM]
Freak:
what do you want

[4:39 PM]
zrai-hA:
are u trading?

[4:40 PM]
Freak:
just send a trade offer of whatever it is you intend to offer and ill look at it when i get a chance

[4:41 PM]
zrai-hA:
about your 2 unusuals?
for 25 keys?
what do you think?

[4:42 PM]
Freak:
pure?

[4:42 PM]
zrai-hA:
yeps

[4:42 PM]
Freak:
yeah ill do that

[4:42 PM]
zrai-hA:
Alright
give me sec?

[4:43 PM]
Freak:
sure

[4:44 PM]
zrai-hA:
okay give me sec?

[4:44 PM]
Freak:
sure

[4:45 PM]
zrai-hA:
oh wait
can i ask?

[4:45 PM]
Freak:
?

[4:45 PM]
zrai-hA:
where did you buy or get your 2 unusuals?

[4:45 PM]
Freak:
i dont remember, most likely scrap.tf

[4:47 PM]
zrai-hA:
oh okay
can i check if its able to be listed?

[4:47 PM]
Freak:
'check if its able to be listed'?

[4:47 PM]
zrai-hA:
uhm
cause im currently buying and reselling on a market
and i just want to check the market index of your items thats why i want to see if its able to be listed
can we check?
:/

[4:48 PM]
Freak:
that doesnt make sense to me. are some unusuals unlistable?

[4:48 PM]
zrai-hA:
yep :?
:/
do you have discord?
right?

[4:48 PM]
Freak:
id rather not get on discord right now

[4:48 PM]
zrai-hA:
why?

[4:48 PM]
Freak:
i have to leave for work soon

[4:49 PM]
zrai-hA:
we wont take too long
dont worry
okay?

[4:49 PM]
Freak:
no
send the trade offer or dont

[4:49 PM]
zrai-hA:
tsk :?
just tell me that your unusuals are not able to be listed
hahaha

[4:49 PM]
Freak:
was this supposed to be some kind of "trade them to you so you can check" nonsense?

[4:49 PM]
zrai-hA:
opps
sorry
opps
so defensive
hahhha
sorryyy

[4:49 PM]
Freak:
exposed

[4:49 PM]
zrai-hA:
scammer alert

[4:49 PM]
Freak:
go f✿✿✿ yourself

[4:50 PM]
zrai-hA:
SCAMMER ALERT
HAHAHAHA

I appreciate that, but I must admit, I am slightly confused - this is a case of item verification scamming, not impersonation. I apologize if I did not express that well enough. He wanted me to trade him my unusuals so that he can confirm that they are listable, and made the effort to dance around being explicit about it, no doubt in an effort to give too much evidence if I were to report him. I am actually not sure why I added a screenshot of his profile, so I may have goofed up there a little bit.

The evidence may be lacking in that he did not explicitly request the unusuals be traded to him before receiving the keys, so I will understand if this gets rejected. I do feel that there is enough supporting evidence, such as claiming that some unusuals are unlistable on the SCM (first time I have ever heard anything like that), and the fact that he would overpay in keys rather than sell the keys themselves on the SCM, which would no doubt yield a higher profit and sell faster at the same time.