Accepted Report: 76561198219200107 - ([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: 76561198219200107

Victim profile: 76561198085126938

What happened? Description:

This user previously went by the name Alkan. He befriended me and many other people on Team Fortress 2 earlier this year, and started a Discord server comprised of us and others. Throughout the year, he'd gained our trust through brokering items and returning them & always paying back. However, in recent months, he'd started to ask to borrow keys from us to use on the website tf2hunt.com. We begrudgingly accepted, under the terms that he would pay us back. However, there eventually reached a point where he had borrowed 200+ keys, an unusual Kazotsky Kick, an unusual Proletariat Posedown, an unusual Vive la France, and various other items to "broker" from the victim, Larcy. He had borrowed around 3 keys from me and other small amounts from others without paying back but Larcy's was by far the most extreme case. Earlier today, he was accused of scamming on a server, but I sided with him because of the trust I had for him; there was also no real way for me to know who had done it, as Alkan told me that the other user was a "quickswitcher". A few hours later, it came to our attention that he had removed us on Steam, Discord, and Snapchat. I was able to find him as I had kept his chat window open, and found his profile through the Steam link. I now have reason to believe that not only did he steal from us, but he was also a scammer.​

Provide Evidence:

The first four screenshots show the "lending" of keys and various unusuals & items from the victim to the scammer. The fifth screenshot shows the scammer's profile, with evidence that his alias has changed. The sixth screenshot shows a recent chat between me and him about the "scammer" we encountered on a server together shortly before he removed all of us. The seventh screenshot shows a chat from just over 2 weeks ago as of this report, with him borrowing keys from me, much like he did for the victim. The eighth screenshot shows these trades being accepted.​

Of course. In retrospect, that makes sense.

Anyhow, as it turns out, the accused might not be a scammer... it's very hard to tell. After I submitted this report, we received a message from the accused saying "before i delete this account also i will pay larcy and the rest back i need a rest something happend and cant tell it just give me a break i will be back i deleted everyone bc i know everyone would be asked. and i know u can say f✿✿✿ alkan what ever u want i know i did go from nowhere away but i will be back 1 day so give me time. thank you for reading this.".

We are still on the fence about whether he is being true or not. I was very quick to my feet with the report because I wanted to help my friend, a supposed scam victim. Apologies for the troubles but if this does need to be taken further, I will update the post.

Also, why is this thread displaying my oldest username and profile image?

Yes, sorry. First batch.

Last lot of photos.