Accepted Report: 76561198290399872 - ([TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items)

Scam Report

Report Type: [Rep Fraud] Impersonation with intent to defraud
Virtual item type involved: [TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items

Accused profile: 76561198290399872

Victim profile: 76561198098985443

What happened? Description:

Earlier this afternoon I recieved a friend request from someone. Assuming they wanted to buy my unusual, I decided to add them. They were interested in buying the item, but they said they wanted to check if it's marketable on the trading site called BitSkins as they wanted to resell it afterwards.

While they tried to explain to me how the site worked in the minimized chat, I did a bit of my own research just to check if the site is legit. While they were AFK for a bit (or attempting to scam someone else) I did a test by depositing one of my items onto the site and successfully getting said item back into my inventory again. This test helped me identify the legit trading bots and what to keep an eye on to show it was really them, such as join date and the BitSkins bot group. After they returned, I managed to get an understanding of the site and bots that I was dealing with. This is where the scam attempt begins.

They tell me to click a button that will list the item. What it's supposed to do is you add multiple items to a list, click another button to confirm and a window pops up saying an offer had been sent and to make sure it's the exact same bot they're describing on the site. What this person did was they told me to click add to list, but not to confirm it and a bot will send an offer automatically to check if it's marketable. They wanted me to avoid the legit bot and fall for their fake one. In the screenshots below i've compared a real bot's profile and offer with the fake one, thus making this an impersonation / fake bot scam.

I set the accused as the fake bot due to the person who was talking to me already being marked as banned and reported on many occasions. This is who I was talking to in chat:

| steamname: TheWiz
| steam3ID: [U:1:205649245]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:102824622
| steamID64: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198165914973
| customURL: https://steamcommunity.com/id/TheW1z13
| steamrep: https://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198165914973​

Provide Evidence:

Screenshots of entire conversation, both accused profiles, a legit bot and the comparison between a good and bad trade.​

I don't give a damn about that guy, but they're still out there trying to squeeze items and money out of people. The fake bot should be tagged as banned incase it gets handed to another scammer. What if I didn't do my research beforehand and thought that was what the bots did? Judging by the fake bot's inventory they've probably succeeded in past fraudulent acts. Also finding it hard to see how there's no context too when BitSkins is clearly brought up in the discussion. Close this report down if you want to, I couldn't really care less now. I wasted like 2 hours of their time and in the end I still have my unusual.