Accepted Report: 76561197987777454 - ([TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items)

Scam Report

Report Type: [Money] PayPal scam or scam attempt
Virtual item type involved: [TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items

Accused profile: 76561197987777454

Victim profile: 76561197960864404

What happened? Description:

Phlps offered cash for my bp, you'll see in the chat log that we discussed the financial exchange (his screenshot of an unconfirmed paypal transaction to my account) which was obviously never submitted.

He received the bp and immediately blocked me.
There are many more items that I could provide screenshots of if necessary, but I've reached the upload limit (15)​

Provide Evidence:

Initial offer came in the form of a comment on https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=471347131
$1800 was offered via Paypal
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This screenshot was used to validate my PayPal account.

The following conversation is the flow of activities:
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The "How's it looking" was before I realized that I'd been blocked.


Here's the trade:
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[9:25 AM]
Phlps:
Hey there

[9:26 AM]
pnds:
Hello, thanks for the bp offer
I have a question! what's the method you use to manage the trade / payment piece of that puzzle
i'm assuming some kind of escrow but unsure of the logistics

[9:27 AM]
Phlps:
What do you mean by method?

[9:27 AM]
pnds:
I mean: How would you conduct the trade?

[9:28 AM]
Phlps:
Usually it works based on rep, not sure if you went over my profile but I own 10+ Unusuals, I have been trading for over 10+ years, I'm level 175, etc. I can also provide a screenshot of my PayPal balance for proof of funds/Trade-History if needed.

[9:29 AM]
pnds:
okay so based on trust, got it

[9:29 AM]
Phlps:
Yup

[9:29 AM]
pnds:
I'll think about it today, will let you know in the next few hours

[9:30 AM]
Phlps:
Sure thing, do you have a buyout in mind that you're willing to sell it for now?

[9:30 AM]
pnds:
I don't
I'd like to do some due diligence, and consider the offer

[9:31 AM]
Phlps:
Alrighty, shoot me a message in a few hours
Take care for now

[9:51 AM]
pnds:
Arite I'm in the process of adding every item to the "Steam Trade Offer" page - $1800 is fine

[9:52 AM]
Phlps:
Sure thing, I can gather up the trade offer since I feel like it might take you a while

[9:52 AM]
pnds:
that's ideal
thank you

[9:52 AM]
Phlps:
I have a browser extension that adds them somewhat fast

[9:52 AM]
pnds:
perfect

[9:54 AM]
Phlps:
Also may I ask for your PayPal?

[9:54 AM]
pnds:
[email protected]

[9:58 AM]
Phlps:
Phlps sent you a new trade offerView trade offer
Gotcha, trade offer had been sent. Let me know once confirmed.
Also do you want me to include any payment notes?

[9:59 AM]
pnds:
Hm no, I think you can say whatever you think is appropriate there if anything

[10:00 AM]
Phlps:
Sounds good, I’ll either leave it blank or just say “Payment for virtual goods”

[10:00 AM]
pnds:
perfect

[10:01 AM]
Phlps:
That's you right? @k0ws
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd....723/757D445D798008868A8BD0CB693F710B769C895C/

[10:01 AM]
pnds:
that's me
perfect

[10:01 AM]
Phlps:
Awesome! will let you know the moment the trade-offer went through. Shouldn't take more than 5-10 mins since it's a large amount of items

[10:02 AM]
pnds:
yeah that makes sense
I tried accepting it, went through to authorizing on the steam mobile app which errored
and now the trade says "trade offer canceled"?

[10:04 AM]
Phlps:
That’s weird
Yeah the trade is showing as cancelled

[10:04 AM]
pnds:
Would you mind giving that another go please?

[10:04 AM]
Phlps:
You should try restarting the app

[10:04 AM]
pnds:
already done

[10:04 AM]
Phlps:
Close it and reopen, I’ll set up another offer

[10:10 AM]
Phlps:
Phlps sent you a new trade offerView trade offer
There you go
Should be good now

[10:12 AM]
pnds:
I've clicked confirm on the app - it is not being the most responsive
"Unable to confirm - please try again later"

[10:12 AM]
Phlps:
Yeah it's usually like that, if it gave you an error it should go through.
Let's give it a couple of minutes.

[10:12 AM]
pnds:
righto, will wait

[10:13 AM]
Phlps:
the new redesigned steam app is very buggy and slow lately
kinda funny that they decided to update it after 8 years

[10:13 AM]
pnds:
it is, it does look more modern but definitely not performant...

[10:14 AM]
Phlps:
exactly

[10:22 AM]
Phlps:
Still here, waiting on it to show up on my side.

[10:23 AM]
pnds:
hm
re-loading the offer
"Sorry!" An error was encountered while processing your request: There was an error retrieving your trade offers. Please try again later."

[10:25 AM]
Phlps:
yeah, it should go through
Just buggy and slow
giving it extra couple of minutes

[10:25 AM]
pnds:
I'll not rock the boat by trying lots of things
yeah
looks like it may have gone through

[10:30 AM]
Phlps:
checking now

[10:30 AM]
pnds:
there are still some items in my inventory but I'd be happy to send those over as well

[10:31 AM]
Phlps:
yup, i think its all there
one sec just confirming

[10:58 AM]
pnds:
How's it looking?

The top screenshot includes the mouse-over of the scammer's name/profile page

Great, thanks for the specific feedback, bare with me while I go over what you said again with a fine toothed comb and try to figure out what I've done wrong.

Apologies for missing the paypal piece.

Perhaps you mean this? In future if you reference the URI you're interested in, people will have an easier time understanding the specific content you're looking for.
Also, bullet points make specific requirements easier to digest than a wall of text.

How's this?

That's two monitors, 1920/1080, and a 5120/1440

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