Accepted Reports: 76561198055921839 (Buster) & 76561198040989969 (Crosby)

Victim:
steamID: Desu
steamID32: STEAM_0:0:33113755
steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198026493238
customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/desuh
steamrepURL: http://www.steamrep.com/index.php?id=76561198026493238

Scammer Nr1:
steamID: Buster
steamID32: STEAM_0:1:47828055
steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198055921839
customURL:
steamrepURL: http://www.steamrep.com/index.php?id=76561198055921839

Scammer Nr2(fake middleman)
steamID: C r o s b y
steamID32: STEAM_0:1:40362120
steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198040989969
customURL:
steamrepURL: http://www.steamrep.com/index.php?id

Screenshots:

Code:

Never tell your password to anyone.
Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2012
18:28 - Desu: yes?
18:29 - Buster: hi
18:29 - Buster: i am interested in your nano
18:30 - Desu: cool
18:30 - Desu: what are you offering?
18:30 - Buster: i can offer 193 usd for ur hat and we are going to use trusted middleman with rep
18:32 - Desu: and who will be the middleman?
18:34 - Buster: i will find one
18:34 - Desu: well okay I want to know the middleman first before doing the trade
18:34 - Buster: okay
18:34 - Buster: no problem
18:41 - Buster: found
18:41 - Buster: one
18:41 - Buster: i will invite him to chat
18:41 - Desu: ok
18:42 - Desu: where is he?
18:42 - Buster: can u wait 5 mins i must go to toilet
18:43 - Buster: :D
18:43 - Desu: ok
18:45 - Buster: okay back
Your chat with Buster is now a multi-user chat.
C r o s b y entered chat.
Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2012
18:46 - C r o s b y: Hi
18:46 - C r o s b y: So i will be middleman
18:46 - C r o s b y: My rep thread is http://tf2-trader.com/index.php?topic=12549.0
18:46 - Buster: hi
18:46 - Desu: where is his rep thread?
18:46 - Desu: oh ok wait
18:46 - C r o s b y: :D
18:47 - Desu: cmon guys
18:47 - Desu: you have to try harder than that
18:48 - C r o s b y: Woot
18:48 - Desu: middleman scams are too easy to figure out
18:48 - C r o s b y: What ya mean
18:48 - C r o s b y: ?
18:48 - Desu: http://steamcommunity.com/id/icrosbyi/
18:48 - Desu: this is the real profile of that guy
18:48 - C r o s b y: Ah Now i go t what u mean :)
18:48 - C r o s b y: :D
18:48 - C r o s b y: BYe Dude :D
18:48 - Desu: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198040989969/ and this is yours
18:48 - Desu: bye and good luck!
18:49 - C r o s b y: Carry on son of a itch
18:49 - C r o s b y: :)
C r o s b y left chat.
Buster left chat.

Description: That buster guy added me out of the blue and wanted to buy my hat for a slighty too high price. He told me that he will find a middleman. Then the middleman entered and posted this rep link: http://tf2-trader.com/index.php?topic=12549.0. I checked the times and urls and it was clear that the guy was impersonating. (I knew from the start but I wanted to collect evidence). I told them to f✿✿✿ off and they left. The fake middleman is already a marked scammer while the other guy has only a "caution" tag. So this should be enough for him to get a full scammer tag.

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