A question about private giveaways

for points you'll need at least 2 entries

If the winner marks the giveaway as received but does not have the game activated, they will be suspended. If the giveaway seems suspicious of contribution value farming, then both the creator and winner will be suspended/banned. It can be done but it is very obvious to most and is a quick way to get yourself off this site.

Well, about two month ago, i saw someone won "Valve Complete Pack" in the "Last received gifts" list, and because i did not saw that giveaway, i checked to see if it was a group GA or a private one... It was a private one with... oh wait, 2 entries.

And looking at that guy history, i saw he already won that pack 2 times before. And he gifted it back 2 or 3 times.

I checked who he and his litle CV cheaters were, and reported them all. And got them suspended (for something like a month).

But what i found out from that situation, is the fact that there is no automatic checking. As long as you don't get caught, you're free to be as much an asshole as you want.

Only the support people around here would know how common it is, but some people do try this fake CV stuff with friends or alts from time to time. Eventually they use their fake cv to enter high cv giveaways, and the giveaway creator looks at their profile. Or they have the bad luck to "win" their fake giveaway right when someone's looking at the main page's "latest received gifts" or "top contributors this week." Or they write some forum message that attracts suspicion... :)

Seems there is no automated process to catch people who do this, but they do get caught eventually. Just so you know... :)

Oh u also wanna cheat? There a lot of people who "gift" that way to their other accounts. That's y u see so many 'private' give aways with 2-4 people.

Thanks for the tip

I thought the "game must be activated within 7 days on the winner account" rule was made to prevent this kind of cheating.