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Looks like I just avoided being scammed.

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ivanlonel

So today this guy with a clean Steamrep profile added me willing to trade...

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tldr: He wanted to trade his key by mine by sending them "simultaneously" via chat. I sent him an invalid key, intending to send the correct one only if his was valid. It wasn't. =]

Should I do anything about it? Does this make me a scammer as well? :P

11 years ago*

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Fearzki

Lol. pretty good move. I should probably do that the next time i trade with an unknown person.

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ivanlonel

Well, I felt the need to do that when he came up with "before you say the key say GO". It didn't sound like something a fair trader would use. :P

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Shannara55

It's like a wild west shoot out with blanks hahaha.

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qUaK3R

Did you thought that he might have done the same thing for you?

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MrCastiglia

I was about to say this lol.

Anyways if he was a real scammer, glad you avoided it.

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UT99

1+

^_^

11 years ago
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ivanlonel

Sure, I considered this possibility even before doing that. But I didn't want his key bad enough to risk. :P
Moreover, he was the one who added me to trade. Considering I haven't posted anywhere saying I was looking forward to trade or even that I had games for that, it was already a bit suspicious for me.

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Alek2ander

Later this day: "Looks like I just avoided being scammed." Created by Al3cS...

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ivanlonel

lol :D

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Aiton

Great work! :D

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torik

Well, if both of you think this way..because it's possible that he did the same because of the same reason. Does that mean that scamming is the price of progress?

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ivanlonel

This xD

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Nuttyy

This was a great move by you indeed, I myself must remember this in the future... However having a quick copy paste explaining the reasoning of giving the other partner an invalid key if it happens to be that his/hers works!

And of course it does not. If he/she would have had any intention of giving you a real key, then more grumpiness would have occurred.
However, smart thinking and really a quite exciting read! ^_^

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Nezeru

Well done. Have a cookie.

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ivanlonel

Thank you! I love cookies.

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Closed 11 years ago by ivanlonel.