Is the current gifting system *really* safe?

I agree with adopting the new Steam trading system. The problem is that the gifters aren't always savvy enough to click the SteamGift user's name and add that person's Steam account, so they are susceptible to impostors posing as the winner.

The Steam trade system could work, if only the gifter would add the winner through Steam Gift's linked profile and not accept any invites around that same time (unless from different/unrelated known users).

Here's one answer I've seen on this site, from Hikikomori in this thread.

"That is a worry. I think though that the default for giveaways is about a day or something. That would probably give steam time to void that before it would be traded. It also just seems like the antithesis of this community. I don't know what would prevent it, but stealing a bunch of credit cards to ruin people's day on a free site where you get nothing in return for committing fraud that's punishable by time in federal jail doesn't seem like the most lucrative way to use a stolen credit card."

"I'm more worried about it on say r/gameswap because people can just recreate new accounts and flood the market making one sided deals to anyone and then disappearing. The old adage "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is". They of course win that trade because they got something while the other person got nothing. There's no trade going on here so it's a net loss for anyone financially to do it."

Also, this thread and this other thread.

Edit: Note that there is a recent thread about FERMi27 having his account suspended. Though, it looks like he has his account back.

So, is there a recommendation for how to confirm the identity of a gifter/recip? Seems like adding to steam friends and chatting with them might be the best bet. Yes/no?

It simply says "MAY" be suspended. Basically reserving the right to suspend your account if they think your committing a crime. Most likely they don't want you accepting a "not really a gift" from someone overseas to avoid region restrictions or a tax. At least that is what i get out of it. Either way, Steam isn't going to ban you for accepting a gift through that was sent through steam. Think about it, they want people to send gifts because that's a huge income for them. Your only worry on this site would be accepting a gift that is redeemed through a cd key. Steam wants you to be able to gift games to people. But if they see you gifting hundreds of games because your avoiding enough tariffs to make a profit, they gonna come after you lol. Your now taking a cut of their pie.

I actually have a trade ban because an ***** (autocensored, lol) gave me a copy of Killing Floor for tf2 items. Some days later, the Killing Floor gift dissapeared from my inventory and now i have a trade ban. I sent a message to the Steam Support and they banned me because i had a fraudulent trade, but they said: "Don't worry, that's temporal, two weeks later you can trade again."

It have passed three weeks and still having the trade ban, just tried now...

The curious part of this FAQ is this: "Never accept a gift from an unknown user.", well, who one except unknown users will trade with me?