Wtf is this shit, just got scammed.

Yeah just contact them, since the trade was in the trade window the trade can and will be reversed.

Its the risk I think with trades. Before do that again check the profile and be sure the guy is somehow trusted or anything, no new account, years of experience, +reps, games on his account, etc.

Its just pathethic really, im sitting here in my bed with a broken leg due to an accident, so happy to play new games with the keys I bought from my money, just to realise that you get fu cked in the face again by life.

People dont have any moralities these days. Just sad...

Ugh, don't think it can be reversed after trading the keys to a third party. That's kind of a suspicious request, too.

No reason you shouldn't have traded it in the same window, that way you could've gotten your keys back, let it be a lesson for you for the next time.

iam sorry to tell u this but 99% chance u wont get ur keys back.
Steam give it back the keys IF u trade directly with the person
ex: u give me the keys in the trade window and i give u a "unpayed" game copy version
steam will undo the trade giving back your keys.

ex2: i give u the game first than u give the keys to a third account lets say a friend of mine account after i gave u the game.
steam cant "undo" the trade since u get the game for "free" in the log with the person who gave u the game will display that u gave nothing for it, so they wont give ur stuff back
its a shame but thats how steam works and its writen on the suport rules about this kinda of illegal trade
good luck u will need it

"... and said that I shall give the keys to his mate" Red flag right there mate.

If you used the trade window you can ask Steam to reverse the trade.

I've never heard of Divinity OS scams though but there are tons of DayZ scams out there.

Honestly, this seems very much like screwing over the person that was scammed purely because the scammer can.

When the trade gets reversed, the keys don't get yanked since more often than not, they've changed hands already, which means removing them would just hurt an unrelated party. Doing it this way doesn't change anything at all for the person doing the chargeback scam since they still get their keys and Valve eventually kills off the account for chargeback. The only difference is that the person being scammed can't get their keys back at all. It's pure spite, nothing more.

Yup, that's why you don't accept giftable only copies or do gift trades outside of the window with randoms. Especially when they get their "friends" involved.

Did you check his SteamRep profile or something before trading?

contact valve. if a trade was done through steams trading system, they'll POTENTIALLY reverse it as long as they believe your story (which should have sent off alarms to you, to be honest, trading keys to his 'mate' rather than getting the mate to give the gift to the account you were trading with)

I got "scammed" for Rust with 3 keys, but I was able to get my keys back after contacting steam support. I'm actaully glad that I got my keys back because Rust ended up being a terrible experience for me.

Sorry, I don't think you can reverse the trade.

Better call Gabe

Don't trust the profile reps. Because most ppls sell the reps for stuff. If you don't know, heres a link http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/what-constitutes-reputation.12391/

thanks for the story.
this is a way of scamming that would have worked on me, now i know better.

Well I contacted Steam support now, gave them negative reps on steamtrades and marked them in steam as scammer.

Whats the waitingque for steamtickets these days?

Feel bad for you man, sorry about those guys in our community

I don't know why they don't do like gifts that wouldn't be tradable until verification... That'd make everyone happier, and safer... and it wouldn't take more than a few days to verify the payment, which I could honestly bare if it was for safety reasons.

Feel bad for you man, contact valve.

why would steam detect the problem after the game is activated. it looks like they are supporting the scammers to continue doing this

"and said that I shall give the keys to his mate" <--- from this it sounded really fishy already when he could give the keys to his friend himself

8 keys seem to cheap to be true, tbh (unless you are russian)

Sadly, if you didn't do it all in the same trade window, you won't get anything back. If you complain they will tell you that you confirmed this trade when the popup appeared.

Honestly, I don't want to be a dick about it all, but I have absolutely no pity for you. You should have realized that something was up the moment he said to give the keys to a third party. It's just bloody common sense, mate. Ultimately, Valve is under no obligation to recompense you, as they are not under the burden of proof to prove that you giving the keys to a third party is at all related to so-and-so giving you a bad gift.

He went first with a giftable copy and said that I shall give the keys to his mate

idiot u_u