Why bother making fake entries?

They basically just don't understand how the site works.

They think they are creating a giveaway for themselves, at least that's the way I see it.

In other words they are stupid...

Also you don't get points after gifting games, you just get the contribution value increase.

Well this was a short lived discussion.

You should read the rules. Just saying.

Well, there's a good saying: never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

I think part of it is so that people waste their entry points so that they could have a better chance at winning something... that or just being stupid... or both...

I have won 2 fake ones so far... currently have one that I'm waiting to click Not Received...

That's a cool story, now tell me another story like that.

• Because they don't realise how the site works - I think some of them think that the winner (or winners) will have to gift them the game.
• Because they think they'll get contributor value / more points?

I don't know, I tried to gift once but it was something I won... but seriously why does that even exist here at Steam gifts??

As for gifting something you've won then it's against the rules simply because the person who made the giveaway expects you to enter only if you want the game and to enter then re-gift it is like saying "Hmm I'll try for free stuff, but I don't want the stuff so I'll give it to someone else"

I was the victim of a fake giveaway, but it wasn't a key though, it was a steam item which was removed after 2 days because the gifter had chargebacked the card.

Also it was on my first win ever. That was downright mean.

Same reason people make pointless forum posts. Maybe there just isn't enough pictures of cats on the internet?

Yeah , this truly is make me wonder > I mean i not a english user myself, but read faq a bit, even see a few giveaway, their description, pretty much everyone figure it out how the site work. So it leave us with only one conclusion
TROLLLLLLLLLLL

Stupidity (as described by others) or trolling.

If this is truly the trolling this is the lowest quality of it. It's not even funny and it's really obvious that they get nothing. Most trolls do it because of the rage they get, that's their reward. If all that happens is the it's reported and no one loses anything then these are all really awful trolls or as most people said, idiots who don't get it. I thought maybe there was some big thing going on since fake give-aways are common enough for most people to be alert so maybe I was missing something. Thanks for clearing that up :)

Whats the point of trying to be a quality member when you answer your own questions? There is absolutely nothing to "clean up". Its a self explanatory thing and its moronic to think so deeply into things clearly obvious.