Sorry I'm new to this, I did give him negative trade feedback though so others will know
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Yeah, guy's record was clean and he had a few plus reps on his page from a year ago. Only had three games in his account though but it was clearly a trader one and had a link back to his steamgifts.
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You met an impersonator, I'm sorry to say :\
The person you mentioned and left negative feedback for had +150 rep, has traded recently, and has over 1,000 games on their account.
A common tactic for scammers is impersonation. They'll copy the profile of a legit user and then add you on Steam, linking to the profile of the person they're copying. Then they'll take your key and run.
If anyone adds you to trade, it's always best to double check they're the person you think they are. You can use Enhanced Steam to get a link to their profile on Steamgifts directly from visiting their profile page, or you can copy-paste their profile url in to Steamrep, then take their SteamID and stick it in a url like: http://www.steamgifts.com/user/id/76561198017975643
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Thanks, now I see its a complete and total fake. Also, the guys steam account is fraudlent, doesn't even link back to Steam gifts
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Yeah. If you have a link to the scammer's profile and you keep visiting, you'll probably see them change their name and avatar as they move onto their next victims under the guise of another trader.
It would be nice of you to remove the negative rep you left for the real trader since they had nothing to do with it, but unfortunately Humble's going to be your only way to get any justice.
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Already removed the rep, added the real guy on Steam to apologize for being such a dumbass
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Don't be too hard on yourself, it's easy to get caught up in the heat of the moment. Getting stung always sucks.
The best way is to consider it a learning experience, because now you won't repeat that same mistake twice.
I've never been scammed, but you're in good company here. Lots of people have been taken for a ride, and usually because you're willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt. Onwards and upwards, right?
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Three games? I'm certain that it was an impersonator. The real guy has 1000+ games.
This would help you: Enhanced Steam
It adds helpful information like SteamRep and SteamGifts links.
Edit: Hehe. I'm too slow. >.<
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I had started to type out a response about possible impersonation but refreshed and saw his response to you. You beat me to that part :)
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man that sucks. I hope you get all your stuff solved fast T_T I know that feeling.
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Possibly getting the key replaced from the Bundle, reported the Steam Acoount, let's see what happens next
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Anyone have any good tips for telling if a Steam Account is a fake or not
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this is solid advice http://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/CXsc3UY
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enhanced steam is already recommended. you can also cross-match the steam profiles yourself by clicking the steam icon on someone's sg profile when you're checking out "their" feedback on sg. it's really not that hard.
edit: oops. posted it under wrong comment and i'm too lazy to fix it.
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check their steamgifts rep. NOT steam rep, that one doesnt matter at all really. Of course steamgifts isnt the only places for trade (theres also reddit, tf2 outpost, etc but most serious traders have their trade topics at all 3 places, so steamgifts profile should be a good indicator).
there is also steamrep but its very slow to solve anything though. You could (and should) get enhanced steam addon and check supposed trader steamgifts profile from their steam profile page (not in steam client, but using browser instead).
also, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is :P
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So if I post the link for rip off guy, would I get banned or not?
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It would probably still be considered calling out, but the real trader (if they accept your invite) may or may not be interested in having the impersonator's profile to warn people.
Unfortunately it doesn't help too much since the impersonator will just make a new Steam profile once they've muddied the one they use for scamming.
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First never accept random invites. If someone add you and you accept and link you to their(fake profile or not), in the profile page, see if you can add the person or not (If the profile is already in your friendlist, you won't get the "Add Friend" button). If you can add the person in the profile they linked you. That mean the person you added is using someone else name. Is things I do to be on the safe side.
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^^ this, always check random invites profiles first. Also, try to add a line "DONT add me before you post in my topic" to your steamtrades topics too. Most people are going to ignore it anyways but oh well, sometimes it does work :)
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Never been scammed, so far... hope it won't happen to me. I do not trade anything expensive anyway.
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This was my most expensive trade, but I got the game for dirt cheap
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Just trading game for game. He got a Resident Evil Revelations key I was never going to use and told me he'd give me an FF7 key he got from greenmangaming. I ain't even mad anymore.
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yeah thats why i asked :P thats the "if it sounds too good to be true" part ;) i wouldnt expect anybody to trade a game like FF7 that goes on sale every once in a blue moon, for a game that was bundled a week ago :/ thats where i would do a double check on person im trading with and you should do the same in the future :)
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Happened with me too , i was trading Anna steam key (from a bundle) for gta san andreas.. the guy was an impersonator and never gave me the gta san andreas code of course.... that guy is now trade banned + i got rockstar complete pack + anna for like 10$ :)
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UPDATE- Got in contact with the REAL guy, apologized for the negative rep I commented, talked to him for a bit, sent him a link to the fake profile, he reported him too, we all good.
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