Why is "calling out" scammers against the rules?

Because you weren't involved and it could be easily considered slander/libel or whathaveyou.

Some ppl may be scammed by impersonators or just suppose someone is scammer, and post their names, to name and shame, this is called "witch hunting".

I could easily say you are a scammer and make some fake screenshots that are good enough to convince people it's true. Then you'd probably get a bunch of people harassing you.

It's not a rule to protect scammers but to protect everyone from trolls.

Why does that bother you at all? You wanted a game in cheaper way that a Steam offered to you, so you are guilty for yourself anyways. You wanted to cheat on Steam and you got what you've deserved in the end.

Besides that who told you to even try to trade? Isn't that humans are smarter from monkeys to THINK before DOING anything? Oh right, sorry, you are lower than human in the natural tree...

• Impersonators, all too often someone will get scammed and report the wrong person.
• Fakers, I've personally seen a group mod post a notification to claim that X dude was a scammer, and could we all report them. Turns out that user found that the games collected by the mod for giveaways were instead going to his alt to be sold for profit, and had tried to inform the group. One ban later, the mod tried to get his account banned by Valve by using people who didn't know the truth.

This is like two bald guys fighting over a comb. Who cares!? - Dr. Evil

Just don't do it. Done.

Witch hunt.

Because cheese could be green or yellow Then you wonder how long a piece of string is

You were scammed, weren't you?

1. you cannot prove it 100%

2. someone may have impersonated oder taken over the account of the person you think is a scammer

3. to prevent those scammers falsly accusing you as a acammer with made-up proof

4. witch hunts did mostly hit the wrong persons whenever they occured in history

Report them to your nearest Commissar, they will take it from there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g

thats why

cos steamrep exists for a reason, this is steamgifts.
I get you, but steamrep is a better place to post as this forum is only for steamgifts related.
Imagine if you were able to post about scammers on the forum, every other thread will be about scammers

I call myself out. I scammed myself on not saving enough money to buy Metal Gear Rising when it was on sale. =-(

I got scammed in this place and I agree with you. But if you call someone out, you will miss out the opportunity to win a game. (Btw if you are new to this place, it's like a communist or fascist dictatorship. You go against it, you will face grave consequences.

Like many others have said, calling out "scammers" only results in a witch hunt. If you fell prey to a scammer, the best thing you can do is to report on Steam and move on.

I think it's because most people that understand how the internet works at all should already know that the moderators of this site have access to more than enough information to make these kind of decisions without your valuable, loud, sometimes wrong input.