- Remove the links as you will be accused for calling out (which is against the Rules of SG) and you will be banned
- Welcome to the hurtful club :/
- I am sorry for this bad incident :(
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whoa, thanks for the heads up! again, as you can tell, I'm new here haha!!!
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Steamrep says the guy is a scammer and was reported for fraud before on reddit. Also delete the profile link, SG has a rule against calling out.
You might wanna get enhanced steam addon for chrome or the browser you are using, it displays bans from steamrep on their profile, it also adds a link to their steamrep and steamgift profiles. This might help you in the future.
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Yeah, I checked his account using enhanced steam AFTER, I'm such an idiot haha!!
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Don't worry too much about it, i know it's frustrating as i've been there for the same mistake but yeah keep it as a lesson.
Basic advice :
• Never accept invite from random people, ask them to post on your thread first.
• Use Enhanced Steam for checking more information about the profile you're trading with.
• Always double check their profile, take your time. Most of the time people get excited and rush for the trade trap.
• If their offer is too good to be true, most of the time it's a trap.
• As a beginner, if you don't feel confident about what you're doing, just trade with people with really high REP and no negative.
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Thank you so much!!! This is very useful and means a lot to me!
Have a great day!
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Install Enhanced Steam for your bowser or check on steamrep.com before you do any trade!
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already did, but of course didn't think about checking it ;u;
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If you have EnhancedSteam installed, you can quickly access his SteamRep and SteamGifts profile, which helps a ton.
I'm seeing a REDDIT SCAMMER flag on that profile, and +6/-7 on SG, which would instantly decline the friend request.
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already had it, just forgot to check ;u; big mistake on my part!
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thanks for the tip! I mean, I don't mind it that much, but I'll just be sure to check their profile out first!
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You should check the trader's background information prior to trading. That user seems to be a known reddit scammer.
Ah well, at least you learned something from this experience. It's not like you lost much - Humanity Asset was even a freebie.
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Will definitely do that in the future!! Yeah, I'm happy they were just silly bundle games, but still! It's the fact it happened, really haha!
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FeelsBadMan, hope this will never happen to you again
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I have Magnetic: Cage Closed if that will help ease the pain :)
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no way, you really don't have to do that! :') that's very kind of you!!
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I don't mind. I'm in the mood to cheer someone up. I might have some keys you can use in trades (they'll all be Humble and Indiegala links so you'll know they aren't used)
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are you really sure? :o thank you so much, you have no idea how much that means to me!! :'D
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darn cheap lesson - lucky you i'd say
if as written above by others, he was already branded as a scammer you would've seen it at once (that he's branded for scam)
even without looking him up on steamrep.com with this addon for ff/chrome http://www.enhancedsteam.com/
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yeah, that's quite true!
and I already use it, just didn't bother checking his profile! silly me!
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Well, if you dont get scammed online, you are not a person :p Hope that you learn that you shouldnt trust random people (also beware with impersonators)
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Haha that's a good way to look at it ;) thank you!! :)
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Im kinda silly with ingame currency or gear, my gf is always telling me that im stupid because i trust people (last time that a guy "scam" (not really scam, just some kind of betray) was on Path of exile, and i know the guy for 2 years (from a world of warcraft guild) but sh1ts happens xD
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I never in my life got scammed online or offline for anything. You just have to be smart and careful. Learn from other people's mistakes so you wont be forced to learn from your own, because you wont make any xD
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I lost a gift copy of Family Guy. Consider yourself lucky it was only bundle games. Still though, never a nice thing to happen.
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Thanks so much for the tip, that's quite useful!! :')
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I tell you the truth 80% of the "people" who are adding you are scammers or bots and 19% are just adding you because of your profile picture :/
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Judging by your comments and general tone, you're treating this the right way... as an opportunity to learn. It sucks that there are people like that who just seek to gain by hurting others.
Btw, is that you in your profile pic? I'm a hetero woman who's engaged but damn girl, you hawt. xD
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Thank you! Yeah, there's no point in crying, what's done is done haha!
and oh gosh, yes it is, and thank you so much ahhh!!!
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Well scammers suck balls.. but Grimind, Humanity Asset and The Bluecoats: North vs South are not worth a lot. So you lucky you didnt lost a lot. they are just very cheap not wanted bundle games. lesson learned. (i know its the feel you got scammed not the games you lost)
Goodluck with trading tho! and never ever trust something like this. Rust is an expensive game while your three games were like shit bundle games honestly.
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Yeah, I guess I should have known lol!! Oh well!! Thanks so much!
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As Student mentioned, always ask the people that randomly add you to verify they really are who they say they are. Either ask them to post something on your thread, or ask for a link to their SG account. If they don't want to do it, either just refuse to trade, or at least let them go first (and always check the keys before sending back!). If they don't want to do that, just call it off. I did it once, when someone was offering a game I really wanted, but he had some negative rep, so I told him that he had to go first (it was also in my trade thread). He refused, so I just refused to trade with him. Glad I did, turned out he was a scammer :S
So yeah, getting some more info on someone before a trade can pay off.
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Wow, great advice!! I'll be sure to be way more careful in future!! Thanks so much!!! :D
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and if they sent you the steamgifts profile, go to "view steam profile" from the SG profile page to confirm that (s)he is indeed who you are dealing with. They sent you a link from someone they impersonating and you can be fooled if you are not careful.
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Sorry to hear that. Don't worry, Karma will hit them hard.
Have these.
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Yeah, very true!!
and ahhhh too cute, thank you!!! haha!!
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This is why I don't trade ... too many people willing to be scumbags.
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always double check the profiles on steam/steamgifts/steamrep to see if someone is legit. And never follow their links to the hypothetically profiles of theirs. Follow the links from one page to another etc.
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Thanks so much for the advice, I'll remember to do so! :)
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<3
I remember my first time getting scammed and dang, did it hurt! I was so, so, so careful yet in the end fell for an impersonator, pretending to be a high-rep trader. Oh, and I went first. Whoops. But you're right, that feeling you get when you send the keys, receive nothing but silence from the other trader and wait for the inevitable removal from their Friends list is just awful. Wouldn't wish it on anyone.
I guess just remember there are a lot of awesome people here in the Steam/SteamGifts community, so try not to let one (seriously) sour apple ruin the cool community we have. Hopefully you can have better trading luck in the future!
Optimistic sliver of hope: By any chance, were any of them Humble Bundle keys?
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It's a pretty bad feeling, yes!! ;u; thanks for your kind words!!
and no, they were bundlestars keys!!
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You're very welcome, unfortunately I understand your pain!
Unfortunately as they were Bundle Stars I think what's done is done, buy hey, at least we can learn from our mistakes. Happy (future) trading!
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I'm pretty new here, and new to trading in general, so I guess this is a way of teaching me a lesson! I was added by this user, randomly, and they messaged me telling me they had Rust, which is a game I'm looking for right now! I know most people on here don't like it when people add them without commenting on their thread, or whatever, but I don't mind! I guess I need to be more careful with that, huh? Anyway, they sent me a list of my games that they liked and asked me to make an offer. In the end we agreed to three of my games for Rust (since my games weren't worth much, I was happy with this) I, stupidly, agreed to go first and sent the Keys to them. They didn't reply for a minute or two, so I asked "did the keys work okay?" and as soon as I did - BAM! - they were offline, and not on my friend list anymore. I lost three games (Grimind, Humanity Asset and The Bluecoats: North vs South) which could have been used to get something in return, and I feel so silly, but in a way this is good, because I now know how careful I need to be!!
EDIT: one very lovely user, http://www.steamgifts.com/user/Sq1rr3l, added me and sent me a key for Rust ahh I am so so grateful, you have no idea!!!!
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