First Time Getting Scammed - It Hurts!!

Squirrel for president ! :)

also, just about everyone whos into trading (or plans to) should install Enhanced steam addon. Plus if you are new, it really pays to be extra careful with deals that look too good to be true and well thats about it :P

Well, I'm sorry to hear that...I've been scammed few times, too. (if that helps in anyway, hah) Just move on and be more careful in the future.

sorry to hear u got scammed and glad u got rust in the end xdD now if only i could win it on one of the ongoing ga's too xD

Sq1rr3l you da best!

Sorry that happened to you, but as you say, lesson learned.The people in the thread have already given some good advice.

Welcome aboard regardless,and here's a link to a giveaway I'm running though the game may not be to your taste.

http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Lyfs3/crash-drive-2

<3 <3 Sq1rr3l <3 <3

Really sorry you got scammed. It was ony three bundle game keys, but still, I can imagine it hurts. Thankfully Sq1rr3l saved the world ... again! :D

Steamrep is always your friend I guess?

Well thanks to this kinda of community.. You uh, technically you got your game
Good for you~ :3

I got scammed once too, lost my Tibia's Dragon Shield :(

It always hurts no matter how small the amount was scammed but you will get over it pretty soon. Just be more careful next time.

To scam 30 cents worth games, one must be really a poor person.

its not a big loss, when i started i was scammed for $100 worth games including rust gift, didnt gave up and now made quite a rep trading my spare keys, dont have to go first in 90% of the trades now.

If you want you can follow these simple rules

1. Install Enhanced Steam Addon (This is must because it adds steamgift & steam rep links to the profiles of people adding you.
2. Enable "Display Steam URL address bar when available" in steam client Settings >> Interface
3. Always take a look at the rep of person trading, even read negative comments (some times even scammers post negative comments on reputable traders).
4. Never add a steam profile that looks shady e.g low level with small number of games. & if you are trading on steamgifts, enhanced steam will take them to his/her profile other wise it will return to main page.
5. Make sure your first trades should be with reputable traders with lot of rep and ask them to +rep your profile as well, it will help you build up your rep and help you in future trades.

Hope this helps you and make you experience on sg more friendly, cheers!

i was scammed for the 3rd time today

Scammers everywhere, you have to be more careful... Now you've learned it hard way. But I'm glad you got the game after all :)

it hurts? i ever lose the rotten stache from dota 2 and some immortal item from TI3. check the price at steam market, it is soo dang deep
i knew what u feel bro, it is very hurt (got scammer many times, and also scammed by people on this steamgift, so be carefull on this site bro)

Well, at least you took it as a "lesson learned" and now have plenty of defense against it happening in the future. It sucks getting scammed, I'm sure, but you handled it very nicely and it looks like it all worked out in the end thanks to a generous furry mammalian creature.

If you're going to be trading a lot in the future (I don't because it's too much of a bother for me), definitely take the advice given by the others here -- enhanced steam and steamreap, amongst other things -- there are plenty of tools out there to help and some of these guys have years of trading experience. The best defense, however, is common sense, and you seem to be okay in that regard. :)

Sorry to hear, but at least it sounds like you only lost 3 bundle keys, I can't even believe some people would sink so low to ruin their reputation over literally less than a dollar... and you got Rust in the end so huge profit for you, congratulations!
In the future be mindful of trades that are clearly too good to be true.. again, you were trading 3 bundle keys with a combined value of less than a dollar for a game that's been at least €10 during the highest sales.. that alone should ring alarm bells :)

It sucks :/
But it happens and I'm sure you'll be more careful in the future :)
Still could've been worse

Oh and best wishes from Germany to Ireland! :)
Love your country :)
There was some nice guy in Limerick who let me and my friend sleep at his home because there is no cheap hostel in your town :P

i would sent you rust if i could , i dont play this game anymore , but i used ,so i cant sent ,maybe i can share my account to you play

remind me my first trade ever...it was on indiegala when i just discovered the world of web gifting, bundles, etc.. traded 3 of my cheap game for cs:go, i gave my games first, then he gave me his key, i tried, it said that the key for cs:go was already use, and when i tried to say to him (didn't took more than 20 sec to test and respond) BAM offline and not in my friend list anymore !

since then i checked each and every profile i traded with. Some of those people were very friendly and everything goes smoothly so, good thing there isn't only assholes in this world^^

Wow. Good user especialy that rust is on my wishlist too. You should feel good now.

Aw that sucks. At least they were just 3 bundled games and not a really expensive game. I know somebody who lost FIFA 2016. Also keep in mind that not every random that adds you is a scammer (though you should proceed with extreme caution). I once managed to trade 6 freebies for 40~ low value cards (I don't remember the exact amount of cards).

Last but not the least, be very careful with impersonators. They will tell you that they have over 100 positive rep and link you to the Steamgifts profile of somebody else. Take your time to check if you're actually trading with said person and not with an imposter.

If something's too good, maybe it's fake, no way you can make a trade like that with a strange, 3 cheap games (bad reviews and Humanity Asset was free before) for Rust? no way.
So sorry for your loss, lession learned :)

i pretty mush never got scammed in steam, lucky me :)

A similar thing happened to me yesterday. They wanted two ex-bundle games for Banished, I sent the keys and 30 seconds later they blocked me. Lesson learned. ಥ_ಥ

It hurts, yes. I was scammed once when I was studding for my finals and I had one eye to my papers and the other on the screen... Well id didn't go well... I got scammed. lost about ~120 usd that day. next day my first exam was a mess too. I was sad for almost a week and then suddenly I told myself "f*** that shit. it happens. I'll be more careful next time." And here I am. :V