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NemoKhan

Black Ops 2 keys is gone ;_;.

Seriously though, what is the proper procedure to make sure he can't scam anyone else?

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NemoKhan

Forgot to add, already reported him in the steam client for "attempted trade scam", added picture evidence. Any other steps to take?

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DeltaBladeX
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They rarely care in cases like this, you are told not to trade with keys.

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NemoKhan

I see, well what the heck. Let's just say, hypothetically, of course, I have all my friends report him. Might he be banned from trading?

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DeltaBladeX
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If it isn't over the official Steam trading window, they couldn't care. SteamRep will take your report on him, but Steam will only tell you 'You dun goofed.'

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NemoKhan

Ah well, off to steamrep it is then.

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Aquillion

Also, this might be obvious, but don't have all your friends report him on steamrep. That's not allowed, since it breaks the system to have someone flagged extra-hard as a repeat scammer just because you happen to have a lot of friends.

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NemoKhan

I see, could i perhaps do it directly through the steam client?

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Aquillion

What I mean is, reporting them on Steamrep (and other reputation sites like that) is sufficient.

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NemoKhan

Very well, although it will probably take a few more scam reports for him to be finally banned.

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DeltaBladeX
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SteamRep.com doesn't ban users

Steam would give ban trades for bad trades over the window, but a key won't result in that.

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Arpione

Actually it does. Some guy got scammed out of 2 of his Humble Origin Bundle keys (yes, bundle keys) by an impersonator. The scammer used my name and avatar, and sent my steamtrades profile to the guy. He reported me instead of the scammer and guess what, Steam Support gave me a trade ban based on a screenshot of the chat window, no chat log check or anything.

Still couldn't get them to actually do some checks, they either paste some template answer or say that they can't assist me (it seems to me they just refuse to do any actual work). Even the scammed guy asked them to remove my ban after I explained to him what happened, support said they're investigating.

So far I only heard rumors that they suck but this is ridiculous.

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DeltaBladeX
(Senior Moderator)

Oh man. Seems they can't do anything right. Get the right scammer, 'We don't do anything about you losing keys, we tell users not to use them in trading".

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Arpione

I talked to someone who got a trade ban for no reason and the only way he could get it removed is to talk directly to a support member through one of his friends, and even the support guy couldn't tell him why he got the ban. It seems you can't get anything done right unless you know someone inside.

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orpi

try this

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NemoKhan

IT IS DONE

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DeltaBladeX
(Senior Moderator)

Live with it, learn from it, and dump key everywhere, so at least he might not profit.

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NemoKhan

already tried that, within 5 minutes it was a duplicate product key :(

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MaximumBunny

Take screenshots of your conversation with this user. Make a support ticket. http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2102640 Report them to steamrep.com. And in the future don't go first or trade keys at all to/from randoms.

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NemoKhan

I'm in the process of reporting them on steamrep, but can you be a little more specific on making a Steam support ticket? Also, I usually never do, but the deal was (in retrospect) too good to be true, and he duped me.

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MaximumBunny

Go to http://support.steampowered.com/ and make a new ticket. Tell them you traded a game key and were supposed to get a gift, but the guy scammed you. Provide a screenshot of your dialogue with this person and a link to their profile to prove that there was a transaction between you 2.

Then he gets trade banned. That's about it. It's all dependent on you having proof of your transaction with him though, which you may or may not have.

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TRUCKER

afaik steam doesn't investigate key trades.

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MaximumBunny

They do when you have sufficient evidence for the transaction. It's more important for them to reduce the amount of scammers than to scold you for doing something they said not to.

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WildsnorlaxXx

i believe they can see user chats however ;) something gabe failed to mention to us ;)

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Vapourizer

Where did you get your key from?

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NemoKhan

Traded for it from a reputable guy I'd traded with before. Steamtrades is a good site for all that.

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WilliWuerstchen

Re-Trading Gamekeys? Uargh =X

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smutsig

conctact steam and report the keys so they can make them useless, i did that once when i got scammed.

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NemoKhan

Unfortunately it has already been redeemed, could they make it invalid?

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DeltaBladeX
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They might. You wouldn't get it back of course, but they would lose it.

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NemoKhan

Good enough for me, as long as he can't use it.

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WildsnorlaxXx

WAT DO ? yabadabadoooooooooooooo :P

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NemoKhan

Indeed, friend. Wise words.

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WildsnorlaxXx

what i am really wondering is ... what DID you trade black cocks for? (even if he didnt give it what was of greater value? )

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NemoKhan

deal was too good to be true, as i said before. he said he had a $100 steam wallet code, i was offering black ops 2 + total war rome 2 for it.

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TRUCKER

He had a steam wallet code? And you blame him for loosing the key?

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TheDopefish

"steam wallet code" there's your problem

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WildsnorlaxXx

and why would he give the game to you for 40$+ than the actual games value? what would he gain?

  • gj there mate!
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Cerein

if steam would just allow you to redeem keys as gifts this would all get a lot safer for everybody

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NemoKhan

agreed.

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numanair

Yep

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gallert

indeed

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FYNE

that would be perfect

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Hague

But a loss for steam :P

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SERPEN7

Report him to steamrep.com, next time when the trade seems fishy, its probably a scam.

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AtomicWoodchuck

Send him to jail (directly to jail).

Ensure he neither passes "GO" nor collects $200.

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TRUCKER

"Black Ops 2 keys is gone"

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FapFap

This

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Necroblight

Kill him.

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Junoh315

Cry.

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HillaryClinton

Track him down and unleash the rage within, maybe poop(Also known as the rage within) on his mail box?

Whatever you do, I hope you get payback or something...

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Ekaros

Dronestrikes FTW!

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HillaryClinton

I was drugged, I never was aware of those orders.

I only do good, see me flyyyyy!

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IrionDaRonin

For some reason i was expecting that from Black Ops 2 giveaways (and a few more others), and that's preciselly why i didn't participate on them.
Make sure you always watch the profile, the inventory, the number of messages or giveaways, the membership antiquity, number of friends in Steam, previous deleted giveaways and SteamREP of the gifters, then sumarize all and think if it's trusty gifter or not.

Good luck with the report, man.
Have a nice day :)

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TartFlavor

This should help you out

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Mindestens

Just don't count on anything or anything soon, SteamRep has reports not yet checked back from June or even March since the guy who tricked me was reported first time in March (and since there are 4 reports about him, no action on their side).

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muntas

Cry In Corner

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godoftoast1992

Eats some pie of rationalism and then nourish your self with the nectars of justice.

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Mew2

SteamRep doesn't really investigate key trades. Every instance reporting a trade scam involving keys I've seen was archived a d pretty much ignored. :(

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Closed 11 years ago by NemoKhan.