Welp

A warning to anyone just starting out- ALWAYS send the game through the email shown to you on your account page!

I managed to get scammed by someone who reacted quick, added the winner's picture and name as an alias, then added me on Steam and got me to send it to him as a trade. This individual's page is http://steamcommunity.com/id/Azmeruruel and he goes by the following aliases-

Deathmatch
jddimafx
Downpour
Rikjs
CaptainBonertopia
meruruplay
Arael
seaworth
GoodJobDog
Zet (the winner's name he stole)

I'm gonna buy another copy of the game to send to the winner, because I'd hate to be in his position in this. Still, everyone be careful for scammers like this!

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What a dick.

13 years ago
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Unfortunately this is becoming the norm. There are a lot of people out there trying to scam givers.
Remember to report him to Steam, they haven't done anything to the scammers yet but perhaps with enough reports they'll deem it important to act.

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He tried to scam me earlier. Please also report him to this website, Steam, http://www.sourceop.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=6447, and any other reporting sites. I would also file a claim with steam, and see if you can get your game back. Also it would help if you have any sort of proof with the conversations with some sort of screenshot.

13 years ago
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Here is he's steam ID

STEAM_0:1:15855744

13 years ago
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I must iterate again, only send gifts to the email specified by the site. I'm asking to get the winners removed until after claimed :/

13 years ago
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Yeah, it's my own fault I failed to follow your directions. Still sending in a support ticket to Valve, hopefully they'll do something about this jerk.

Not showing winners until they've claimed their gifts is a great idea.

13 years ago
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Depending on how clearly you state your case, you can get the giveaway's prize back and their Steam account banned.

13 years ago
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dont use steamtrade and dont accept friend requests from winners/faker of your giveaway.

13 years ago
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Reading the FAQ is an even better idea. Having something in place to protect people that would make a mistake such as yours is tantamount to encouraging OTHER stupid mistakes. If the scammer was never able to scam you, because your profile was hidden from him/her, then you likely still would have given the game over steam instead of via email. Only it'd have simply been a higher chance at going to the right person.

I've no sympathy for these mistakes. FFS, you're scammed as well as the person who won the giveaway - because you were too busy or some shit to read a simple FAQ. =/

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Actually, I did read the FAQ, way back when I first wanted to join steamgifts.com. Unfortunately, by the time I actually managed to get an invite, it was no longer fresh in my mind, so I got caught up in the excitement of people winning my stuff and forgot what the FAQ said.
I was, in fact, in the process of copying the winner's email from the "My Giveaways" page when I was contacted by the scammer.
While I don't expect sympathy for my stupid mistake, that doesn't mean this isn't an issue that needs to be solved.

13 years ago
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Between the opportunity to be scammed, and your ability to be scammed, which do you think is more productive if changed?

13 years ago
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Did he have an account here?

I think the giveaways should not be visible to non-logged in users. People without an account (banned or simply not registered yet) can pull these tricks because they see all the giveaways.

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Not that I can find, though it looks like all his aliases are names of people on steamgifts who've won things- I'm guessing he's been running this scam for awhile now.

Only one I couldn't find was the most recent- "Check your moves"

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It's no way to stop this scammers? Seriously, in this forum i saw lots of people scammed by people like this asshole...

A friend was scammed twice few days ago and Steam Support aren't doing anything. It seems the only way is beware with this scammers...

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The problem can be alleviated by sending the gift DIRECTLY TO THE WINNER'S EMAIL. No exceptions.

It's not the scammers can replicate your email, right (right)?

That, and hiding the winner until the gift is claimed would help as well.

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steamID: Check your moves

steamID32: STEAM_0:1:15855744

steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197991977217

customURL:
steamrepURL: http://www.steamrep.com/index.php?id=76561197991977217

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Goddamn it's depressing seeing people out there scamming. I live on a pension and buy Steam games on sale, and love making giveaways here when I can afford it. 2 out of the 3 people involved in this incident got ripped off because there are terrible people out there :<

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Agreed. This has me seriously reconsidering whether or not I want to stick to this site- why give away things if some jerk is going to try to steal it from the rightful winner? Why bother entering if someone is just going to scam the giver pretending to be you?

Seriously, some people out there are just scum.

13 years ago
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I'm going to continue posting and entering giveaways, but I think it's important that people are away that there ARE dickheads out there that want to ruin it for everyone else.

13 years ago
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CG, y u no make winner's name hidden until gift mark as recieved

13 years ago
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I approve of this idea.

13 years ago
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This should be the next thing added.

13 years ago
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he is making it so only registered people can see it.

13 years ago
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Wow. That's a really good idea.

13 years ago
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+1 for great (and really obvious) idea

13 years ago
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Steam ID:capsilon
a faker

13 years ago
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hihi!

13 years ago
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Seriously, WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?

Stupidity =/= scammed.

13 years ago
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While I agree it was really dumb of me, I'm still new to this whole thing, and was swept away in the moment of being able to give something away like this. However, the people really being scammed in situations like this are the ones who actually won the giveaway- yes, I was stupid, but it's not fair to the person who was supposed to win that they got cheated out of their prize.

Luckily, I was saving up money for Deus Ex: HR, and was able to use that to buy another copy to give to the winner. If I hadn't had the money, however, we both would have been screwed by this scammer.

13 years ago
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Didn't mean to directly call you stupid. Was making an in general statement, the flow of my post is poor, my apologies.

And major kudos to you for rectifying that.

13 years ago
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People get scammed when they're in a new environment, or aren't yet familiar with how something works. I think it's terribly demeaning to say that someone was "stupid." Everyone has their moments of weakness, and I'm pretty sure you could think of some embarrassing moments in your life where you made a silly error. Go on, think of some embarrassing moments you had, and your mortification.

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+1

13 years ago
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I can think of PLENTY fuck ups in my life, however, I also read the god damn FAQ/Rules on this site and take the Cult's suggestions to heart when gifting because Cult's rules/suggestions are ALWAYS in the best interest of winners.

Do you dive head first into everything you do? Or do you RTFM? I RTFM myself.

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Or simply instead of making any new updates, the giveaway hosts should add the person directly through the link they are given, or send to their email. I prefer sending directly through steam, gives a more secure feeling.

13 years ago
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Report him here.

13 years ago
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hihi! nice to see you here! your link

13 years ago
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No good- he hasn't got a steamgifts account, at least so far as I can find.

13 years ago
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wait what. Is that why I haven't received Cthulhu Saves the World/Breath of Death VII yet? ;_;

13 years ago
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Quite possibly- get ahold of the person who started the giveaway, and find out if they were contacted by someone pretending to be you.

13 years ago
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Ah, yeah I was the one who was supposed to gift that pack to seaworth here. Thankfully, I just talked to him on Steam chat and we got everything cleared up. :D

13 years ago
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Good to hear :)

13 years ago
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It is a shame that some small midned people try to scam others.

13 years ago
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So, update time- I contacted Valve, and they eventually told me that I will not be getting the game back, since Steam Trades are final or some crap. They did, however, say that they'll be investigating the scammer and taking appropriate action, and that I would not be contacted with the results of said investigation.

Of course, since I have the link to his steam profile (http://steamcommunity.com/id/Azmeruruel), I can just check for myself- and it looks like he's continuing his shenanigans. He has currently disguised himself as http://www.steamgifts.com/user/nutbread apparently in order to scam this giveaway- http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/PybNY/fallout-new-vegas

13 years ago
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Jesus.

Does no one read the god damn FAQ/Rules?

That giveaway creator is going to get scammed. His comment for the giveaway is just ridiculous, and he obviously doesn't read.

13 years ago
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We could massflag him for shits, giggles and vengeance.

13 years ago
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his profile is private ^^ unless if you mean report by massflag ^^

13 years ago
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That really sucks. I hope that person gets what's coming to them.

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Closed 13 years ago by Linktoreality.