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I got scammed. I feel stupid

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Well, today i added a "trader" on steam, and offered him my Duke Nukem forever key for the witcher.. i saw he haves a good rep on his profile so i trusted him.. and gived him the serial, but my little friend just deleted me.. and "the witcher" never appeared. This is the "trader", i feel really stupid right now.. removed. Please, if you cant report him, i will really apprecite it.. (as you can see, he is having my duke nukem forever activated..)

Thanks for all your help, i will learn from my mistakes, and i hope his profile goes down.. i am so angry :/..

11 years ago*

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Hey! You scammed me a copy of Dark Souls, as you can see, you got it activated. Actually, did you? No, you did not. But it's that easy to say such things without proofs.

11 years ago

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+rep

11 years ago

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remove link, write on steamrep

11 years ago

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You've got much to learn, my friend...
First, remove the link. You can't "call out users" on SteamGifts.
Now, I hope you have any proof of the trade. Like your chat or trade history. Then head to SteamRep and fill out a report.

11 years ago

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i will.. removing the link right now..

11 years ago

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i reported him on steamrep..

11 years ago

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if you can proof that you bought the key, you could contact Steam support and have them remove the game from the scammer's library ... no guaranty though ;)

11 years ago

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Doesn't hurt trying it.

11 years ago

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It could though... what if you stubbed your toe on the way to the computer?

11 years ago

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+1, i got my a game key released from my own account, i'm sure they'll help in case of a scam!
Though steam dislikes people trading keys in first place, so i'm not too sure now.

11 years ago

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Never go first with keys if he doesn't have good rep at Steamrep. I have went first with key but just because the other gut had all possitive reputation there (around 20-30) and had no problems. But with other guys I traded keys I never went first. Not worth losing good stuff to noob.

11 years ago

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PokerFace

God Bless The World, all "Smart" People and their threads about being scammed

11 years ago

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alwasy trade with people who has good Rep in steamtrades

11 years ago

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Yes, i learned now.. i reported him on steamtrades. Thanks for your tip :3

11 years ago

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I got 2 random negative reps on steamtrades. 'A very rude person.' From a guy I dont know, when I asked why he blocked me on steam and 'spammer' from a guy that is banned on the server.

11 years ago

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http://forums.steamrep.com/forums/report/

Here, if he scammed you, post here giving proofs. He'll get 'scammer' status if it'll pass.
(And read this before posting:

http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/howto-report-a-scammer-look-at-acceptable-format-before-posting.51

http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/read-before-posting-steamrep-investigative-policy.230

11 years ago

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Thanks, already reported him with a capture of the chat.

11 years ago

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Thank you for calling yourself out by making this thread.

11 years ago

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i dont understand you, please explain (english is not my native language)

11 years ago

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You won XIII Century Gold Edition a month ago but never activated it and it looks like you re-gifted it on here.

11 years ago

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Wow... Rule breakers are calling themselves out all over the place today... o_O

11 years ago

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When i did that, i didnt know regifting was not allowed. And for what i see on the page, a lot of people do it. i was already warned about that, and i wont do it again.

11 years ago

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Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the rules, neither is the cop out "well other people do it"... ¬_¬

11 years ago

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True, but if it was a one-time occurrence that he is avoiding in the future it really doesn't help to keep harping on it either

11 years ago

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For the majority of people that break rules like that it's only a one time occurrence until they get caught doing it, I'd bet money if he would have won more games he probably would have regifted again. ;)

11 years ago

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Quite possibly. Just seems a shame to tar everybody with the same proverbial brush - there has to be some people out there whose learning curve isn't flat. Hopefully.

11 years ago

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^ What FogFrog said. I'm sick of seeing people here going all up in arms and brandishing their pitchforks and torches because of some infraction that was committed in ignorance and has long been dealt with by the people whose job it is to actually deal with it, i.e., support. It's not just in this thread, I've seen it many times over, this is just the latest example. For the record, the first thing I did when I stumbled upon this site was read the FAQ, because I couldn't grasp what was going on - people giving away games for free seemed to good to be true. But it's more than understandable when somebody doesn't, we all know this site could use a usability overhaul or three. But never mind that this alleged crime happened weeks ago, the OP shows remorse and doesn't seem likely to do it again, it's seen as a free pass for everyone to hurl rocks at the evildoer.

But it doesn't end there, does it? The poor guy got scammed and you folk have the nerve to call it "karma" or some kind of bull like that. It's a bit like saying, "I saw you stealing a stick of chewing gum, so I'm glad you lost a limb in that accident." Nobody deserves to be scammed like that. (As for actual scammers, they'll be dealt what they are due one way or the other, in this community or somewhere else).

[/ end rant]

11 years ago

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As someone else pointed out before, ignorance is no excuse and it's internet 101 that the first thing you do when you go on any new site (especially those that have forums or in particular one such as this that involves winning stuff) is to familiarize yourself with how things work & the rules. While I agree the site could certainly use an overhaul with respect to certain aspects of its usability or presentation, again, that is no acceptable excuse. It takes 2 seconds to find the forums and barely more time than that to create a post to ask any question you might have.

Also, the infraction in question has clearly not long since been dealt with because if you check his account it is now suspended. Just because it happened a month or more ago it doesn't absolve one of responsibility or mean that it should just be overlooked or simply swept under the rug. The response from the support team validates that. There are tens of thousands of users on this site and it neither practical nor feasible for them to check that gifts are properly redeemed (as per the rules). That being the case, to a certain degree the system relies upon reports from users to keep people honest.

11 years ago

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If the support staff already addressed the issue then fair enough, no sense having 'double jeopardy'. Something tells me it was not the support staff though because they most likely would have deleted your XIII giveaway after the fact so that you wouldn't get credit for it.

11 years ago

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Technically, isn't this calling out? Report him and move on.

11 years ago

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He asked a question, I answered it. Maybe you should have taken your own advice to heart, minded your own business, and moved on? Gotta love the people on here who want to cry foul and act butthurt over every little thing that's even remotely controversial.

11 years ago

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Karma = Cosmic Justice??

11 years ago

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yea must be karma

11 years ago

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Since you asked: FAQ/Rules and Guidelines

The submitter and winner(s) of the giveaway have seven (7) days to complete the gifting process. This includes the activation of the gift on the Steam account of the winner.
Google Translate: La persona que envió el sorteo y el ganador tendrá siete días para completar el proceso de la presente. Esto incluye la activación de esta cuenta de Steam en el ganador.

Note: Apparently the Spanish translated FAQ is missing this very important rule. But that's still not an excuse for anyone who breaks this rule.

11 years ago

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well i dont know how to react.. i really like the people on this site.. but this is something that i didnt expect. That happened months ago.. when i havent readed the rules yet.. i have realed the rules and i know what is wrong or not. I came here for help and now i am a ignorant rulebreaker.. report if you want, i dont mind..

11 years ago

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You can fix the problem by buying/trading for that game and adding it to your account.

11 years ago

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Welcome to the club.

11 years ago

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I dont know why people do that...

11 years ago

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I don't know why people get scammed

11 years ago

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I don't know why people expect sympathy from the internet. The internet! When was the last time you saw a decent human being on here?

Come to think of it, you might all be Terminators...

11 years ago

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coz they get games for free..
refer steamrep from next time,
sorry to hear what happened to you

11 years ago

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Thank you for your consideration :) i will.. i actually didnt know the existence of steamrep since today.. maybe that was my problem..

11 years ago

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welcome
go to the steamrep

11 years ago

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Thank you, already did..

11 years ago

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i feel for you , i really do.

11 years ago

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thanks.. dont know if sarcastic or not.. but thanks anyways.. i will never ask for help again in this place..

11 years ago

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It's hard for people to have sympathy for someone in this place when they can't even obey the few rules that this site has... o_O

11 years ago

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I really think the excuse of "months ago" and that it hasn't happened since is a fair one... I thought regifting would be a weird thing to do so I never even tried, that said I don't even enter contests for content that I don't want for either myself or my partner so I wouldn't want to regift anything as that is low. HOWEVER, if he hasn't done it since reading the rules I see no issue other than whiny rude tools who want to condemn someone and pretend to have a righteous reason in doing so.

11 years ago

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I don't pretend to be righteous at all, I also don't pretend to obey the rules of this site... I actually obey them. ¬_¬

11 years ago

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you seem to not like me for some reason, as i didnt do anything to you. I obey the god damn rules since i read them.. i dont know.. 3 weeks ago? So please, stop saying things and just report me if you dont like me, i am tired of this.

11 years ago

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if you join ANY community you're supposed to read rules first. just saying...

11 years ago

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It's a public forum, if you don't like what's being said, oh well... I haven't broken any rules with my posts.

11 years ago

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What kind of help are you expecting? Report functions are in place for single entries. You report the guy, guess what? They are going to look into it anyway. Fifty other randoms doing the same without having all the facts is going to do absolutely nothing but convolute the whole matter

11 years ago

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karma is a b*tch, isn't it? ^^

11 years ago

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Yes, it is.

11 years ago

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I have been scammed once too. I reported him on steamrep, then I used the 'report violation' link on his steam profile to report him with all the relevant screenshots. He was trade banned within a week.

11 years ago

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never trust rep on a steam profile...deleting -rep is easy,getting +rep just needs a few friends or fake accounts ;)

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