Julia Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Not really a scam, but selling my trading cards for a scrap each when I was new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The J-Man Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Big mistake for me to see this thread on the front page because now I have to reply. My story includes 1100 keys and a two-faced jerk that called himself a broker. He did some legit trades that were mostly quicksells, and did so with the only fee being a +rep (something that I now know is a red-flag), and ran off with everyone's items once he got the keys offering that he'd get a discount gold pan. Said "broker" now has his -35 trust and banned profiles across the internet due to collaborating reports, but for some reason he can still go into trade servers that don't check reps and does the exact same scam to morons despite the wealth he just made. And we know Valve will never do anything about mindless trades, so that's never coming back. I wish him pain and/or suffering. And whoever is going to state the obvious, I know that. Let's stick to the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielDee Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 7 hours ago, KERPKEK said: Strange Festive Huntsman that I unboxed the day the Mecha update came out when I had no clue the value of anything in this game lol Mine was similar. Strange Festive Sniper Rifle for a strange medi gun :(( was in my first couple of weeks playing many years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond jozu Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 12 hours ago, The J-Man said: Big mistake for me to see this thread on the front page because now I have to reply. My story includes 1100 keys and a two-faced jerk that called himself a broker. He did some legit trades that were mostly quicksells, and did so with the only fee being a +rep (something that I now know is a red-flag), and ran off with everyone's items once he got the keys offering that he'd get a discount gold pan. Said "broker" now has his -35 trust and banned profiles across the internet due to collaborating reports, but for some reason he can still go into trade servers that don't check reps and does the exact same scam to morons despite the wealth he just made. And we know Valve will never do anything about mindless trades, so that's never coming back. I wish him pain and/or suffering. And whoever is going to state the obvious, I know that. Let's stick to the subject. axxasin,right?worst thing about it is that he is actually still around here.some of his alts got banned on steamrep lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightfury69 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 15 keys worth.. my first unu taunt.. by the fake mp.tf bot scam.. it was my first time using mp.tf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_gamer_17 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Well, I was scammed twice.This was all before I have met stuff like backpack.tf or YT channels like Virtual economist or PyroJoe. First time I sold a Conga I prchased myself from Mann co store for 2 Specialized Killstreak kits, one being for a wrench and 2nd one being for an Air Strike. Later on when I decided to make my own Strange specialized killstreak item, I replied the killstreak kit first, and then realizing Strangifiers only exist for few exact only. I was like "Damn, they don´t exist?", looking for one like 2 days before giving up. I realized it was a scam aftermy frend told me another 3 or so days after giving up on search. 2nd scam was gifting something to someone who "was" scammed, and feeling sad for him, I sent him Vintage Killstreak Sandman, Strange Killstreak Flying Guillotine, Macabre Web Mk.II War Paint. 2 weeks later I found out he had a hefty inventory and he wasn´t scammed at all, and Instead was recieving new items without loosing old ones, which means he was doing it for long time already. I´m still kinda lazy to remove him from the friends list. Like I can at least be happy that I didn´t lose 1300$. I feel sad for you high tier item traders, who lost this much. I can only wish that this will not happen to anyone reading this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JithraRufure Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 of 1 af law which was my fav hat and worth ~800 keys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeROY Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 On 9/10/2018 at 7:43 PM, IgnitedSolly said: 1300 keys in fake credit card gifted keys All keys revoked after a day. This is the only "acceptable" way of being scammed IMO as its out of your control. That is fraud and Valve should have reimbursed you. Worst thats happened to me in 25000 trades is: I listed an item for 2-3 ref and a guy sent me an offer where he sold me the hat instead of buying from me. This is couple of years ago and I resold both in 30 minutes, but Im still embarrassed about it. This is the first time Ive talked about and it kinda feels good...... therapeutic (or some other word google had to spell for me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliss Abyss Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 While I haven't been scammed out of my items directly, 5 years ago I had an older Steam account hijacked with around $100+ in TF2 items and Steam game gifts. Anyone remember the malicious sites going around with the "outdated Adobe Flash Player" update? Yeah, I fell for that. Got RAT-ed (remote assisted trojan). I was busy and tired at the time, but it was still a very dumb thing to fall for. What's most embarrassing is that on my account they messaged everyone they could the link, so I wasn't going to live it down any time soon lol. In the end, I got rid of the malware, and I was able to recover that account and most of my items, except stuff like trading cards I think? Via Steam support since back then they did a one time reimbursement for that sort of thing, albeit it took them 9 days. It would have been a lot worse if I had left my payment information saved on that account, but some time before this happened I had removed saved payment options as a precaution (was out of paranoia really), and am I glad I did. But yeah, lessons learned, always be careful, especially when you're at your most vulnerable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh4kky Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Few low-tier csgo knives back in the days, when there was not much services do do safe cashout, and the only one way was PP. Was a good lesson, honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 tbh like 20 ref not joking here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpfox Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Back in 2011 Christmas, I unboxed a TON of festive weapons and some strange festives . Checking my history, sold 6 normal 2011 festives for 2.33 refined and 1 strange festive for 2-3 keys. They were not priced at the time but soon after, 1 normal 2011 festive was 1 key and 1 strange festive was 10-20 keys. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/651001246678678639/591B59AA0FE8BE975FE10F78391CF5E5628F971E/ https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/651001246678680300/F6C4DCC1DD101E277399A44736909355C1DDF0C9/ https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/651001246678681052/24EE1721D0B2C3FB4112DDD2EC69E47D9DA111F0/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wayne Train Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Few grand by now I recently sold a Beams Hotdogger on Marketplace.tf for 100$ not 200$ I laughed a bit on that one last time I price my shit whilst drunk Drunk Wayne has spoken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeROY Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 On 9/26/2018 at 10:43 AM, The Wayne Train said: Few grand by now I recently sold a Beams Hotdogger on Marketplace.tf for 100$ not 200$ I laughed a bit on that one last time I price my shit whilst drunk Drunk Wayne has spoken Always hated that system. Highest buy-order should trump lower listing-price IMO, that way youd at least get highest sum even if listed for $1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer-3 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Lost my first killawatt engi unusual, about 9 keys, through a stupid fishing link. I just just spent $20 on keys and was super excited to start my unusual trading adventure, and after trying to put my items into marketplace.tf over and over again, he ended up taking them. Made me really upset and I haven't really done much trading since. Still a fresh wound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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