NEW WAY OF SCAMMING !!! WARNING!!!!

[maurits.krone]

Hey there everyone! I've lost 350 euros by this new trade scam. ( my friends have never heard of it)


so this is the story about what happend.

a guy came up to me and asked if i was selling my M4A4 | asiimov WellWorn and AWP | asiimov WellWorn, and i was. he had steam money and wanted to buy my items off the market but not with a 7 day item ban. so he wanted me to sell the AWP for 95 euros and then i was going to give him the M4A4, wich i did. he was happy i was happy.
after that he wanted to buy my karambit aswell, but also, without a item ban. so i had to put a AK-47 | wastaland rebel on the market for 240 euros and then send him the karambit. so i did that and i had the money in my inventory.
I have proof

https://gyazo.com/0560b96f7fab82e3e84d1aa644f2c8f7
https://gyazo.com/be5345d8d5edcf5e0af3a6619a11cc62

When i had the money i bought a Karambit | UltraViolet, a M4A4 | asiimov, AWP | asiimov and a AK-47| vulcan. DIRECTLY after the ak-47 i got the message from steam that my account is locked due fraude, and a few hours later the items from above got deleted from my account.

So what happend was, the money he send me through the market was obtained frauduently and steam took all the money, games, items i had of that trade, 1 day - and 12 steam support messages later my account got unlocked. still wont get my items back.

i hope i gave you enought information so that you be warned when someone like this comes up to you like this

[Gao Li]

Thanks for sharing, except for the username. You would have to remove that user's username, because that falls under naming and shaming and is against forum rules. Other than that, thanks for raising awareness and I'm glad that your account got unlocked.

[DirtyFishy]

Naming and shaming isn't allowed. Report him and move on.

[Tev]

Thanks, but this isn't actually a new way to scam at all.

And as DirtyFishy above said, naming and shaming isn't allowed either.

Not that selling your items for real money really goes in accordance with the Steam Subscriber Agreement either.

[J4MESOX4D]

Very old scam but presented differently. Bottom line is you performed an unsupported trade by giving your items away and selling items for real money. Same old nonsense. If you want money; sell on the market and if you want to trade; perform a trade within the windows but all trades are final as always and nothing else is taken into consideration.

[maurits.krone]

yes, but the trade was all in steam, i have mobile authenticator. never scammed someone. clean profile EVERYTHING on point ( this is my second acc im using atm ( cant login because idont have my mobile to accept the code thingy) so they are not allowed to take my money like that? i didnt know this method, and i couldnt know the money was stolen.

[maurits.krone]

@J4MESOX4D no thats not true, he send the money first. i had money on my acc so i was fair and send him the item. so im the good guy... and still i get punished for it.

[󠀡󠀡]

First of all. Just email Steam Support. They might (hopely) send your items back.

[DirtyFishy]

Originally posted by dat boi:

First of all. Just email Steam Support. They might (hopely) send your items back.

They won't. It's not a part of their policy.

[Spawn of Totoro]

That wasn't a trade. A trade takes place in a single trade window and is done all done at one time. If anyone tries to "trade" out side of that, then it is most likely a scam and should be refused.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by maurits.krone:

@J4MESOX4D no thats not true, he send the money first. i had money on my acc so i was fair and send him the item. so im the good guy... and still i get punished for it.

Real money trades are not supported and you don't know where the money is coming from. He could've easily embroiled you in fraud on a more serious level and we've seen users get badly burned this way over the years in their droves.

Steam Support removed the items because they assumed you were involved in this fraud as you had prior communication (which they can view) and the circumstantial evidence is also apparent. You are very lucky you aren't permanently suspended so they probably on balance realised you weren't laundering or a part of the fraud but you actions has cost you numerous items and it's a lesson learned not to deal with users who entice you to perform unsupported trades or deal with real money.

[Tev]

I knew this sounded déjà-vu.

April 21st, 2015.

It has come to my attention that scammers are going next gen. And that puts your account at risk.

A typical market scam would be as follows

This clown adds you

Clown: Hi, I trade item off you yes yes? - Makes up some nonsense excuse that his goldfish died, that's why he can't buy your expensive item off the market, then proceeds to ask you for a cheap item to be put in the market -

Clown: Put your cheap item on market for $500, I buy off you on alt


The Clown then logs into his alt and buy your cheap item for an insane price
You then trade the item that he wanted to him in the first place

He cards the thing from his alt
His alt gets banned
The money you received gets revoked
You get banned as well for CC fraud, because no moron would buy a $0.03 item for $500
He gets the expensive item you want

GGWP

Remember, if the trade is too good to be true, it probably is.

I remembered it from Traders' Guild.