Scammed, need help

[Otter Flooflord™]

So, I was asked to buy a random csgo skin for 21,20€ (25$) from the Steam Community Market to be able to trade with what seemed to be a legit user.
I did not have the item he wanted, but he had the one I did. By buying a cheap skin from him, he would trade me the item and I would give the skin back anyway. Instead, soon as i bought the item, he gave me a random *invalid game-key through chat and blocked me instantly
I know steam does not refund items from scams, but I did not lose any item, simply money. I have reported the user through his user page and Steam Support.
Would there be any chance that my money gets refunded?

[BossGalaga]

Messaggio originale di Otter Flooflord™:

So, I was asked to buy a random csgo skin for 21,20€ (25$) from the Steam Community Market to be able to trade with what seemed to be a legit user.
I did not have the item he wanted, but he had the one I did. By buying a cheap skin from him, he would trade me the item and I would give the skin back anyway. Instead, soon as i bought the item, he gave me a random *invalid game-key through chat and blocked me instantly
I know steam does not refund items from scams, but I did not lose any item, simply money. I have reported the user through his user page and Steam Support.
Would there be any chance that my money gets refunded?

You don't have any CSGO skins in your inventory. What did you do with this skin you bought? Did you put it back up for sale on the market? Is the skin you bought actually worth 25 bucks? Just because someone had it listed for 25, doesn't mean that's what it's worth.

[Otter Flooflord™]

Messaggio originale di BossGalaga:

Messaggio originale di Otter Flooflord™:

So, I was asked to buy a random csgo skin for 21,20€ (25$) from the Steam Community Market to be able to trade with what seemed to be a legit user.
I did not have the item he wanted, but he had the one I did. By buying a cheap skin from him, he would trade me the item and I would give the skin back anyway. Instead, soon as i bought the item, he gave me a random *invalid game-key through chat and blocked me instantly
I know steam does not refund items from scams, but I did not lose any item, simply money. I have reported the user through his user page and Steam Support.
Would there be any chance that my money gets refunded?

You don't have any CSGO skins in your inventory. What did you do with this skin you bought? Did you put it back up for sale on the market? Is the skin you bought actually worth 25 bucks? Just because someone had it listed for 25, doesn't mean that's what it's worth.

Its an "AUG | Storm Well-Worn", worth 0,03. I have put it back on sale, so I gain 21,20, if anyone were to buy it (highly unlikely, since I cant even sell a 3 cent tf2 crate)

[BossGalaga]

Messaggio originale di Otter Flooflord™:

Messaggio originale di BossGalaga:

You don't have any CSGO skins in your inventory. What did you do with this skin you bought? Did you put it back up for sale on the market? Is the skin you bought actually worth 25 bucks? Just because someone had it listed for 25, doesn't mean that's what it's worth.

Its an "AUG | Storm Well-Worn", worth 0,03. I have put it back on sale, so I gain 21,20, if anyone were to buy it (highly unlikely, since I cant even sell a 3 cent tf2 crate)

Soooo...you bought a 3 cent skin for 25 bucks? Next time you should probably look at the market history at the top of the page.

[Otter Flooflord™]

Messaggio originale di BossGalaga:

Messaggio originale di Otter Flooflord™:

Its an "AUG | Storm Well-Worn", worth 0,03. I have put it back on sale, so I gain 21,20, if anyone were to buy it (highly unlikely, since I cant even sell a 3 cent tf2 crate)

Soooo...you bought a 3 cent skin for 25 bucks? Next time you should probably look at the market history at the top of the page.

I have very well learned my lesson for this. But thank you for the tip

[🎴 The Great Escape 🎴]

Messaggio originale di Otter Flooflord™:

Its an "AUG | Storm Well-Worn", worth 0,03. I have put it back on sale, so I gain 21,20,

Am I misunderstanding, or are you saying that you put it back up on the market for $21.20 when it is worth three cents? That doesn't seem any better than what you're complaining about the other person doing in the first place.

If I misunderstood this, I apologize.

[BossGalaga]

Messaggio originale di The Great Escape ⚔:

Messaggio originale di Otter Flooflord™:

Its an "AUG | Storm Well-Worn", worth 0,03. I have put it back on sale, so I gain 21,20,

Am I misunderstanding, or are you saying that you put it back up on the market for $21.20 when it is worth three cents? That doesn't seem any better than what you're complaining about the other person doing in the first place.

If I misunderstood this, I apologize.

Incidentally, this pretty much helps the same scammer continue to scam other people because he can tell some other chump, "Hey, look how much it's listed for on the Steam market!" At least in some scams...like the corrupted/autograph Dota 2 skin scams but this...I'm not sure how OP fell for this in the first place, because the first thing you see when you check out the market listing for this is like a bejillion listings for 3 cents.

Also, OP put it on the market for $28.77 , he's actually trying to sell it for more than he paid for it. I can't even...

[XBL Laberbacke]

In this case it's not a scam, it's just that nobody's going to buy it at that price. Ever.

[🎴 The Great Escape 🎴]

Messaggio originale di BossGalaga:

Messaggio originale di The Great Escape ⚔:

Am I misunderstanding, or are you saying that you put it back up on the market for $21.20 when it is worth three cents? That doesn't seem any better than what you're complaining about the other person doing in the first place.

If I misunderstood this, I apologize.

Incidentally, this pretty much helps the same scammer continue to scam other people because he can tell some other chump, "Hey, look how much it's listed for on the Steam market!"

I was hoping I simply misunderstood but I suppose I didn't. (I'll fix my comments accordingly, if needed).

Seriously, OP, if this skin is only worth a mere three cents, either keep it and turn it into gems or whatever, or sell it for what it's actually worth (0.03 cents).

You lost money by agreeing to pay that price - that's too bad, but that doesn't mean you should re-sell it for the exact same price that you paid, especially since you regretted it and have a problem with it.

[BossGalaga]

Yeah, it doesn't really make any sense here though. Dota 2 corrupt/autograph scams work because there are only one or a few scam listings for an item with over-inflated prices.

Like I said, I'm not even sure how OP fell for this. Did the scammer tell him to ignore the gajillion items listed for 3 cents and to buy the one that cost 25 bucks? No, that's not possible.

This was done intentionally by OP. Basically it's laundering wallet funds. The scammer promised some game or something to OP and wanted OP to pay him in wallet funds by buying his overpriced item. Afterwards...the scammer doesn't deliver the game or item he promised to.

The scam doesn't work in reverse though unless OP tries to personally scam someone else.

Wallet funds are not tradable and using this method to bypass this restriction can get both accounts flagged for fraud. The difference is the scammer is probably using a throwaway account and has probably already laundered the wallet funds by buying skin keys. OP is using his actual account, not a throwaway account like the scammer.

So OP kinda brought this on himself by intentionally attempting to circumvent the trading rules.

[🎴 The Great Escape 🎴]

Messaggio originale di BossGalaga:

Yeah, it doesn't really make any sense here though. Dota 2 corrupt/autograph scams work because there are only one or a few scam listings for an item with over-inflated prices.

Like I said, I'm not even sure how OP fell for this. Did the scammer tell him to ignore the gajillion items listed for 3 cents and to buy the one that cost 25 bucks? No, that's not possible.

This was done intentionally by OP. Basically it's laundering wallet funds. The scammer promised some game or something to OP and wanted OP to pay him in wallet funds by buying his overpriced item. Afterwards...the scammer doesn't deliver the game or item he promised to.

The scam doesn't work in reverse though unless OP tries to personally scam someone else.

Wallet funds are not tradable and using this method to bypass this restriction can get both accounts flagged for fraud. The difference is the scammer is probably using a throwaway account and has probably already laundered the wallet funds by buying skin keys. OP is using his actual account, not a throwaway account like the scammer.

So OP kinda brought this on himself by intentionally attempting to circumvent the trading rules.

Darn shame. Thanks for typing that up. Makes much more sense than the original post.

[Otter Flooflord™]

I was just stupid. Yes, I knew the skin was cheap, but the other person asked me to buy that skin *from him, promising me to then trade me the item I wanted. As in, I was sort of buying that item from him, since it wasn't marketable, and I didnt have the item he wanted for it, and had no way to buy it either to be able to do a normal trade. Aka, the AUG | Storm was not my wanted item, it was just a sort of "middle-man item".

I already have removed the skin from the Market, and will just sell it for 3 cents anyway.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Avoid this pattern:

Bait, story, steps

[Otter Flooflord™]

Messaggio originale di Muppet among Puppets:

Avoid this pattern:

Bait, story, steps

Thank you for the extra tip. It was my first scam in the 5 years I have a steam account, and a very stupid one to fall in to honestly. I'll just stick to direct trades from now on, or nothing at all.

[🎴 The Great Escape 🎴]

Messaggio originale di Otter Flooflord™:

I already have removed the skin from the Market, and will just sell it for 3 cents anyway.

Glad to hear.