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Chicken Joe Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:16pm

Using a trade assistant

Sent my skins to an assistant called - or something. So did the person I was trading with. We wanted to make sure none of us had any of those fake skins as be had been scammed by that before.

After giving our skins over 8 hours ago I have heard nothing back. Is there like some holding period or something.

Please help

Last edited by Spawn of Totoro; Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:26pm

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J4MESOX4D Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:19pm

Looks like you were scammed in the oldest way possible. Skins cannot be 'fake'; they are merely pixels. If you want to trade; you put items in the protected window and confirm the trade with the other user. You don't need a 3rd party to complete a trade and you've essentially just given your items away for nothing.

Chicken Joe Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:20pm

Are sure because like heaps of people use them don't they?

Spawn of Totoro Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:21pm

There is a 3 day escrow if either user does not have an authenticator attatched or was only attatched in the last 7 days.

You should be able to cancel the trade with in that time.

Middlemen (aka: trade assistants) are not needed as scamming can't happen with-in the trade system. It is likely that (if the items are not in escrow) the user you gave them to will not return them and keep them. It is also possible the other user was using two accounts in order to get your items.

Originally posted by Tyragore:
Are sure because like heaps of people use them don't they?

Nope. There is never a need for a middleman.

Last edited by Spawn of Totoro; Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:21pm

Chicken Joe Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:21pm

The 3rd party person like does this stuff. 1000 trades. Lvl 70.

J4MESOX4D Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:22pm

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3415-WAFH-6433
What is a trade scam?
''A scam is when a Steam user convinces another user to make a deal (trade, gift or market transaction) under false pretenses. Scams usually involve deception in order to convince a user that they are getting a good or fair deal when in fact they are not''

What trades should I avoid?
''Trading items/gifts for nothing in return in the first trade and expecting to get an item or gift in a later trade. There is no reason to not trade everything in one trade. You may add unlimited items/gifts to a single trade. A common example of this is using a middleman to facilitate a one sided trade''

im g4y | h1z1hunt.com | swap.gg Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:22pm

u lost ur skins :/

Spawn of Totoro Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:22pm

Originally posted by Tyragore:
The 3rd party person like does this stuff. 1000 trades. Lvl 70.

Level doesn't matter, amount of trades don't matter. +rep is easy to fake too. Any -rep can be removed by the user.

Last edited by Spawn of Totoro; Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:23pm

Chicken Joe Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:22pm

We both had the authenticator I'm pretty sure. Can u still cancel the trade?

Spawn of Totoro Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:23pm

Originally posted by Tyragore:
We both had the authenticator I'm pretty sure. Can u still cancel the trade?

If you both had it, then no, it was an instant trade.

Chicken Joe Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:25pm

What can I do then. It looks like I was scammed

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Spawn of Totoro Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:26pm

Originally posted by Tyragore:
What can I do then. It looks like I was scammed

Nothing you can do aside from reporting both users by their profile.

Scammed items are not returned.

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J4MESOX4D Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:27pm

Originally posted by Tyragore:
What can I do then. It looks like I was scammed

All you can do is report the user via their profile.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9958-MJDG-3003
Scammed items or gifts are not returned
''Steam Support will not return any items or gifts that you feel have been traded unfairly. There are no exceptions to this policy''

Read this in full https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3415-WAFH-6433

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