Scammed by fake middleman and other person.

[DefeCtuM]

den 10 oktober 2014
-: still there?
BallTwister^-^DefeCtuM: ye im still here sry phone call
-: so we use admin middleman from steam so that we have safe trade
BallTwister^-^DefeCtuM: who would that be?
-: admin from steamrep
-: http://steamrep.com- check the list of admins
-: check the name of rg bacon he is a very good admin
-: so?
BallTwister^-^DefeCtuM: ye he seems fine
-: do you know how admin middleman works right?
BallTwister^-^DefeCtuM: not 100% sure
-: admin will hold your knife and i send money to you
-: so if you have the money
-: you tell the admin
-: so he give the knife to me
-: i invite him so we can talk together okay?
BallTwister^-^DefeCtuM: ye do that :)
-: dude
-: can i add more item from you so i send money only once?
BallTwister^-^DefeCtuM: no this was the deal
- is now Offline.
- is currently offline, they will receive your message the next time they log in.
BallTwister^-^DefeCtuM: YOU BETTER SEND ME MY MONEY ♥♥♥♥♥!

(ABOVE WAS THE "BUYER")


You have accepted the trade request from [RG]Bacon [r/tf2trade].
-: seller please tell me if you dont reiceve any amount from the buyer so i will return your item
-: ok?
BallTwister^-^DefeCtuM: yep i will, im checking account atm
-: ok
- is now Offline.
- is currently offline, they will receive your message the next time they log in.
BallTwister^-^DefeCtuM: he is not sending any money
BallTwister^-^DefeCtuM: I HAVEN*T GOT A ♥♥♥♥ING ♥♥♥♥ ! GIVE ME BACK MY KNIFE!!
- is not available to trade. More information will be shown to [RG]Bacon [r/tf2trade] if they invite you to trade.

(ABOVE FAKE MIDDLE MAN)

Help please!

[Heeby-Jeeby]

Your knife is gone. You gave your knife away for nothing in return but an empty promise. There is no help available.

By trying to trade outside of the Steam Trade system, you forfeited all the protections afforded to you by the system. All you can do is report the profiles for scamming and learn to be smarter in the future.

[Meatbug]

Your own fault. Next time, stick to these points:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8912-WEYU-8454

One of those explicitly says:

Avoid using middlemen:

Middlemen should not be needed if you are trading within the system. A middleman can scam you by impersonating another trader, working with a scammer or keeping any item that you give to them.

[Kesac]

Your items are gone, however, you can report them on sites like http://steamrep.com (especially as it seems that they were impersonating an admin of that site) -- that being said, all they can do is mark them on their site as an untrustworthy trader.

The general rule to prevent scams is only trade for what you can fit in the trade window, doing anything else (i.e. using a middleman, trading for money) is at your own risk.

[DefeCtuM]

Got Scammed and steam can't even do anything about it when i have proof of anything they can possibly ask for!

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/- THIS GUY SCAMMED ME OF MY KARAMBIT KNIFE!

[Spawn of Totoro]

Please don't name and shame. Report the user by their profile.

Regardless of the "proof" you were asked, during the trade, if this was a gift. Obviously you said yes, so that is what it is considered to be. This is why you shouldn't trade out-side the trade system.

[DefeCtuM]

Steam is the Scammers best friend!

So what you basicly say is that if you get scammed you are not able to track the item down and find it and return it since it's a crime?... that is just rediculous! you can see the scammers ID at my trade hitory and you have my chatslogs as proof of the scam! i can even sent a support my private info to get this ♥♥♥♥ done to take down the scammers!!!