UPDATE: Users have found out that the key is fake. Thank you everybody for helping me though, you've been very nice! ^^

Old post: HALP!!11!

So I write on a "certain site for steam tradings..." if someone wants a game of mine (Duke Nukem Forever Collection) for Torchlight 2.

A guy add me on Steam (note that I don't remember his nickname, sadly) and says he's interested. His Steam Profile page (I clicked on the avatar) had a lot of REP+, so I trust him. I gave him my key and he gives me his. "Enjoy" he says. Then he deleted immediately me from the friend list.

The key that I received seems to be somehow a true key but a foreign one: Steam doesn't say that the key is invalid but that it's from another country...I don't know which it is, he did not tell me.

To be clear, YES, I know it's partly my fault. I've done a lot of giveaway on this site and some good trades on that other, so I trusted the system too much. What I'm wondering now is what can I do.

Even though I closed the chat window and he deleted me from the friend list, can I find him?

Is it somehow possible to even know where is the key from? I've verified that it is neither American, Russian or Ukraine. He told me that he bought it for 10$.

Please help. I feel stupid (and I might deserve it) and powerless.

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so it's region locked?

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^This. Can you activate it?

1 decade ago
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No, I can't, that's the problem. I might be having the right country and proxy-ing, but my tries has failed until now.

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don't try to use vpn to activate keys, you'll end up getting your account suspended

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Looks like it is, since the key says that it's not available for my country.

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probably an ru key then

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That's what I thought, but as I said, it won't activate use a proxy, it says the same thing as above.

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Hmm, well at least you probably learned something from this.

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Yes, I did, yet I'd really appreciate a way to solve this mess...

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If it was 10 dollars and it wasn't america then it was probably Australia. If it is Australian, then it will be 100% gore free.

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at this point, "gore free" it's not an issue that scares me, since actually I'm "game free" XD

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Anyway I'm about to try Australia, thanks for now :-)

1 decade ago
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Was it Australian?

1 decade ago
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Well, it wasn't from new zealand!

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yes you can find him by cliking on your steam inventory and on the right you will get history of the transactions, click there and search for his name. but it works only for steam gifts not keys and sadly as i good think, you just trade keys.

1 decade ago
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You have to use a VPN to activate it in your country.
I was a keyseller and had many russian keys so i know it ;P

1 decade ago
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I know how it works, but as I wrote, the key is not russian, I checked.

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I would try Poland, Australia and China/Japan.
There are often keys from ;P
gnite ;)

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Hate to break it to you, but the CDR only has entries for retail keys that are region free, and only actually only has differing game entries for Russia, nowhere else. I don't understand how this key is not available in your country...Could you at all show a screenshot of the error message you are getting?

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You shouldn't advice using VPN, just saying.

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VPN is a recommend method to activate keys, its bullshit when people say that if you activate it with VPN the game will get delted. Because you never know if you weren't on vacation in russland to buy a game ;)

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Sure it is. You were in Russia on vacation for a minute and a half and then went back to your home country....

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I would never activate a game via VPN connection.

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Yes ^ this Tronraner. Trying to activate a game via VPN connection can result in account suspension! Never trade for keys in the future. It protects you from the BS that can happen in trading .(well some of it anyway) Good luck with this - perhaps you could ask support about this situation? Merry holidays to you and yours.

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I think the first indication of you possibly getting scammed, would have been the fact you were expecting a game that is $7.50 at it's lowest for a game you just paid $3.33 for.

If it's too good to be true, it probably is.

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I guess I know, now.

1 decade ago
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have a friend go to their "Friend Activity" section under the Community tab and see if they can find your last friend accepted event

1 decade ago
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Sadly, nothing..!

1 decade ago
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I would guess it is this http://cdr.thebronasium.com/sub/16808

1 decade ago
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He tried Russia.

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UPDATE: as for now I've tried Russia, America, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey and New Zealand. No luck.

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I AM PRETTY SURE ITS AUSTRALIA

1 decade ago
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I tried New Zealand thinking would have been the same, also I don't have an australian VPN.

1 decade ago
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China, try it.

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  • Go to http://steamcommunity.com/id/otinad/
  • Click on "Friend Activity Settings"
  • Make sure "Adds a new friend?" is checked
  • Save
  • Click on "My Activity"
  • Find the person you traded with.
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I did not traded Steam items but keys, so it doesn't appear, sadly. Formerly we just chatted.

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"A guy add me on Steam..."

Quote from your opening post. If he added you, and you accepted, then that's all that matters. The event will be logged.

Edit: Never mind, seems the system is not flawless.

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Then I'm double the dumb, can you please add me on Steam so you can find it?

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I'm sick of this. I'm pasting the key right here, consider this a Giveaway!

D7XBB-EAWYC-5RH6M

Only one request: if you manage to do it please write where this key was from. I'd really appreciate it.

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Not available in Bulgaria.

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Not available in the UK.

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I forgot to say it: not available in Italy.

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Not available in Spain.

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Not in Czech Republic.

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Not Australia either.

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Not available in New Zealand.

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Not in the Philippines.

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Not available in US

XD

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Not available in Germany

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not available in Indonesia also
so, no EU, no SEA, no US >.<

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Not available in Portugal

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I tried it, didnt work from germany.

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Not available in Hungary.

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Not available in Romania either... maybe on Mars?!

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Not available in Algeria

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not available in Turkey

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Not available in Argentina

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Not available in Poland.

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Not available in Korea.

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Not available in France.

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Does not work on Uranus.

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I was going to make a very bad pun with that.But on second thought I'll let it pass.

He said ur anus

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Not available in Ukraine

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Not available in Saudi Arabia.

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Got scammed too! Oh well. Sucks for me. Same code, by-the-by. It Could be region locked, but who knows.
Otinademoniac, Who scammed you?

Did anyone try Japan?

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I don't remember the name, sadly..

1 decade ago
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Was it [Name Disclosed for Future]
EDIT: Defintely Scammed, because I was told it was Far Cry 3. Which I knew was likely not true. But oh well.

1 decade ago
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YES!

1 decade ago
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What do we do now? It's definitely him. (Did you get scammed right now?)

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Yep. Pretty Much. There goes $40! On the Plus Side, now I don't have to get my brother something for Christmas! Cus I know what he wants. On the Down Side, I lost $40.

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You got scammed by a guy who's banned from trading. Like, really?

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I feel stupid AND noob enough, thanks. I already know this has been my fault.

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Didn't look. We had done multiple Trades before, so.

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Saying is ban on his profile

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http://steamcommunity.com/id/LOLALLTHETIMEZ It appears now. When we "traded" he was allowed, he even started a trade for Batman AA (I wasn't interested)

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report to steamrep.com

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he probably gave you Dead Island Game of the Year Edition the one that will not work with the following countries: DE NO SE FI DK PT ES FR IT AT CH LU LI BE NL IE IM JE GS GB IS MT LV LT EE CZ HU PL SK BG GR RO SI HR TR. its possible

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Since I can't post on his page, due to him blocking me, someone else should post there.

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Post what? if its bad i'm sure it would be deleted

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Something saying he's a Scammer.

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I'm afraid it would be useless, he can delete it.

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http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198036686340
http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/76561198036686340-sir-complain-alot-%E3%83%83.16591/

The information is out there. If you overlooked the fact that he was Trade Banned and didn't bother to check SteamRep, then I doubt you would read the comments on his profile.

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He wasn't Banned when I looked on his profile about an hour ago. Then he was. Just like Otinademoniac said too.

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http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/76561198036686340-sir-complain-alot-%E3%83%83.16591/

Look at the screenshots, I'm going to have to believe the pictures dated December 12 showing he was trade banned.

Page cache from December 7, private profile and trade banned.

I don't mean to add insult to injury, but denying the fact that you made a mistake isn't going to help anything. Realizing what you did wrong and how to prevent it from happening next time is a much better solution.

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Well, now that you point that out, perhaps I did miss it. Regardless, I won't be trading for keys for quite a while.

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that dude deserves to be banned !!!!!!

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not only ban , But also Die with Cancer + + Raped + Failing from bridge + Crushed by a truck + Drown in the River + No one come to his funeral and no one will even care !! .

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Maybe too much? :-P

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well eh... nitroman indeed XD

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blame steam, if valve allow redeem key into gift and have a *country tag on it. All these problem will not happen.

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lol

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I think the key is from mars or Moon , We almost test it everywhere on Earth !

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Not Antartica

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Why not Atlantida? :)

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Otinademoniac, you should be careful posting like this. Seems a month ago, you won Killing Floor complete pack and that game is not on your Steam games list.

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yeah you right !

I will report him now !

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That's very kind, I have to say. For what, btw?

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Read faq and you'll find out. ^^

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The guy said that you won Killing Floor complete on this site, but it is not in your steam account. And as all won games must be redeemed on your account, it's against the rules. Anything on your side of the story about this?

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Trading or Not activating Won gift !

Other People really trying hard to win games in here , and you won killing floor and traded it ( in most cases ) while might other one can enjoy it or will give him the best Christmas ever .

Also you won zombie driver and never played it !!

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Failing to play a game you activated isn't against the rules.

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I was just saying and I didn`t report him for that .

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If you choose to report him for this, keep in mind that the report user button doesn't work. You have to report through a ticket at the moment.

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Whatdya mean? He definetly just got scammed. I did too. Via same person, same key.
EDIT: Ah.

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He isn't disputing the fact that he was scammed, he's saying that he won a game, and apparently didn't redeem it, which is against the rules of steamgifts.

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and most likly he might get Banned !

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You should be careful posting things like this, calling people out on the forum can lead to suspension as well.

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Yeah, realize that now. I'd facepalm if I could, but I can't. I'll remember to not Call peopel out now.

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I don't see the reason to get angry about me like this: about Zombie Driver, which rule am I breaking? TBH I already played it on a friend's PC, I enjoyed it so much that I actually wanted to have it..And I won it, lucky me. Yet I haven't had any time to play it, since I've had other games.

About Killing Floor, yes. I admit I have gone against the rules with that. My brother wanted it and I passed him the gift. I have not reedemed it and it's not in my inventory. I pass it to MY BROTHER. I am someone who should be banned for this? Feel free to have your conclusion, at least I'm being honest. Also, I got scanned (as a noob, as I wrote) like 30 minutes ago.

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Yes you are sorry, I understand your possition but you broke the rules.

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Why you didn't read faq?

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You won't be banned for it unless it happens multiple times. Just a suspension.

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Actually you never get banned in this site. Only suspended.

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You can get suspended indefinitely. Which roughly equals a ban

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Look, I understand your reasons for giving it to your brother, there are times when I want to give my son a game I won on here, but knowing the rules I don't.

I have not reported you, but you also have to understand also, when people come on the forums blaming others for scamming, you have to look into both sides. I will not report because I believe an giving a gift to a family member (knowing it is against TOS). I really wish I could trade some games to my son.

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I see now and I'm sorry about this, I thought a gift site would have been more flexible with such rules, I haven't earned money from KF. Anyway, I don't want to look like someone who's running away, but since I've solved my problem (I've definitely been scammed and the key is fake) I don't see any point in keeping this topic alive. I'm going to close it in a couple of minute, the only reason I'm not doing it right now if to let the followers know what I've wrote.

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The problem is, there's no way we KNOW you gave it to your son. And if we say it's ok, then you'll have a bunch of people trading or selling away their wins and just saying "Oh I gave it to my son"

If it's activated on the account you won it with, we know everything is legit.

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I see it. What now then? Am I suspended?

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@bobofatt
He said he gave it to his brother.The other dude upper said he would give his son games but he can't because it's agains the rules.
Failed to read?Rage mode?lawl.
"HardgraveHell

(29 minutes ago) " < --- he said about his son
& Otina said bout his brother. BObofatt you just wanna "help" in a bunch,huh?^_^

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Closed 1 decade ago by Otinademoniac.