You can, but it's painfully obvious. They usually ask you to go first or add their friend because they can't trade for some reason. This guy was just throwing off bad vibes and he hid his inventory half way through the conversation. If someone's being shady like that they are usually up to no good.

EDIT: Also they can use credit card fraud IIRC, so they will have the gift in their inventory and a few days after the trade Steam will take it back.

It was gifts on Steam. He was throwing off bad vibes and I don't trade with those I don't trust for my own protection :).

Honestly, I don't have a budget (don't have a job ATM) and I am still able to trade. I spent about $7 to buy the intersteller bundle and now I have quite an assortment of games. I actually have more games then when i started and have made a lot in profit with that tiny investment. Not saying you should put your college education at risk, as school is very important, but if you had spare cash and wanted to try trading you could. You just gotta now what you're doing :)

It's painfully obvious that English isn't their first language. I don't hold it against people as the internet is accessible to almost everyone nowadays, so it's not uncommon to find people from all over the world. What I don't understand is why scammers always end up being people from all over the world.

Usually when I find post I don't care about I continue scrolling and don't open it and post a comment on it. World doesn't revolve around you jackass, perhaps there are people who find it interesting.

I'm trying to be cautious :P the weird part is he came to me trying to trade and then made his inventory to private.

I know it's not :P I was just excited because it was my first one and I caught him, and the conversation was hilarious IMO.