Run the hell away, but not before reporting him. :D If your gut says something's fishy, listen to it :)
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"It's now a scientifically verified fact that post-pubescent men simply cannot possess the aptitude to headshot any virtual entity in a video game, representing a human or otherwise, without software assistance. The data clearly illustrates that they simply lack the reflexes, genital mass, and correct sexual orientation to do so." (69Deathkill3r69, 2013).
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Thanks Captain Obvious, I totally didn't know that after having been a fairly active trader for about two years. I report people who use fake trade rep, like, you know, the person the OP was dealing with?
I'm still wondering how you got me falsely reporting scammers out of that - where in my first post did I say I was reporting him for scamming? XD
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i think it's better to be safe than sorry.
don't take risk
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Probably a big hint is what the trade offer was. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Hah, I thought you'd be more seasoned than just 3 weeks. Yes, beware of all new accounts. Beware of old accounts. Always question, always doubt. If you have their 64 bit url they can be monitored.
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I wouldn't go anywhere near that trade. Even if you're not at risk of getting scammed directly (i.e. the trade is entirely within the trade window), given the profile you described I think there's a strong chance the items you'd be trading for were scammed from someone else, in which case (a) there's a chance they get revoked when the original owner complains to Steam, and (b) you might be helping a scammer profit from and ditch stolen goods, which is kind of a crappy feeling, imo.
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The fact that even after realising all their rep was fake, you're still considering trading with them, leads me to believe you should never trade.
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Using Steam trading there's no risk. If you get a game and the guy does a chargeback you can get the items back writing a message to Steam Support (and he will get a nice Trade Ban).
Anyway, if you don't trust the guy I'm not sure why are you asking for advice in the first place.
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A trader who approached me had no ST rep and a pageful of fake +rep (from users random letters and numbers for usernames with ? avatars saying just about the same thing-not like the usual good trader +rep but rather similar specific things that are worded and ordered strangely). The user joined in January of this year and has a few crates and keys in the TF2 inventory. He/she/it deleted all of the fake rep after I declined to trade with him/her/it. Should I even risk dealing with this person at all? Or is he/she/it part of a network of shady scammer alts as I've presumed? I'm really new at the trading scene, so thanks for the guidance.
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