Im sad :( I just got Scammed

Giving him 1 game before the transaction was stupid...
If YOU scam him he can report the thing & He'll probz get his money back, But if HE scams YOU... What can you do? Get his account banned?
In the end, You probz wont get your shit back so youre still losing.

Either use a middle man or make HIM pay beforehand.

Hope they ban the guy and you get justice, but don't forget that Steam forbids trades that involve irl money. Trading with Paypal transactions is like null-sec areas in EVE online.

Also: if you were gonna make it a split transfer (1 game, 15 bucks, other game), you should have split the money too. Ideally, this way: 7.5 dollars, 1 game, 7.5 dollars, other game.

Worst thing about this - when you got scammed while trading a game for Paypal $$$, you probably can't even report that scammer. Steam might ban you along with him as you both violated the rules.

Lesson to take - trade only tradeable items, or make him go first, or don't trade with him at all.

Bottom like: you got scammed - your fault. I'm sorry.

EDIT: making him go first is probably also unsafe. I don't use PayPal, but there exist something like canceling your recent payments right? That sh*t makes PayPal dangerous to use even for buying games on Steam at all. People get in trouble because of this.

http://www.steamtrades.com/forum/jagzE/official-reporting-thread

Hint Hint.

Thats terrible,I hope Steam deals some damage to him, be more careful in the future though, I traded stuff before but I would never take paypal money unless they gave it first, I usually would just be like "Buy this game for so and so dollars and then lets trade), works alright that way.

I only traded a couple times ever though...sorry to hear you got scammed :-(.

Getting scammed/hi-jacked is always sad :c

Hope you'll get it back, scammers are the worst.

Sorry about what happened but please remove the link because calling people out on the forums is against the rules

Report this to steam and dont mention money. Make up a story about key trade etc. Steam may revoke his copy that way.

Not that you were to know beforehand but the scammer's personalised steam URL ends with fuckuretard ... that to me would have been enough of a hint to make me say screw the trade and back out.

This place is (mostly) about Pay it forward...do something nice for someone just because you can. Not for profit, just helping someone when they need it. So sorry for the scam you've experienced. Best wishes for good luck in your life.

Ah that sucks. Hopefully you learned your lesson. To help you cope with your loss I'll give you a game. Add me xXGatumadreXx.

scammers are faggots

That sucks :(

OP deserved it.

You should never trade money with someone with no reputation, especially on PayPal.
He can open a dispute and since it is digital goods and not a physical item that was shipped, you will automatically lose the dispute.

hug.

Only thing worse than a cheater, is a theif.

Sorry to hear this :(

You can report him to Steam Support to get gim trade-banned.

so guys - any advice how to find a good and trustworthy middleman? I'm about to do a trade but it's a key from amazon (my offer) for steam gift so I dont want to lose it... thx :)

so his id looked like "f****kur3tard" and he had past names like F@GG0t something.. and yet you still went on with the deal!! sounds legit :) nice one pal <3

hate scammers O_O

Sorry to hear that, Im glad you feel better now. Knowing karma, that scammer will feel it one day. Be careful next time, and its better to avoid trading games for keys or money.

That's kinda your own fault dude. Story uncool bro.