You should remove the name of the guy, its against the rules, and probably its an impersonator
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Did you check if he actually linked you his SG profile? Seeing how the last letter doesn't match, I'd say it's an impersonator.
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Sure it is an impersonator! Unfortunately for those that get scammed...
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This guy was a bloody impersonator...
I'm so pissed off how this kind of people even exists... The original Archaniol seems like a legit guy, I deleted my bad feedback.
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I suggest you to put Enhanced Steam to your browser! it is a very useful tool!Too bad that you get scammed
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should try and contact humble bundle and see if they can revoke the key - probably not - but hey worth a punt
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Well, lesson learned, always ask people to comment on your steamtrades post, that way you can check their reputation and click directly to show their real Steam profile
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Yes, please try to contact humble bundle. It would be awesome if they revoked.
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how about checking if the user in sg who he gave you link to is the same of the guy adding you? <.< from his sg profile you can go to his steam profile and if it doesn't match up then... o.o rip
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I just don't understand why SG pages are STILL accessible to everyone. Why nobody fixed this ages ago. ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) You don't even have to have an account here and you can check trades and scam people.
Same thing happened to me... guy found me in trades section and took my game and blocked me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Scammer makes an account with $100 value, checks out the trades. Then with another cheap account makes it identical to impersonate. Victim is lulled into false sense of security because SG page is only accessible to certain people..so everyone must be legit..right? It wouldn't help anything
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It's not like they use their main account to scam, they could still see the trades then add people with their alt
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Yes that's quite obvious. But it's like saying: "why lock doors of your house when someone can just lockpick or destroy them with axe and steal your shit anyway". It's not a 100% solution to the problem, but it at least discourages lazy and stupid ones. :3
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But like fubarnocaps said, it can give a false impression of security to new users, they might be harder to convince that they got scammed by an impersonator ("how could he see trades if he's not registered"). It might also scare off newcomers if they are required to log in with their Steam account just to view a section of the website (some already think it's a scam with the website being fully public)
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some already think it's a scam with the website being fully public
Can't really blame them for that. First time I was here I also thought it was just too good to be true...
But not even seeing a site before logging in using steam is definitly something that would put me off.
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"I don't even know how to use steamgifts, but I guess I'll trust you"
Well, it was just RUST
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once piece pirate warriors 3 for Risen 1 ( bundled for 1$ ).
and guess what? successfully got unrevoked "Free" onepiece xD
just because its too good to be true doesnt always mean its fake
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Even if that was revoked you would have barely lost anything , ofc its worth the gamble
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im good it gambling, can tell most people's personality just by the way they type and the delay between texts.
its not my first time betting low bundled game for high unbundled game and kept it, so far no revokes on any of them
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now I'm scared to trade..I thought it was risky like this
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There is a good article on reddit. It's about the filthy techniques they use and how to protect agains them. Unfortunately, I don't have the link for it. Maybe someone else will post it for you.
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Download Enhanced Steam and through that you can check whether he's an impersonator or not. And whether they have a good reputation :)
That should eliminate most issues. Plus, don't go for trades that are too good to be true. They can come along, but don't be excessively trusting
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love how scammers always link to their supposed steamgift profile out of the blue. Hey, have you seen my steamgift prolfe yet? You should totally check it out, here is the link, i am so trustworthy.
Sorry for your hard learned lesson though, but if a deal is too good to be true you should always be alerted.
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Yeah and I've also seen quite a few that point out exactly how many positive rep they have. I've never seen a legit trader act like that...
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Have you seen my SteamGifts profile?
This is the point where you say thanks and stop the conversation, also potentially blocking the person. I have yet to see any kind of trade-related conversation where a sentence like that did not originate from an impersonating scammer.
By the way, since it was a HB link, contact their support and ask them to revoke the key, because it was activated on the wrong account. At least he won't get anything out of it.
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Ask humble bundle to revoke the key.
Report him on steamrep and steam support by providing them sufficient proof.
Win!
And don't worry. Everything is going to be ok. ;P
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They do. And they were doing even more in the past.
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I don't understand why people scam others. To have morals so low over something as pathetc as a 10$ game.
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Well, this case a 4-5 dollar one. Even though the bundle that Rust is in costs less than 6 dollars, the Rust keys go for these amounts.
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Yeah thats the other thing I don't get. People pay 10$ (CAD) for Rust alone when you can just buy the bundle.
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shrugs I don't get it as well, but I just made over €10 on selling two copies of it, while I paid €8.7 for the two Tier 2 packs. So, hey, if people pay it, then what can i say?
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On the site there is a link in everyones profile that will take you directly to their steam account. So theres no guess work with if it is or isnt the person. Also do request/demand that people work out trades on the site. If they dont comment on my trade post I dont work with them on Steam.
Youre not the first and you wont be the last. Just learn from it.
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I know how you feel. It is utterly dishonest and people like that shouldn't exist. But they do! My very first trade went bad and gave me no hope to continue using the website. I gave away a game and then the other trader went offline and never saw him again. The bad feedback I got from him still persists in my profile. After all this time sg haven't removed it. He went to scam other people of course, and still around unbanned.
Fortunately I happen to visit the forums, shortly after I met a couple of very nice people that helped me go through the frustration. Mainly @ghanembobsorrow, @MrFantastNick. They deserve my appreciation :)
Hope some good soul creates a good guideline for new comers. Make it sticky and very visible to everyone and maybe we would have less scammers.
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It was so easy to see that he is not that user :( I am sorry but this was dumb :(
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I can only sadly say; Live and learn...If a person is not sitting as visitor in your couch, or you can not walk over to their house; don't trust them at all.
But, how come his feedback is so impeccable then? Even in the comments on profile there is "13 Jul, 2015 @ 10:14pm
+rep trustworthy when it comes to buying non-tradable games. polite and patient."
That being said; That's a scumbag right there that you dealt with...It's not "mean", it's just pathetic low-life chickensh't scummy
Make a support ticket, (https://www.steamgifts.com/support/tickets/new) and include the link to the profile/account you got scammed by (it will be in your Steam trade history/account history).
Don't be surprised it will turn out to not really be the one mentioned in the screenshots, but impersonator. ,,,Probably some sh't who even knows the one he or she impersonated, since they picked that.
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Concluding "it's impersonator" right away? If nothing else, it would make Steamgifts able to ban the scammers profile, and if possible be on the the lookout for other report against the profile in the screenshots.
:1 99% chance the impersonator is already on the alledged scammers friendlist. I doubt they simply picked a profile randomly to impersonate
:2 The scammers link/profile could then be banned from being in on steamgifts.com
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ahh.... le bâtard!
par contre t'es vraiment sur qu'il est le personne qu'il disait?
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Guy adds me on steam saying he's great and everything, leave after I give him game and blocks me on steam. Fucking unholy morron It's already something that I give him a 20$ game, but for him to leave like that and blocks me... That's just mean, there's no other words.
Le fucking proof http://imgur.com/a/SSI1x
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