you should check,, read this https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3415-WAFH-6433&l=english#whatisascam
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Install the Enhanced Steam plugin, so you can easy access relevant links from their steam profile. Once that's done, always make sure to check their SteamTrades and SteamRep ratings before trading.
Keep in mind that the fact that it was a non-tradable gift pretty reliably meant that it was still within the standard revocation period. Given that you didn't check their reputation elsewhere, you just bypassed the protection Steam itself offers against scamming.
Finally, if someone randomly adds you, they're a scammer. Period, always, no exceptions even when there are exceptions.
That is to say, it's one of those things where you outright accept that fact, regardless of if you've somehow managed to have better luck that expected in that regard- in sum, it's same principle as the one that applies when dealing with Nigerian princes.
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I did it once when they scammed me for a 5$ game ffs! Steam support sucks and cannot give you anything that it wasnt traded in the trade window! :D Unfortunately you will not take anything back! Realize it and dont give a fuck about it :D ! but next time be alert when you trade with someone who has -reps!
Edit: First of all realize that super deals doesnt exist in this world! 75 cards and some skins will not match the value of ASC! I know the feeling when someone steals something from you! BE HAPPY! :D
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Steam support sucks and cannot give you anything that it wasnt traded in the trade window!
even if it was traded in trade window they will not give him back anything
Why will Steam not return items that were scammed?
Our community assigns an item a value that is at least partially determined by that item's scarcity. If more copies of the item are added to the economy through inventory rollbacks, the value of every other instance of that item would be reduced.
We sympathize with people who fall victim to scams, but we provide enough information on our website and within our trading system to help users make good trading decisions. All trade scams can be avoided.
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Sadly:
Revoked gifts: We will not handle cases involving revoked gifts over Steam as it is impossible to prove who revoked it and if selling it to get it revoked again was intentional. Exceptions to this can be made at the admin's discretion.
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Also:
CD Key, Steam Code, Game Code, Pin Code and all other key/code Reports Please report to the community where the trade originated and make a steam support ticket. https://support.steampowered.com/ - these types of scams are impossible to verify as legitimate to begin with or what account the code is redeemed on. Before we only accepted if a user had solid proof, now we are rejecting all such reports.
In other words, you can't report 99% of today's scammers. xD
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Now add the fact that it takes them years till they check the reports. Well, I agree, it's crappy. :P
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If you traded inside Steam trade window then you'd get your stuff back, just saying.
Valve added that 30 days of not-being-able-to-trade feature for a reason, a reason you learnt in a hard way.
Sorry but since you sent him all your stuff for nothing, you won't get anything back from Steam, and SteamRep doesn't accept such scams. All you can do is learn from your mistake and move on.
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I think I just lost items in a trade! What do I do?
Steam Support will not return any items or gifts that you feel have been traded unfairly. There are no exceptions to this policy.
To ensure that a scammer is appropriately handled, and to prevent them from benefitting from this scam or others in the future, make sure that you report them through the Steam Community:
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Yeah you could in theory report him, but it's not like it changes anything. Best case will be if 200 other people do the same, and Valve eventually puts a trade block on him, but it's not like it'd cease scamming people - scammers are scamming all the time, account is just a throw away one, it's not like such ban would do a scammer any harm - he already calculated losing an account into his scamming costs.
This doesn't mean that he shouldn't report him - it's pretty much all he can do, so of course go for it, but it won't result in reclaiming any lost items - they're already gone.
And above article is mainly for unfair trades, it's basically Steam saying they won't reverse 1:50 trade. It's entirely different case if he traded for a gift that would get revoked - they do reverse that one. Of course, if it happens in a trade window that is.
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Only trade in trade window if you want to be safe. You traded outside of trade window. When you do this you see a window that reads:
Warning
You have not selected any items for XYZ to offer in exchange for yours. If XYZ accepts this trade, you will lose the items you've offered but will not receive any items.
Please confirm that you are giving your items away, and expect nothing in return.You clicked Accept, so you accepted the fact that what you are doing is not a trade but a gift, you gifted the guy stuff you had for free, Steam warned you about it, you agreed, confirmed in authenthicator etc, and it will be the way it's going to be interpreted by Steam Support.
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