Steamrep wont do anything either if you trade for a key.
That is the risk involved with trading a key. If you do it and someone scams, there is no chance Steam Support nor Steamrep can help. The only thing you can do is report the information to the community and hope people catch it.
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Impersonators go with keys. According to me, SteamRep is BS, doesn't help much, and mostly for paypal scams, which I never indulge in. What is the point of steamrep if you can't report some specific trades involving keys, and only paypal miseries?
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Well I guess the logic in it, is that proving that a scam happened that involved Keys is going to be very hard, and if they were to accept just report with a screenshot or a transcript, then people would be abusing it with fake entries trying to mark the people they don't like as scammers! (Since it's not easy to prove a Key scam)
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That's rubbish. I've seen people marked as a scammer from a key trade. In fact I have somebody like that in my waiting room right now, waiting for me to accept their friend request. Of course I can't provide evidence of this as this could be construed as calling out (even if they are actually tagged as a scammer which just seems backwards) but that doesn't make it any less true.
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I've seen and experienced the exact opposite.
This was what the Steamrep moderator told my friend who was ripped off trading for a key (and had more than enough proof to prove his case):
"Hello, SR doesn't normally handle CD key or game key reports. Don't trade with those. Archiving."
The scammer is not flagged as one on Steamrep.
The point is, theres more of a risk trading/trading for CD keys since there's very little one can do. At least if trading for tradables there is a better chance of the scammer being punished.
I imagine that if the scammer has ripped off multiple people in key trades, SR will do something about it, but at least in this instance, that was what the victim was told.
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So essentially, they don't care about the most common form of scamming...
I guess they are ridiculously backlogged anyways. I have a ticket there sitting in queue. For almost a year now.
HOWEVER, because the OP stated that this person has high rep, it sounds like an impersonator, which is something SR takes very seriously.
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Take seriously, as in they don't brush it off like with key scammers.
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My only advice is to contact Steam support, I highly doubt much will be done about it and I also doubt they will inform you about what happened to the scammer, but its better than nothing.
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it was an impersonator 100%, the rule for trading is that you always check if the person you agreed to trade with added you or these things happen. A little caution never harmed anyone.
And you cant get your items back he should've give you cd key and you gave him items.
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I've only trusted a key to go second when the guy had almost 300 rep since I got scammed like OP. Everything is situational, however keys should always go first in my book.
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If you have the chat still open or any other evidence photo the whole thing as a proof and show it as to the appropriate places - steamrep, steamtreades, steam support etc. and hope for the best. If you don't have any evidence to back it up you are screwed couse it can't be proved, it sucks but that's how it is. I hope you understand.
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hahaha people actually think having 200 comments with '+rep' from SAFE trades means its safe to go first...
i dont think you know what 'rep' means...
some people just build a huge amount of +rep comments so in the end when they get a really awesome deal, something expensive sent first, they'll scam you
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getting shunned as a scammer is not worth it for just "one awesome deal", i mean that's noobish even for a scammer... not to say desperate... especially if he build high rep...
it mostly depends on the guy getting scammed and how he handles the situation tbh
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Kid has a bunch of +rep so I figured what the hell I'll go first.
Anyone have advice on how to get your items back?
Steam support link etc.
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