Ew, so now we're just screwed. Anyway, making this comment just to bump the topic.
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VALVE should not allow to useres to trade / gift games, that they just bought.
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14 Days trade block for the game
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of course this would be stupid for legal buyers but atm I can not think of a better solution :/
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this really sucks....
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also I'm done with trading, its just to risky and time confusming :l
even if the exchange with the seller with a high reputation - there is always a chance to get into a situation like you.
and then can not prove who is guilty and who is not
- I guess the buyer took the money just back... e.g. "My Paypal acc got hacked, I did not bought any games... etc."
- VALVE could just track it back.
I have same problem -.-
and steam reply with me :
"Hello,
Thank you for contacting Steam Support.
We are investigating this issue further. As soon as we have more information, we will update your ticket."
I don't get why it says dontt trade games with people you don't know.. thats kinda why the trading system was created... whats the point of a trading system if your just gonna trade with buddies?
Also, even if you were only trading with people you know, you don't know the guys they got the game from. Thus, you are only save if you trade with people you know who personally bought the game they're trading. Yay.
I think most people wont do this because it will get their account suspended. One thing I'd recommend is to check the account you're trading with. Look at how many games they own on the account, how often they play and the age of their account. If it looks like an alt, I'd stay clear.
If the person really spent over 9000 in games only to revoke them, that's pretty serious fraud and I think you should contact authorities.
Again, the problem is, even if the person you're dealing with has a $5000 steam account, you don't know where he got the game from. Or the guy before that. Or the guy before that... you just can't know if the original buyer isn't a fraud.
That's completely Different. The keys were STOLEN, and there were warnings all over saying to not do trades for that. This, however, was using Steams Trade system itself, which means that it is otherwise impossible to know if the person used a Stolen Credit Card/Will do a Charge back.
You'll get your stuff back unless you traded for something outside the trade window.
UPDATE #1
UPDATE #2
Hello xxxxx,
Thank you for contacting Steam Support.
A gift subscription that you recently accepted in your account has been removed. The transaction has been reported as fraudulent.
Please refrain from accepting Steam gifts from unknown sources in the future. Valve reserves the right to refer the matter to the appropriate authorities if such activity continues.
Updates will follow as soon as I will get more informations!