On impersonators

There has been quite the rise in impersonators around here lately and more and more people seem to fall for their scams. It has been suggested that there should be a post concerning the subject, in order to prevent users from getting scammed, however considering that ST is not actively moderated, we wouldn't be able to maintain such a topic currently. The warning about this subject is more on how to avoid or handle such scams.

Please make sure the ST profile being linked from the person adding you, actually belongs to them. Verify that their steam profile URL is the same as the one who added you to trade and obviously, please search for them on steamrep, don't ask them to link their profile/rep, just do it yourselves.

In the case of such a scam occuring, please report them to steamrep and SG support, by providing some proof of what happened and explaining any details (please attach screenshots of your chatlogs and their steam profile). Creating a thread on SG forums in not the way to go, as that will get you temporarily suspended for calling out. There have been incidents of the wrong person getting blamed for a scam and thus harassed for absolutely no reason.


On feedback

Misuse of feedback has been turning out to be quite an issue, not only with messing up trades but also with reports on support about its removal. I think that most users are not aware of how it should be used thus this thread will serve as a reminder and a warning on how it should be used, how it shouldn't be used and what will happen if it's not used accordingly.


Feedback should be used for :

  • Successfully completed trades.
  • Scammers/Impersonators and warning the community about those

Feedback should NOT be used for :

  • Random comments, unrelated to a trade.
  • Comments such as "rude", "lowballer", "regifter" and so on. This is trade and not attitude related feedback.
  • Fake positive feedback for boosting your reputation count.
  • Revenge reputation (such as giving negative rep to someone just because they gave you false negative rep).

Common sense should apply in the above. The fact that I didn't mention a specific comment does not mean that it's acceptable. Misuse of feedback can get you suspended temporarily and if done repeatedly, suspension can get permanent. Revenge feedback, in particular, is especially tricky considering a lot of people want negative reputation removed from their profiles. If the people requesting the removal of negative rep from support have left such revenge negative feedback on the other user's profile, they can get temporarily suspended as well. Giving them revenge feedback does not make you any better than them.

Considering all the above, I would like to ask users here to remove any feedback they have left on other people's profiles that does not follow the guidelines above. Any investigation done on the removal of negative feedback from now on will take this thread into account and the fact that everyone should have read it and complied with it. No appeals will be handled for temporary misuse of feedback suspensions, considering you had the time to remove it yourselves.


Since lots of people ask :

Request for removal of fake feedback is done through SG support here

Please attach some kind of proof of what happened if the comment doesn't contain an explanation.


Thank you for reading and good luck in your trades!


Edit : Considering the "Gives fake feedback"-like comments as acceptable. Still under discussion but looks like it will be added.

1 decade ago*

hi hellenlecter, thanks for reporting this case. i hope he is blacklisted soon. luckily enough he could not with you:)

1 decade ago
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I'm not sure if this is the place to ask this but I left negative feedback for a scammer and in revenge he left neg feedback for me. Since then he has been permanently banned for scamming however I am still stuck with his negative feedback that I did not deserve. Is it at all possible to have this removed as it affects peoples trust towards me. I have had many successful trades since.

Scammers profile (now permanently suspended): http://www.steamtrades.com/user/amit794

1 decade ago
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Just a tip, contact the support and dont just write it in a thread which was for something else :-P. For that open a ticket at the steamgifts-support. Others already explained this earlier in the thread, but well people seem to ignore it.

1 decade ago
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Impersonator of catchthebear:

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198017787409/

I was stupid enough and didn't check his profile, so he stole some keys from me (fortunately, it was only a $1 bundle, but still). Watch out for this asshole!

1 decade ago
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Christ he's on a roll, that's my guy.

I added you on steam please tell me you have some screenshots of this happening

1 decade ago
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http://steamcommunity.com/id/Liliofan/ is a scammer impersonating BadFantom

1 decade ago
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i have an impersonator beware of him!!!

1 decade ago
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1 decade ago
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Seems like I've also got an impersonator. This guy http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198087534504 is apparently trying to scam people. I've been alerted by a couple people and will be filing a report with steamrep.

Here's the info:
|steamID32: STEAM_0:0:63634388
|steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198087534504
|steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198087534504

As posted above by zvenzzon. Many thanks to him for giving me his real ID, I was alerted by someone before but he didn't get his real SteamID.

1 decade ago
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1 decade ago
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Why you keep doing this shit?, the other post have been deleted and the admins haven't done nothing with your stupid tantrum.

You will not have my bad rep removed until an admin does it. Sorry little kid.

1 decade ago
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1 decade ago
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Keep dreaming. I still have your bad rep in my profile and you're spamming every thread I open. But in that case, I can still add people for trade or go to other trading communities. You win NOTHING kid.

1 decade ago
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1 decade ago
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You don't have any arguments, like a little crying kid.

1 decade ago
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Keep editing your shit with dramatic arguments.

1 decade ago
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Two both of you, nothing will happen to the other trader, so best is probably to stop your nonsense say sorry to each other and go different ways without attacking each other.

1 decade ago
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I haven't harassed anybody, keep inventing shit.

1 decade ago
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Look at these two reps on his profile guys:

I can't give you a negative since we didn't trade and technically I shouldn't give you a positive either, but I just want to write a little reputation here anyways: Very rude trader. I added him and he accepted, told me to f* off, then deleted me. I've never even talked to him before, so I don't know what his problem is. Maybe you mistook me for someone else or something, I dunno, but if you ever want to make things up, feel free.

He added me to steam and was almost 2 days trying to contact him when he finally responds he deleted me from friends preventing me from responding. Thanks for wasting my time I not recommend this trader A VERY PREPOTENT TRADER

He treated me like this.

1 decade ago
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1 decade ago
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Lie?, it's in your profile, you treated me like that and it's not the first time you do that from what I see. And that "proof" is a joke, because you deleted even more posts.

I will told you again, you will not win nothin with my ban, this is only a kids' tantrum, nothing more. You deserve the bad rep.

1 decade ago
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1 decade ago
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I don't have to defend nothing, you already have exposed yourself as a little crying kid.

If I can't read, you don't have the right to treat me like that, so don't talk about rudeness, hypocrite. Your stupid dramatism will lead to nothing.

1 decade ago
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1 decade ago
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LOL, first rude, now inmature, stop describing yourself man.

1 decade ago
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This is done for me, mods will delete all this shit (if you don't delete it first) without doing nothing, so live with your bad rep.

1 decade ago
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1 decade ago
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Two both of you, nothing will happen to the other trader, so best is probably to stop your nonsense say sorry to each other and go different ways without attacking each other.

1 decade ago
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DO NOT TRADE WITH HIM
ALWAYS CHECK WHO YOU ARE TRADING WITH
http://steamcommunity.com/id/h1pOT/ THIS GUY IS IMEPERSONATING ME!!!
WARNING!!!
THIS IS MY REAL PROFILE
http://steamcommunity.com/id/ducemaster/
WATCH OUT!

1 decade ago
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IMPRESSIONATOR:

|steamID: Enviador

|steamID32: STEAM_0:0:53010417

|steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198066286562

|customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ENVIAD0R <- NOTICE THE 0

|steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198066286562

ORIGINAL ENVIADOR:

|steamID: Enviador

|steamID32: STEAM_0:0:24448037

|steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198009161802

|customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Enviador

|steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198009161802

I reported him on steamrep.com:http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/76561198066286562-impressionator-of-enviador.26541/

1 decade ago
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Sorry I know this is the COMPLETE wrong thread but I can't find a place to report this person :/ there used to be a thread for it but I guess it was removed? I'd greatly appreciate any help, I don't see a need for this person to start this thread about me, with my profile linked and personal information about me on it acting like I've scammed him just because I refused to trade back a day later when he decided he did not want the game > link > http://www.steamtrades.com/trade/ESncn/please-tell-me-your-opinion-from-your-perspective or clickable link

1 decade ago
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Hi, probably you cant do anything about it. Steamtrades still lacks a general moderation and theres not even a specific rule about situations like this. You can try to report him with a supportticket at Steamgifts http://www.steamgifts.com/support but prepare yourself for wait a long time for a response and maybe you wont get any help at all. Right now theres nothing else that you could do instead (but maybe giving him negative rep for that, but then youll also get negative rep of him).

1 decade ago
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This guy contacted me too.

1 decade ago
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i meet a scammers each day, sad truth.....wasting my time to check =A=......

1 decade ago
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Scammer info :

|steamID: nGen

|steamID32: STEAM_0:0:53010417

|steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198066286562

|customURL:

|steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198066286562

My REAL INFO

|steamID: nGen

|steamID32: STEAM_0:0:28644724

|steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198017555176

|customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/larruon

|steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198017555176

Someone has been deceived, and I got a minus reputation

1 decade ago
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That guy

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198066286562

scummed me. I am new on this forum and I learned my lesson hard. He impersonate this person:

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197989939302

and took my Snapshot Steam key. Here is our chat:

http://postimg.org/image/tuqwxwhar/

I gave rep- to wrong person but now I deleted that rep-. What can I do next with that scammer?

1 decade ago
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http://steamcommunity.com/id/_Noctaris/

Seems like someone is using a false ID and scamming in my name, pls be carefull!!!

1 decade ago
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Hey SteamTrades, I've thought of an idea of how to warn people for possible scammers that are impersonating legit traders.

We can have a personal note/text/comment in the reputation page, so whenever someone is redirected to the rep page, he can read the said message and be warned for possible scammers.

I could be something like this

Let me know if you like this idea. I've created a post for discussion. ->clicky<-

1 decade ago
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http://www.steamtrades.com/user/SamePrice

Give me negative feedback, because I insist that he is a scammer (and it's true).
Proofs in this topic
http://www.steamtrades.com/trade/dsHtX/spam-and-suspensions/search?page=14

Please, delete it.

1 decade ago
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Be careful have a impersonator Impersonator proof
Impersonator Profile

check twice when you do trades with AndoneSV
(Profile is always public)( and i use alot of Burritos:D)

1 decade ago
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http://www.steamtrades.com/user/Samalot harassing my threads and gave neg feedback without any trade between use. I have marked him for fake feedback. I have tried adding him on steam.

1 decade ago
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IMPERSONATOR SCAMMER!!

Real Person Profile:

And this is the Scammer:

1 decade ago
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There is a guy trying to impersonate killersquall338:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/ewechu/

And here it´s the real data:
http://www.steamtrades.com/user/killersquall338
http://steamcommunity.com/id/killersquall338/

1 decade ago
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This guy is currently impersonating me:

|steamID: killersquall338
|steamID32: STEAM_0:1:61145254
|steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198082556237
|customURL:
|steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198082556237

Make sure you check everything before making trade with anyone!

1 decade ago
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Hey all. It would appear i have a impersonator.

Please check the profile of the person you are dealing with. I never have a private profile and i have only ever used 1 name on steam - http5o5 ( Check name history )

This is the impersonator - http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198088040655 http://steamcommunity.com/id/sandwich04

This is me the real http5o5 - http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198003412376

Thanks

1 decade ago
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the user DeadlineV just gives negative rep when ever you hurt his 10 year old feelings

Ex:http://www.steamtrades.com/user/Henkka360 gave him negative because he lowballed

ex:http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2chrou9&s=6

ex:http://www.steamtrades.com/user/cricketdemon said i tried to scam FTL by offering 2 keys and then started flaming me trying to make me give him 6+ before i blocked him.

ex:http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=b5kzsk&s=6

ex:http://www.steamtrades.com/user/DefieO put Russian retard as his reason for bad rep

ex: http://www.steamtrades.com/user/BamStar "you too" reasoning for negative rep

user shouldn't be allowed to use the reputation feature anymore and his negatives should be erased

1 decade ago
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http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198006504150

Current Alias DarrellSin, but has originally tried to change his name to my Steam Trades forum name. Please don't let a total fool like this scam you.

He has copy pasted my rep as a comment to himself. He has 2 games and no playtime. A pretty feeble attempt, but putting it here for the record.

1 decade ago
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Watch out for dudezx! Even though he has relatively high +rep, it looks like he scammed a guy I was trading with before. SteamRep already marked him as "scammer".

For more info:

SteamRep reporting thread (created by dudezx, modified by SR admin)
SteamRep reporting thread (created by krocker)
SteamTrades reporting thread (created by dudezx)
SteamTrades reporting thread (created by krocker)

1 decade ago
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SCAMMER: http://www.steamtrades.com/user/baggioplayer

Please ban him and remove my neg.

1 decade ago
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Another impersonator here:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/sandwich04

1 decade ago
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Yeah hes impersonating me... how do i get him to stop?

1 decade ago
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Hi, I think you should set your profile public

1 decade ago
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BEWARE i have an impersonator!!

Always my profile is PUBLIC i have more than seven (7) years in STEAM and 35games in my STEAM!!!!!

MY REAL PROFILE LINK: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197980094898

1 decade ago
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there is another case in

http://steamcommunity.com/id/mrtatu/

he is impersonating

http://steamcommunity.com/id/91088/

http://www.steamtrades.com/user/mrtatu

I lost a game and feel that people should know and do something about this

1 decade ago
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This guy added me on Steam http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/765611980862 pretending to be http://www.steamtrades.com/user/Zangdar . When i called him out on the profiles not matching, he disconnected. So others might want to watch out.

1 decade ago
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tks u for your warning. but why i can't check his profile? it's always appears "Failed loading profile data, please try again later" :|

1 decade ago
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I reported him on Steam, maybe they banned his account ?

1 decade ago
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Probably changed name.
The url works, id not anymore if changed name

1 decade ago
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User CMR| is a scammer. He stole me dishonored key

http://steamcommunity.com/id/connerread/

1 decade ago
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Is there a suggestions area? Some people have quite a bit of feedback but sometimes a few negatives, and usually I'll want to see what's up with those. But I can easily miss the comments when scrolling through several pages of feedback. I'd like a way to just search up the negatives on a user's profile, so I can see whether they were actually accused of scamming or merely someone upset misusing the feedback system.

Alternatively instead of adding a whole new feature, upping the saturation of the red negative bar would make it stand out better when scrolling by quickly, which should be a decent enough fix.

1 decade ago
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http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198088796042
This guy has been impersonating multiple traders.

1 decade ago
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hello... There is a guy using my nickname and picture in here i have no idea if he sccamed somebody already but here is the the post and his profile and mine Impostor

Impostor:

Me:

1 decade ago
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Scammer I gave him the key and got nothing, please ban him

http://www.steamtrades.com/user/zcatboobz

"look this"

http://www.picshot.pl/pfiles/328499/Clipboard02.jpg

1 decade ago
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Thanks for helping getting scammers what they deserver, I guess he started scamming people once he got some reputation.

Let's just hope he is gonna get banned on Steam too. You have done your job well.

1 decade ago
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Thanks for your words. PLEASE, if anybody was scammed(or he tried to scam you) by this user, report him on steam, he should be banned from our comunnity!!!

1 decade ago
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Hi everyone. There is an impersonator trying to scam people. Just a headsup.

My profile: http://steamcommunity.com/id/theMightyKev

Scammer profile: http://steamcommunity.com/id/23243452323423

Steamrep report on him: http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/76561198017787409-cloudbreaker.29592/

I am the one with 300+ games, 100+ screenshots, and 1 year on steam.

1 decade ago
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Hi all. Beware impersonator!

My profile:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Bonart

About 200 games, 4 year on steam, few game review.

Imperonator's profile

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198088805834

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Bonarl

1 decade ago
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This user http://www.steamtrades.com/user/ConnerR

Gave me negative rep and now he is banned, so he can't delete -rep from my profile.

Here is a screenshot of our conversation, he is agree with deleting his negative rep from my profile.

http://gyazo.com/c21c930660d47b3d801afa927b690e77

Can admins, please, delete his -rep comment from my profile?

1 decade ago
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that user is a BIG SCAMMER...you dont believe anything he says....he is a BIG LIAR too....
If he offers you something in retribution, you will be cheated again...

1 decade ago
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I just want remove -rep from my profile. I don't deserve this -rep.

1 decade ago
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make a ticket, i got mine removed after 3-4 months :))

1 decade ago
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4 months, LOL.

Btw thanks for the info.

1 decade ago
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http://steamcommunity.com/id/23243452323423/
someone impersonating me , scammed someone of a bundle key, unfortunately no proof :(

1 decade ago
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Take a screenshot of the guy's past nicks. There is your proof.
Might be enough to get him marked on steamrep.

1 decade ago
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Hello everybody,

It's a very bad news, but I have an impersonator who was scamming to the people.

PLEASE DON'T TRADE WITH HIM!

BLOCK HIM!

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Iamotta/

It's his fake profile.

This user: Xemeriba was scammed by him. He told to me his case.

Xemeriba was posted that on Steamrep: http://www.reddit.com/r/SteamGameSwap/comments/1e0sv7/psasteamuserdfensimpersonator/

http://i.imgur.com/ZQu2bA3.png

Holy shit! I just wanna have fun. Some people are stupid.

1 decade ago
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Thanks for the heads up, I almost traded w/ the guy but now his trade status is banned.

1 decade ago
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I'm glad to hear it. I don't understand why the people are so stupid.

1 decade ago
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The fourth one from those just ripped me off.
Guess I saw this post too late.

1 decade ago
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:-( I am very sorry for that, I also have a warning thread to prevent those scams. Please report him to steam support and at steamrep

1 decade ago
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Closed 8 years ago.