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*

Have been negative feedback from someone i've never traded with. Turns out s/he's done it to a few people.

Thier profile: http://www.steamtrades.com/user/TsukinoYuki

Mine: http://www.steamtrades.com/user/Doonhamerlfc

Any chance of a removal please?

9 years ago
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Man it like the Mod stop doing any support anymore :P

9 years ago
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Hey buddy :)

No one monitors these forums anymore and haven't for probably almost 2 years, so if there is something you need to report for someone to look in to then you would have to go to Steamgifts.com instead and submit a support ticket there. I know it doesn't make too much sense but that's what they were doing last time I checked.

Also, if it is scam related then submit a report on Steamrep.com too if possible. At the very least it will show up if someone does a proper background check on the person, so it can be helpful.

9 years ago
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I just posted my trade selling Skyrim keys and this guy comes in, offering a Borderlands Pre Sequel key for 3 Skyrim. He also has been reported for being an impersonator for numerous times.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/JJAHA26

9 years ago
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Just got scammed ( feel super stupid ) by this guy http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198061323349/ !!! Took my key without paying and then blocked me without saying anything. Hope he will burn i hell!!!!! Never trust this guy!!!!

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

9 years ago
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please report that user so he can get account close
he sending scam link (he start conversation saying please add this guy he cant add you for some reason)

the link seem ligit but only flaw it write staem (not steam)

here his link
http://steamcommunity.com/id/sergio32213/

9 years ago
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Could someone please check my case of wrong negative feedback, more than a month has passed

http://www.steamgifts.com/support/TTEGH/removal-of-fake-feedback-on-steamtrades

This user started insulting me after I rejected his offer and then left a fake negative feedback.

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

Thanks.

9 years ago
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So I've been adding people alot today for trades and alot have been coming back to me sorry sold out yet they kept bumping there thread and it annoyed the heck out of me. So I finally said to 1 user "F*** THEN CLOSE YOUR THREAD" and he decided to -rep me on his alt accounts.

Added the guy for Lego The Movie Game 1.5k

Here is his original thread : http://www.steamtrades.com/trade/LRCsD/h-lego-games-steam-key-w-1dota2-key-or-1tf2csgo-key-1ref

LINK: http://www.steamtrades.com/user/Triss

LINK: http://www.steamtrades.com/user/Begas

and they came from this guy

Steamtrade profile LINK: http://www.steamtrades.com/user/Burningggg/

Steam Profile LINK: http://steamcommunity.com/id/YgritteZ

His main account : http://imgur.com/f6X4WwG&5nVXGvi

Alt account #1 : http://imgur.com/HPLISqW

Alt account #2: http://imgur.com/GZr2pJR

Just be warned you might anger some 12 year old and get -rep.

9 years ago
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This guy got offended when i said ( no ) To his ridiculous trade offer http://gyazo.com/bd5205a614b266df3c1777d03cb26b69
And started insulting and saying bad stuff thats thats just one screenshot i was able to get.
his steam profile http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198093175680
I gave him a bad rep for that behavior , if he decided to give me one i will make a personal report

9 years ago
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Dont want to sound like a duche but i remember having read that negative feedbacks and in fact feedbacks are to be used fir trade related issues, not personal things.

You are not being any better by revenge -rep -ing, you are in fact engaging into a childish fight

9 years ago
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You are not being a douche you are just stating the rules : )
and usually i would'v agreed but i was not actually doing a revenge.
I kept refusing his trade offers and the guy wouldn't stop insulting me on my steamtrades post and steam profile just because i refused his trade.
So i think thats Trade related dont you ? I mean it happened because i rejected his trade and he went rampage , seriously the screenshot i showed was one , he kept insulting and deleted the comments before i thought of snapping them into Gyazo

9 years ago
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I just got scammed, was about to give -rep but then realized it's an impersonator.

Original Trader: http://www.steamtrades.com/user/PraX
http://steamcommunity.com/id/1123581321345589144233/

Impersonator: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198119161877/

He linked to the original Trader's Steamtrades profile (even has the link on his Steam profile).

9 years ago
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I want to review the negative feedback I have in revenge, has given me a user to activate my key cheating , you can check my post from long ago .
greetings and thanks .

PD : I regret having to use the google translator

9 years ago
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I've just been warned that I have an impersonator.

Here's his Steam profile link:
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198119161877

Stay safe!

9 years ago
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This person is still at it, he just tried to scam me out of two games.

His list of aliases is very long lol http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198119161877/

9 years ago
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fake -rep on my profile! he call every peson as Scammer and leave negative feedbacks

9 years ago
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Every peson? maybe person? nice slander man. Good luck with that :)

I create new word for U - highball - really high prize for game (e.g. from bundle worth 1$)
I don't trade with U and I don't recommend U for other tradders. Fake rep? Rlly? U aren't God in this world :) And U first -rep me :) check this :)

Anyway thx for great spam in my topic.

9 years ago
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You can justify it however you want but you're clearly breaching the rules by doing that.

9 years ago
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and i didnt -rep him first! he is lying!!!

9 years ago
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Did you leave unwanted trade ads for shit from your own inventory on his profile like you have mine and countless others, including folks who've never traded before? Then be a dick about it when he called you out? Kinda sad how so many folks have reported you for that, yet you're still operating as a trader.

9 years ago
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I've been told i have an impersonator.

His steam profile link is: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198170388529/

9 years ago
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This User: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198142916049 Is Impersonating Me. Block and Report Him.

This Is My Info:
http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198154161631

Also Have a Forum Up Warning People: http://www.steamtrades.com/trade/Xze66/warning-someone-is-impersonating-me-and-key-scammer-be-careful
There's Also A Key Scammer Be Careful!!

9 years ago
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I have two invalid comments on my profile. I did submit a ticket about one months ago, but it seems like noone is reading those. These are the comments:

XanePT (2 months ago)

Very rude manners with his clients.Rep-

The rules about what rep should not be used for say:

  • Comments such as "rude", "lowballer", "regifter" and so on. This is trade and not attitude related feedback.

The other one is:

iLoki (15 hours ago)
Scammer and lier, don't trust this guy. He will scam you and then -rep you. Be cautious.
This vicious comment is completely made up. He left it after I had posted a link to the two (now three) pending Steamrep reports against him on his profile. The first one is 7 months old. He is still not suspended here on Steamtrades.

Thank you for your consideration.

9 years ago
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Hello there.
This guy gave me a Revenge negative Rep http://www.steamtrades.com/user/bloodyzdr
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198093175680 this is his steam profile
he kept offering me Lowball offers and i kept refusing them , so he kept insulting me on my ST post and my steam profile.
And when i gave him a bad rep for being a bad trader and harrasing he now gave me one calling me a scammer which is all so false.

9 years ago
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http://www.steamtrades.com/user/tubulinka scammer,took TF2 keys of my brother,gave him invalid Far Cry 4 key and blocked him right after he got keys!

Anyone has experience with scammers? What its possible to do? Is there way to get back keys (of course he dont has the keys anymore in his inventory;probably trade to some other account).

9 years ago
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Steamname : arte1337
steam URL : http://steamcommunity.com/id/therealarte/

Dont sell with this guy! He sell me FIFA 2015 for CS:GO weapons around 20€ and give me code, i played around 1 month wihtout problem and today i open my Origin and my Fifa missing,immediately sought help from origin Live chat operator and he said me my game its delete cuz its with hacked cd key (sorry for my bad english) but plesae report him and dont trade if you need i can put trade chat, screens and all other information.

Be careful, and dont trade with him.

9 years ago
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SCAMMED By http://steamcommunity.com/id/Cunterino/

BEWARE, he used my CDkey and then removed me as friend and blocked me! STOLE MY AC UNITY KEY how do i report him?

9 years ago
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phishing scam 'prororo'

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

http://www.steamtrades.com/trade/jPytY

"IT" answers with LINK SCAM steem comunity. ru

Example, on my post (the last) http://www.steamtrades.com/trade/vi3YT/h-17-gamestop-com-card-w-games-infinite-fallout-hitman-global-child DONT ENTER TO THE LINK steem, its same as above

9 years ago
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3 Months ago i send a ticket to Steamgifts,about one fake negative rep,to this day I have not received a reply, please someone help me, a moderator or something :((((

http://www.steamgifts.com/support/SZ5ii/fake-negative-feedbackplease-helpme

9 years ago
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this guy http://www.steamtrades.com/user/PewDiePiesfan starting pishing all my trade announcement and give me fake -rep

and looking above, i can see im not the only one he do that.

9 years ago
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-rep guy randomly left negative and i did same! good for you!

9 years ago
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and dont think if u left negative for person he cant do same to you!

9 years ago
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http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198142916049
This guy still impersonating me and many others. block and report him.

9 years ago
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I have to report a scammer, his profile name is Sowik13 and he already scammed:
http://www.steamtrades.com/trade/PkKum/scammer-alert-casey13-aka-casey-aka-sowik13-aka-dead-man-walking

I was pretty naive but I trusted him "a little bit". I took picutres the whole conversation and was recording with shadowplay. If you guys want me to upload the video then tell me, but I'll probably need some time.

Here are the pictures:
http://imgur.com/HTClq0n,jrjOE4a,Ge5PCt4,zDDCkaA,JrgYJ9M,sbcWKIt,uEggLet

He also replied to this thread:
http://www.steamtrades.com/trade/cAnVs/h-games-worth-30-choose-from-list-w-15-paypal-or-grav

He removed the reply, but I screenshotted it before. (see pics) :)

Thank you, Casey, for teaching me again that the internet is full of guys like you. I'll remember this life lesson.

9 years ago
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^

9 years ago
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can mod or admin please look at my report on a negative feedback, I submited it weeks ago: http://www.steamgifts.com/support/ticket/lTq28/senadcorovic

9 years ago
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This cocksucker is impersonating several traders: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198155931116

8 years ago
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Lol, avoid this guy on all costs. Perfect example of blackmailer (last screenshot)/steam support potential impersonator/accuser. Here is my talk with the guy, screenshotted. Now you see why he is trade banned. Although previously he wasn't and I didn't talk with him in ages, that's why I had him on my friendlist. Maybe his account was hijacked ?

http://steamcommunity.com/id/gluxia/ -> His account.

http://postimg.org/image/4zrcgcca3/
http://postimg.org/image/yb55j1f5v/
http://postimg.org/image/66qpzawrj/
http://postimg.org/image/drul9sffn/
http://postimg.org/image/ut5g1avjf/0c877158/
http://postimg.org/image/e10e6q3jx/3d9fb193/
http://postimg.org/image/wlvp26f5t/386aac95/
http://postimg.org/image/q1iwoxwdh/e73c7305/
http://postimg.org/image/lx3uoujor/6c678c0b/
http://postimg.org/image/9qi3hvcir/b7992bed/

Avoid the guy at ALL costs and ignore his blackmail crap. Thank you for attention.

8 years ago
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I am not really sure what I'm trying to achieve by posting here - a thread 3 months old from its latest previous comment which has really low odds of being answered, but still. This may sound a bit indelicate I think, but how long does it usually take for a Ticket [ considering a negative feedback being left on your account from a user you've never even talked to before] to get reviewed? Mine is about 1.80 months old now :) I quite understand there are a few Support members with privileges of checking them, and aren't any "volunteers" to help too. Just thought I might ask for the rough estimates. :) In case there will actually be someone checking this message, thanks to you for your time and consideration!

8 years ago
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Closed 8 years ago.