This user is a scammer who tried to scam me eight month ago. He failed to fool me, which makes him still very angry.
On May 3, 2020, I was selling a "Team Fortress 2" key. In those days, I sent a lot of trade offers to a lot of users, including him. He rejected my offer, after which I sent him a friend request, hoping to discuss a trade in a private conversation. But on the same day I found a great trader to whom I sold my key and forgot about all of the users to whom I sent friend requests to discuss the sale of the key.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359308326
On May 4th, this user sent me 5 messages that I did not reply to. On May 5, he wrote to me two more times - I still did not answer. But when that same day in the evening he sent me four messages in one minute, I was at the computer - and answered him.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359309048
He asked why I sent him a friend request, I replied that I no longer remember, which was true, I completely forgot about all of the users to whom I sent friend requests to discuss the sale of the key, because I already sold it. He asked if I still have a "RUST" key, and I answered that yes, I still have it.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359309703
Then he offerred me to trade my "RUST" key for his 3400 USB's from "Killing Floor 2". I honestly told him that I had never traded these items before and had no idea what they were or how much they cost. I began to study the prices of these items and asked him to give me some time, but in the very next message he offered me his whole "Killing Floor" inventory, and in the next one his whole "BattleBlock Theater" inventory also.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359310278
I studied the price of his inventory and realized that it was worth almost nothing. I realized that this user is trying to take advantage of my ignorance, that I have never traded these items before - and get "RUST" key for garbage from his inventory. Realizing this, I asked him if he could offer something other than this. In case of refusal, I would become confident that this user is a scammer - and would blacklist him. But surprisingly, he offered me 5000 gems. I was very surprised because there were no 5000 gems in his inventory, but I gave him one last chance. Since I often trade gems and know its price, I wrote that I would trade him "RUST" key for 8000 gems.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359311142
He immediately agreed and told me to send him the key, despite the fact that he did not have 8000 gems in his inventory. At this point, I became completely sure that this user is a scammer. So I wrote:
"Dude, you've been trying to get the game for garbage from your inventory for an hourm but now you ask me to trust you and send the key first?"
To finally confirm my assumptions, I decided to look in his posthistory for any complaints about him and found a user who accused him of a scamming. At that moment, I was finally convinced that this user is a scammer.
While I was looking for information about him, he wrote me this message [original grammar]:
"man 2 years and rust key not a gift you don't believe many times i've get scamm more than you traded together you trust me you my inveturis picture and whatever you find me up if you don't trust i have over 1000 trade man trust me man eveyone who sell the key will give the game first because they have already considered it".
JESUS FU*ING CHRIST, It seems like it was written by a caveman, HOLY FUK.
Anyway, I laughed at this pathetic manipulation and sent him a link to a user he recently scammed, saying: "This guy claims the opposite". He said that they just didn't come to a consensus, which made the other guy very angry at him, which is a complete lie. And he also wrote that he was waiting.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359312100
I am without the slightest doubt that this user is a scammer, sent him my last message:
"I do not trust you and I will not send the key first. If this does not suit you, find another trader".
After which the scammer sent me this [original grammar]:
how many trade do you have
0?
man are you kidding
me
hey men e11 is you friend
yes
hallo!!!!
you are scammer
if you don't give
10
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1
scammer i have more than 300 frends and you are 100% scammer!
my frend will report you
and me
+all trading forum i put that you scammer
people who add and dont know and trading rust key is not normal
report
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359312673
My favorite part is the one where he says that his friend will report me and him. It was hilarious. :D
After that, he wrote two comments in my profile, in which he called me a scammer.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359313998
And after I blacklisted him, he left three comments in the profile of the user who wanted to trade with me, in which he lied that I am a scammer and asked him to report me.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359315918
Maybe he wrote to someone else, but I only found his comments in Marto756 profile. By the way, I asked him not to delete these comments, so you can still see it if you go to his profile.
Here is the link: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198967904273
In a case that scammer removes his comments after I publish this post, I will save today's screenshots.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359319164
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359320503
Since then, I have not met this user again, but today, eight months later, under my discussion in "RUST" community, this user showed up again, and began to lie again that I am a scammer. I had a very tough day and I'm too lazy to provide the evidence that he is a scammer, which I told him about. And also I told him that I have screenshots of our conversation.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359317923
I asked him to stop lying about me, but my request did not stop him, so, dear friend, get what you have long deserved - the reputation of a fu**ing scammer who scam people, and if he fails, spreads the lies that THEY are scammers. How disgusting it is. I really hope that someday you will get a trade ban that you deserve for a very long time.
Nobody got scammed because the trade never went through. Therefore, I cannot say with 100% certainty that he is a scammer, but I am 99.99% sure.
Nowadays, almost anything can be faked, so I am not going to post screenshots or images. The next argument would probably be that they were edited or created using an alt account. Instead, I will focus on the text from SteamTrades, which was written by him and can neither be altered by me nor denied by him.
The two most common signs of a scam are:
- The offer is too good to be true.
- You are required to pay first.
As he stated himself, he offered me a Rust game key for 8,000 gems. At the time, 8,000 gems were worth around €2.50. By doing so, he essentially exposed his own intentions. Anyone familiar with Rust and its market value knows that such a price is simply unrealistic. Falling for an offer like that would require an extreme lack of caution.
He also claimed that I did not have the required gems. In reality, I had everything I needed and could have easily crafted any missing gems from backgrounds and emoticons, of which I had plenty. I simply saw no reason to do so before actually receiving the key.
His accusation that I was trying to scam him makes even less sense. Why would I try to scam someone who was supposedly offering me free money? A Rust key that could have been obtained for approximately €2.50 worth of gems could have been resold the same day for around €25.
Rust key prices:
https://www.allkeyshop.com/blog/buy-rust-cd-key-compare-prices/
In the end, everyone can draw their own conclusions. In my opinion, reputation systems like this do not carry much value, as both positive and negative reputation can be mass-farmed with bots. The truth is that nobody really knows what happened except the two people involved: the one who left the reputation and the one who received it.
