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Potential Scammer- Did I Make the Right Choice?

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Mon, 04/15/2013 - 17:05
Haganb's picture
Haganb

So, I have recently been trying to sell some TF2 Refined Metal for SK CE. I saw someone on zone chat selling he'd buy TF2 items. I /tell'd him, and he said he'd pay 1000 CE a ref. I was kind of surprised to see how high the price was, but was more along the lines of suspicious.
I added him on Steam, and he offered me a total of 16500 CE for all of my metal. I added it to the trade, and asked him to add the CE to the trade. He said the Spiral Knights tab didn't show up in his trading window. I was already quite uncertain.
I told him to meet me in-game. He had 17 hours of SK on steam, and was wearing 2* gear, although it wasn't full inspect and this doesn't have that much of an influence over whether or not he was a scammer.
I met up with him, and he refused to add the CE to the in-game trade, which basically convinced me that he was trying to trick me.
A guildie, who was an avid trader, came online and I told him what happened. He said he might not have been scamming me, and that some of the evidence I cited was a common mistake, so I tried again.
I later added him, and the following happened:
http://imgur.com/a/4aQS2#0

I have his profile information but I am withholding that. I reported him in-game but I'm not sure I'm ready to report him on Steam. Did I make the write choice? I feel like I did, that the evidence is just too much to show that he isn't. He also seemed rather young.

Mon, 04/15/2013 - 17:21
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Klipik's picture
Klipik

You should probably block out his name.

Mon, 04/15/2013 - 17:23
#2
Haganb's picture
Haganb
@Klipik

I will, but you also seem to forget there are about a billion people with that username.

Mon, 04/15/2013 - 17:25
#3
Klipik's picture
Klipik

profile pic?

Mon, 04/15/2013 - 17:26
#4
Haganb's picture
Haganb
@klipik

crap youre right gimme a sec, editing

Tue, 04/16/2013 - 00:09
#5
Hexzyle's picture
Hexzyle
@Juiceboxhb

All I see in the images is you just bugging the f*** out of some dude about if he were scamming or not.
Screenshots of the trade window and the chat while trading would have been better.

Tue, 04/16/2013 - 01:29
#6
Tin-Foil-Hat's picture
Tin-Foil-Hat
Def looks like a 12 year old

Def looks like a 12 year old trying to run a scam on you lol.

OH GOD WHY. WINDOWS BAR IS VERTICAL! *RUNS AWAY*

Tue, 04/16/2013 - 12:26
#7
Haganb's picture
Haganb
@hex Sorry about that. He

@hex Sorry about that. He cancelled the trade before I could take a screencap.

@Tin-Foil I dunno, I just like it that way

Tue, 04/16/2013 - 13:19
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Canine-Vladmir's picture
Canine-Vladmir
DuDE!

Call the cops!

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