Any ideas after getting scammed?

Yesterday I was scammed on my first knife on cs go. any suggestions on what to do to get it back?

 

Scammers are heartless peices of shit. There is no way you're getting that knife back unless you do some scamming yourself.

I'm pretty sure Gabe is proud of himself for getting a tag in another wonderful player friendly title

I mean, you could get ways to prevent getting scammed in the first place, like make sure he has the item/money and is willing to trade first, maybe if his steam account looks nice and not full of people raging at him/her... I'm unfamiliar how trades work in GO, but be weary

 

3 words. Scam him back

 

How do you get scammed..? i thought the steam trading thing doesn't really let you get scammed?

 

Simple. Trader has knife, puts it on known trade site. Shark see's trade, goes "Oh, this will be EZPZ." Shark offers Trader a PayPal offer, trader accepts. Trades the knife to him, and then goes "Lawl, fuck you buddy ;D" and then the knife disappears from your inventory forever. Unless you decide to provide proof they scammed you, but I don't believe steam would do anything over PayPal scams.

 

I say you should have revenge. (if that knife was very important for you) i dont have cs go so this is my only idea.

 

Take's a real dummy to get scammed, sorry but if you can't take care of yourself over the internet I don't want you getting hurt!. Come here, hold Snak's hand while we cross the street..

 

If you're dumb enough to get scammed, then you don't deserve a knife in the first place.

Also steam doesn't return scammed items through paypal, the only thing you can do is report the guy on steamrep.

 

Come on guys, don't be so mean to him. Getting scammed happens. Not everyone knows the preventative measures or is experienced in trading.

As for an answer, you're basically SOL. Steam doesnt refund scammed items.

 

Getting scammed doesn't make you "dumb". Sure, there are some situations where you should have seen it coming, but scammers are "social engineers". Over time they learn how to manipulate people. Some people are easier marks (to trusting, compassionate, etc.). You also don't know if OP accidentally hit a button and the other user decided to keep what he got for free. OP didn't elaborate.

 

I agree. but yet keep one thing in mind, if the deal seems to good to be true, it probably is a scam.

A good way to solve a problem like this, I actually do not know if they have these for Steam trades, but middlemen. People who are vouched for because they complete trades between players while stopping scamming.

 

http://steamrep.com/list/M


@Zikeji its not hard to spot a scammer in the first place, most of them are dumb as fuck and bearly speak english, then again if you're not doing your research on people before you trade with them you shouldn't be trading at all

and no ones going to "accidentally" hit a button that causes them to lose hundreds of dollars

 

I used to know quite a bit expert social engineers. They would bring in $500 daily. I don't think those would be preying on steam though. I've never dealt with a Steam scammer so I wouldn't know how they act.

And by accidentally, I wasn't referring to hitting it on accident, more of accidentally thinking the trade was setup and agreeing while in a tired daze. But then of course that would still be OPs fault.

 

I've been in the trading game for some time. Believe me, you cannot really do anything. I mean, you could report him on steamrep, but that doesn't really do much. What i'm saying, nothing you do can bring your stuff back, sorry, but thats the truth.

 

I never said it was scammed through paypal lmfao. He put an item on trade, never said anything was removed, the picture was still there and I pressed accept. After it went through Nothing showed up in my inventory

 

You never specified, I just speculated @The Baron, mainly due to the lack of information what happened at first, and to elaborate on what usually happens as far as Trade scams go.

 

gg scammer quickswitches another dumb trader

 

While at this topic, I advise you to watch out for people names Luxcifer.
There are a million of them... 2 of them added me just now and send me a fake link.
http://gyazo.com/85180277b4f65e406071986610ae841a
http://gyazo.com/addc93c7785557846d86a91e7ab0a818
Be careful when people add you out of nowhere.

 

Let it be a lesson learned, I lost 30 dollar because of a scammer 5 years ago.

My lesson, Let them do the trades first, if they decline, then decline the offer.

 

@NeverEnding pls... I lost $100 on TF2 Value. I lost mah keys... :/