I read it as he bought the cards and then sent them to a scammer meaning HE was the buyer.Īfter re-reading I'm guessing someone else bought the cards and gave him the cards and receipt so yeah, OP is outta luck and nothing steam can do as its just your word versus theirs.
Looking at this I think I misread part of it. It's certainly a better course of action then shrugging your shoulders and doing nothing considering the amount of money involved. There is 0 harm in taking a few minutes of his time to talk to his credit card company regarding the fraud and if there is an actual police report you have a lot more power. It doesn't mean it will be in this case however. They can be revoked and it happens all the time when bought with stolen card for instance. Steam will never help them to track this person/give any info about the person who redeem itĪnd the seller will give u refund if the card is invalid/not working,if u get scammed = I doubt they will give u money back because they can simply 'fake' this scam to gain advantages Without knowing all the details its impossible to say, but its certainly worth taking 10-15 minutes of your time for $800.Įven if he talk with his bank/police,they cant do anything The amount involved is high enough for a police report. He has proof of purchase and the physical cards and if paid via credit card it would be worth taking a few minutes to talk to them for that amount of money. Just me buying cards and sending the codes to the scammer. I don't personally know the scammer, I don't know their Steam account, and there was no third person involved. Of course they said they would reimburse me.
This person works in ministry and the scammer claimed the cards were for cancer patients. I went into the store and bought cards with my credit card, and then texted the codes to the scammer who was pretending to be somebody that I know. I'm not sure how else to reach out to Valve but if someone from the company gets back to me I can do my best to help you.ĮDIT: For clarification (and to make it extra clear how stupid I was), I personally bought the cards. I don't expect to see my money back (although that would be wonderful) but I'd still like to help stop them if possible. The cards were immediately activated so the scammer has the money. I still have the physical cards, as well as the purchase receipts. Without getting into too much detail, it was a somewhat convincing spear phishing scam and I was particularly distracted that day so I didn't realize it was a scam until I had given them $800 dollars (8 $100 cards).
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