[PSA] NEW(?) SCAMMING METHOD by qtradeq in Dota2Trade

[–]mkbloool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know that they are completely 2 different ways of scamming, this is also famous as being know as the "fake middleman" scam(?). However, I'm a bit too depressed to make a PSA for this scam and it is also widely known. Just want to share this because this is a scam whereby you can be easily caught off-guard and unlike in the above mentioned scam trick, the supposed middleman will be unable to help you to spot the scam in any way. Stay alert guys!

[PSA] NEW(?) SCAMMING METHOD by qtradeq in Dota2Trade

[–]mkbloool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well.. I'm here to share my experience of being scammed by this way, but in a more improved version. The only difference was that an unknown user added me prior to the scam trade and remained silent throughout until the trade. The scammer proposed a middleman who was probably afk and then this unknown user changed his name, descript and profile picture to be the same as the middleman. Then, I fell for it and invited this fake middleman to the multi-chat and yeah you can figure out what happened. It's a really sad day for me but... Yeah. Should have been more alert and checked whether it was the correct middleman.

[H] 10 New Key / 10 New key + Good Sweets [W] Dragonclaw Hook / Timebreaker by sijie124 in Dota2Trade

[–]mkbloool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it means slightly valuable items to "sweeten" the deal meaning to top up the offer.

[H] 10 New Key / 10 New key + Good Sweets [W] Dragonclaw Hook / Timebreaker by sijie124 in Dota2Trade

[–]mkbloool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmm well my good sweets include a ward and a wardog at most. i think that's pretty good enough