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I see a grim future for this thread.

Umm.. Am I missing something?

This is honestly something that should either be handled off site, or taken up with moderators. You're going to end up pissing some people off, and might get some people falsely accused.

Two very similar threads in the past. Did not do any good on the whole.

I see.. Then I'll delete my post.

If you want to help people from getting scammed, it's best to maybe do a topic about tips and tactics to not get scammed. That would serve better than shaming people (some of whom might be innocent)

I see what you mean. Although I have to argue that there really aren't many tips and tricks when it comes to protecting oneself from scammers apart from searching for the names of the users in the forum, looking at their rep (ineffective), and questioning the screenshots that those users send to you. I'm referring to those screenshots which can be proven to be a product of some edits from a picture editing software with further inspections. Other than these three, I don't think I can come up with anymore tips and tactics. Any tips to look and study in to the patterns of how scammers conduct their scams would only lead to mistakes and like what you said, shaming users who might actually be innocent.

If it quacks like a duck, it's a duck...

In other words, if the offer is too good to be true, it's a scam. But too many people seem to fall for it anyway "because it was too good a deal".

The real questions to ask, "Why does this person just happen to have an extra code lying around of the exact game you want even though it has never been highly discounted?" - They will try to convince you it's some special promo code, don't believe them.

And "Why are they trading away a game worth far more for bundle leftovers?" - They will try to tell you they "missed the bundle" but codes can be had elsewhere for cheap. Again, don't believe them.

That made me laugh.They actually don't care who they target/name as a scammer so if your thoughts were to protect the innocent then, all hell will break loose in here.....Sorry for the big let down but facts are facts.

never go first if you don't trust or are uncertain of someone. if someone thinks you are reputable person he will always go first and thats the trades you want to take. here are also probably technical ways, to ensure if someone really fulfilled his part by sending his gift, through moderators.

do you really think i'm not a scammer? i can prove you wrong, u know.. :-/

Thanks for the tips! :)