You just need a little common sense. When someone sells below market price, no matter how tempting the deal might be do not trade with that person. You can use http://steamprices.com to find out what the cheapest price for a game is, add a little bit to it because sellers need profit too and that is the price you should pay for a game. Anything below store price is fishy and should be reported.

The profile you linked is anything but in good standing, his account is brand new, he has 0 playtime, his profile comments date back to less than 2 weeks ago, empty inventory (probably moved keys to another account to quicksell them), all in all someone who you should avoid trading with. There are plenty of sellers to choose from who have sold hundreds if not thousands of games, it's just a matter of not dealing with the wrong people.

This problem is not new and many people that try to buy or resell games may not be aware of the problem that exists with revoked games, it can happen to legit experienced traders who try to avoid revoked games at all costs.

First happened to me last year and manged to avoid them up until last month when it happened again to me after I bought 2 games from a guy that had a few thousand trades under his belt.

You just need to be careful who you buy from, but even then you can not be 100% positive

All we can really do is try to educate people, besides you can get your items back from steam support

Here's the format you need to send in a ticket, be patient and avoid rambling scam stories in your ticket, its likely they guy you got the game from was unaware and if you ramble a big story in your ticket its less likely to get fixed right away

Copy and Paste then fill out everything between the lines, you can find any information you need in your inventory history, below is all you have to send them once you have filled in the <blanks>

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On <date of trade> I traded (through the official Steam Trading System) <what you gave> for <what you received>.

On <day it was revoked>, I login to a message telling me it has been revoked. Or you log in and notice game or games missing from your inventory

------What I would like------

In accordance with the Steam Trading Policy I would like you to return to me <what you gave>

------Steam Trade Policy------

Link: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9958-MJDG-3003 Section: What if I redeemed a game from a trade that is fraudulently purchased? Statement: We will restore the items/gifts that were associated with the trade that you performed to receive the game.

------Trade Information------

Date: <date of trade>

Time: <time of trade>

My Account: <link to your account>

His Account: <link to his account>

My Items Traded: <items you gave>

His Items Traded: <items you received>

Thank you for your time and have a nice day.

<sign here>

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First happened to me last year and manged to avoid them up until last month when it happened again to me after I bought 2 games from a guy that had a few thousand trades under his belt.

Well yes that that can happen if the person who you buy from is a reseller that's why it's best to make sure that the seller buys the game directly from the store. They usually only pick new and popular games that sell fast like DayZ, Rust (I've even seen very cheap CS:GO copies).

Found this today http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/18714465 no idea how people still fall for the blatant ones like that, looks like all his "games" are gone

Originally posted by Aitchy™:

This problem is not new and many people that try to buy or resell games may not be aware of the problem that exists with revoked games, it can happen to legit experienced traders who try to avoid revoked games at all costs.

First happened to me last year and manged to avoid them up until last month when it happened again to me after I bought 2 games from a guy that had a few thousand trades under his belt.

You just need to be careful who you buy from, but even then you can not be 100% positive

All we can really do is try to educate people, besides you can get your items back from steam support

Here's the format you need to send in a ticket, be patient and avoid rambling scam stories in your ticket, its likely they guy you got the game from was unaware and if you ramble a big story in your ticket its less likely to get fixed right away

Copy and Paste then fill out everything between the lines, you can find any information you need in your inventory history, below is all you have to send them once you have filled in the <blanks>

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On <date of trade> I traded (through the official Steam Trading System) <what you gave> for <what you received>.

On <day it was revoked>, I login to a message telling me it has been revoked. Or you log in and notice game or games missing from your inventory

------What I would like------

In accordance with the Steam Trading Policy I would like you to return to me <what you gave>

------Steam Trade Policy------

Link: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9958-MJDG-3003 Section: What if I redeemed a game from a trade that is fraudulently purchased? Statement: We will restore the items/gifts that were associated with the trade that you performed to receive the game.

------Trade Information------

Date: <date of trade>

Time: <time of trade>

My Account: <link to your account>

His Account: <link to his account>

My Items Traded: <items you gave>

His Items Traded: <items you received>

Thank you for your time and have a nice day.

<sign here>

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What should I put for the category and what should I put as the title?

Originally posted by Plazmatic:

Originally posted by Aitchy™:

This problem is not new and many people that try to buy or resell games may not be aware of the problem that exists with revoked games, it can happen to legit experienced traders who try to avoid revoked games at all costs.

First happened to me last year and manged to avoid them up until last month when it happened again to me after I bought 2 games from a guy that had a few thousand trades under his belt.

You just need to be careful who you buy from, but even then you can not be 100% positive

All we can really do is try to educate people, besides you can get your items back from steam support

Here's the format you need to send in a ticket, be patient and avoid rambling scam stories in your ticket, its likely they guy you got the game from was unaware and if you ramble a big story in your ticket its less likely to get fixed right away

Copy and Paste then fill out everything between the lines, you can find any information you need in your inventory history, below is all you have to send them once you have filled in the <blanks>

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On <date of trade> I traded (through the official Steam Trading System) <what you gave> for <what you received>.

On <day it was revoked>, I login to a message telling me it has been revoked. Or you log in and notice game or games missing from your inventory

------What I would like------

In accordance with the Steam Trading Policy I would like you to return to me <what you gave>

------Steam Trade Policy------

Link: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9958-MJDG-3003 Section: What if I redeemed a game from a trade that is fraudulently purchased? Statement: We will restore the items/gifts that were associated with the trade that you performed to receive the game.

------Trade Information------

Date: <date of trade>

Time: <time of trade>

My Account: <link to your account>

His Account: <link to his account>

My Items Traded: <items you gave>

His Items Traded: <items you received>

Thank you for your time and have a nice day.

<sign here>

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What should I put for the category and what should I put as the title?

Steam Trading/In-Game Items > Scam Reports

Title it Rust removed from inventory or library,,, whatever applies to you