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steamID: SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me
steamID32: STEAM_0:0:32933901
steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198026133530
customURL:
steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198026133530
Guilty of: Not paying during a cash trade
Evidence: Middleman chat | PM from victim
Note: This user has the opportunity to return the items in question and have his tag reduced to CAUTION.

Update 9/17/2012
I reached out to this user to offer an ultimatum. He had the opportunity to either send the payment or return the items. Instead, he chose to unfriend me and remove my comment explaining the situation from his Steam profile. He no longer has the opportunity to have his tag removed.

Transcripts: Request for middleman:
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ϽiᴎiϽ: Sup
Dariusdd: hi
Dariusdd: do you know this guy
Dariusdd: called
Dariusdd: sloi
ϽiᴎiϽ: I believe so.
ϽiᴎiϽ: yeah, added me yesterday.
Dariusdd: seems kinda suspicious
Dariusdd: anyway
ϽiᴎiϽ: Agreed
Dariusdd: he wants to "buy" my unusual
Dariusdd: for dosh
Dariusdd: and accepted a middleman
ϽiᴎiϽ: Sure.
Dariusdd: and pointed me to you
ϽiᴎiϽ: Yeah, I've been a Skial head admin since last February.
ϽiᴎiϽ: Have 2 Unusuals,
Dariusdd: I know
ϽiᴎiϽ: Green check on SRep
ϽiᴎiϽ: Etc
Dariusdd: I also sell a ghosts one
Dariusdd: c:
ϽiᴎiϽ: Ghosts what?
Dariusdd: hallmark
ϽiᴎiϽ: Eh, I'm cool. I'm hoping for a Phantom.
Dariusdd: he wants the trade now
Dariusdd: o_o
Dariusdd: gonna add you to the group chat?
Dariusdd: oh mann up?
ϽiᴎiϽ: Sure
ϽiᴎiϽ: SOrry
ϽiᴎiϽ: Go for it

Middleman chat:
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ϽiᴎiϽ: Howdy.
Dariusdd: hiya
SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me: you are my friend
SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me: the middleman is my friend
Dariusdd: let's see how do we do this
SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me: yea
SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me: how do we do it
Dariusdd: [URL]http://www.skial.com/threads/paypal-moneypak-guide.24/[/URL]
SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me: well lets trade sall we
SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me: well lets do this fast dude
Dariusdd: middleman, I trade you the hat, amirite?
SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me: comene 1 2 1 2 1 2 12
SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me: left right left right left right
SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me: lets do this
ϽiᴎiϽ: Yes
ϽiᴎiϽ: Hi
Dariusdd: hi
ϽiᴎiϽ: Who do I trade?
Dariusdd: I'm sorry if I ruin your game :/
Dariusdd: erm
Dariusdd: I have the hat
ϽiᴎiϽ: Rofl, NP
SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me: yea
ϽiᴎiϽ: Say when it clears.
Dariusdd: got that
Dariusdd: okay now
SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me: i need to go we will do this tommorow sry
SLOI Selling my hole bp trade me left chat.
Dariusdd: welp
Dariusdd: seems legit
Dariusdd: lol
ϽiᴎiϽ: Done.
ϽiᴎiϽ: Enjoy, dudes.

PM from victim:
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[SIZE=13px][FONT=Trebuchet MS][INDENT][FONT=Helvetica]ϽiᴎiϽ: Dude.
ϽiᴎiϽ: What the fuck.
ϽiᴎiϽ: I read that he did PayPal,
Dariusdd: no
ϽiᴎiϽ: and all of a fuckin' sudden, you ask for it back
Dariusdd: I said clearly
Dariusdd: I got the weapon
ϽiᴎiϽ: ϽiᴎiϽ: Say when it clears.
Dariusdd: got that
Dariusdd: okay now
ϽiᴎiϽ: SAY WHEN IT CLEARS
ϽiᴎiϽ: GOT THAT
ϽiᴎiϽ: OKAY NOW
ϽiᴎiϽ: WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN
Dariusdd: I GOT THE WEAPON
Dariusdd: HE DID NOTHING
ϽiᴎiϽ: WHY THE FUCK DOES THE WEAPON MATTER?
ϽiᴎiϽ: WHY DID YOU SAY YOU FUCKIN' GOT IT IF YOU FUCKIN' DIDNT' HAVE IT?????
Dariusdd: because we would get VAC banned
ϽiᴎiϽ: What?
Dariusdd: no really
Dariusdd: middlemanning is risky
Dariusdd: some people got banned
ϽiᴎiϽ: Dude, what are you TALKING about?
ϽiᴎiϽ: "got that"
ϽiᴎiϽ: "okay now"
Dariusdd: I wanted you
Dariusdd: wtf
Dariusdd: is happening
ϽiᴎiϽ: "Tell me when it passes"
ϽiᴎiϽ: "GOT THAT." "OKAY NOW."
ϽiᴎiϽ: WHY
ϽiᴎiϽ: DID
ϽiᴎiϽ: YOU
ϽiᴎiϽ: TYPE
ϽiᴎiϽ: THAT
Dariusdd: THAT
Dariusdd: BECAUSE
Dariusdd: I GOT YOUR TRADE
Dariusdd: THE ONE WITH THE WEAPON
Dariusdd: WHY DIDN'T YOU MAKE SURE
Dariusdd: WHY
Dariusdd: it was too fast
Dariusdd: now
Dariusdd: can you please at least
Dariusdd: steam rep
ϽiᴎiϽ: I thought he payed you first, and said it fucking passed.
Dariusdd: no
ϽiᴎiϽ: Yes, I'll do out the Steam Rep and everything,
Dariusdd: make sure
ϽiᴎiϽ: but for fuck's sake
ϽiᴎiϽ: Make a Skial account, I'll make a conversation regarding it.
Dariusdd: I can sign in

UPDATE 10/21/2012
In the Skial Steam group chat today, this user joined and was trying to get people to make high-value trades with him (looking for buds/unusuals). He then made the claim that 76561197997252702 is an alternate account of his.

I've confirmed with DataStorm that these are not alts, and the reported scammer is trying to impersonate a high-profile trader.

EVIDENCE: Steam chat 1 | Steam chat 2 | Steam chat 3
 
steamID: Nnx
steamID32: STEAM_0:0:47918076
steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198056101880
customURL:
steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198056101880
Guilty of: Phishing attacks
Evidence: Steam chat | Phishing site with non-Steam URL
Note: This account has likely been hijacked. The owner of this account can have this tag removed by contacting Steam Support to recover his account, and then posting here to prove that he has regained ownership of his account. Until this happens, it is unsafe to trade with this account, or to click any links sent in chat from this account.
 
steamID: Shikze
steamID32: STEAM_0:1:25201229
steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198010668187
customURL:
steamrepURL: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198010668187
Guilty of: Fake rep
Evidence: Steam profile comments with known scammers
Alts: 76561198062235992 | As of 9/17/2012: 76561198052296110 | 76561198069179622

Update 9/17/2012

This one goes a bit deeper than once thought. The alt listed above also left the exact same rep on known scammer 76561198052296110, who is currently using the name oC//HeartSh0ck. Currently, 76561198069179622, a friend of 76561198052296110, is using the exact same avatar. 76561198069179622, however, is using the name IMM » BraveHeart. In the evidence shown above, "BraveHeart" is the same name that was used for the scammer that had the fake rep posted. 76561198052296110 is currently on 76561198010668187's friend list, as is 76561198069179622.

This may seem a bit confusing, but this update is in light to 76561198010668187 (person reported in this post) attempting to appeal his SKIAL SCAMMER tag. Once I looked at the profile and alt account, it became apparent to me that this went far deeper than originally suspected. All of these accounts are linked to suspected fake rep schemes or are alts of each other.

This is still being investigated. Until further notice, none of the accounts mentioned in this post are safe to trade with.
Bumping this report due to new accounts being linked to this case.
 
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