Steam will no longer give you back items lost in a trade scam

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Valve has changed its policy pertaining to items lost in trade scams.

Going forward, Valve is longer going to reimburse users who were victims of item trade scams. The FAQ has been updated to reflects this change saying, “We sympathize with people who fall victim to scams, but we provide enough information on our website and within our trading system to help users make good trading decisions. All trade scams can be avoided.”

According to Valve, giving users back their lost items had an effect on these items’ market value, which is one of the reasons for the policy change.

“Our community assigns an item a value that is at least partially determined by that item’s scarcity. If more copies of the item are added to the economy through inventory rollbacks, the value of every other instance of that item would be reduced,” said Valve.

The full set of questions and answers deals with the most common cases of fraud and scam, so make sure you read it if you do trading on Steam.

Posted: Jun 29, 2015 7:52 pm
Related Forum: PC Gaming Forum

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/06/29/steam-will-no-longer-give-you-back-items-lost-in-a-trade-scam/

Comments

ehPosted: Tue. Jun 30, 2015

I can honestly say I have never been scammed via steam.

SynybunPosted: Tue. Jun 30, 2015

They really have no reason to with the amount of steps they put before you're even able to trade with anybody. At this point you almost have to try to get scammed.

DisapprovePosted: Tue. Jun 30, 2015

I never understood why they did it in the first place? Its your fault you got scammed

EarnPosted: Tue. Jun 30, 2015

So basically they are not going to be refunding scammed items so they can make more money from there tax on the community market, great job Valve!

OmittingCoderPosted: Tue. Jun 30, 2015

if you got scammed it's your fault? no wonder why they wouldn't give you items back

GaryPosted: Tue. Jun 30, 2015

Wow this sucks for anyone who gets scammed in the future. Hopefully steam will go back on there word.

GT-RPosted: Tue. Jun 30, 2015

gtapro151 what can you trade on steam like games or what?

Steam gifts,trading cards, wallpapers /emotions, and in-game items from games like CS:GO.

SecretlyPosted: Tue. Jun 30, 2015

if you get scammed you should never use the internet again

SkyPosted: Tue. Jun 30, 2015

i never get scammed now anyway , i got scammed so much back in the day , now it won't happen again