The GOG forum search function is not exactly reliable, better use an external search engine, or if you're familiar with userscripts, install Adalia Fundamentals, developed and supported by adaliabooks.

If you haven't already, contact GOG Support with all the details, report the account for scamming, ask them to lock it, and revoke your codes (get new, unused ones). Such users should not be left to roam the forum and take advantage of others.

On a side note, you may not be a regular, but you did have a presence - you posted in the trading thread. The least you should do, is ask anyone approaching you directly via PM, to reply to your post, so you can check out a few things about them. Read the OP of the trading thread, there's some helpful stuff in it.

You could ask other forum members if your not sure of the person. I don't think that would be rude.

Here's something about a scam by Ryan from 3 days ago:
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/is_there_a_way_to_tell_how_long_since_another_member_has_been_online/post5

As I see, you've already discovered the thread.
Theoretically, forum search should have shown this post.

I've just been informed that this f*cking scammer is now trying to impersonate me, no idea what is the exact "username" he's using to do that, but you can easily find my posts in this (or [url=http://www.gog.com/forum/general/crowdfunding_projects_kickstarter_indiegogo_etc_worth_taking_note_of]this), so always double check before trading. That being said, I haven't traded here in a while, so it's very unlikely that I would send a trading PM.

Why isn't that username already in the known scammers wiki and page if it scammed other people before?

Whom are you referring to by "this" scammer? And could you not find out the exact username they're using by whomever informed you?
IMHO, you should get all details and report that account. GOG has been acting on impersonating accounts when reported.



What username are you referring to?

Every time he comes back it's a new account and name.

He promised I was next but that was a month ago. XD

But if he's been active and scammed people already, it does not matter what alias he uses, that specific name should be blacklisted.

In this case username RYAN841

I assume that it's probably nes. Waiting for more info, will post them here later.

edit: it's TRI0CK, so basically 0 (zero) instead of O.

IMPOSTOR ALERT 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO!

It seems like I'm being impersonated once again. Watch out for the user with the username .Grargar (yes, he now put the dot in front of the username!). Picture and name of the impostor below.

Sorry, I thought you were talking about the guy impersonating triock. My bad.

I can't keep track of all these assholes.

And you're an asshole.


All we need is a dip shit and we have the Hat-Trick! :D

Oh, yeah, i can see all the confusion, sorry about that, should have used reply.

thanks tinyE. i assure everyone i a
m not a scammer. here are my list of successful trades.
with VVhiteVVolf , Grargar, docbear1975 and zeogold.
gog.com/forum/general/gogs_general_trading_thread/page451
gog.com/forum/general/gogs_general_trading_thread/page480
gog.com/forum/general/gogs_general_trading_thread/page481
gog.com/forum/general/gogs_general_trading_thread/page482

Just don't go first when trading with people with no forum presence. If they refuse to go first, on account of you having no forum presence, then it'll be kinda like the LowID problem with torrents: low-presence people can't trade with each other. The good thing is that it'll eventually be resolved as you gain reputation (not to be confused with rep points) and name recognition (until the scammer signs up with an isographic username, hurr).