blacdragon05: seems i got scammed being new I went first. So I no longer have a steam key to give/trade. person name was FANDB ;( They maybe legit and just had a bad key it happens I think, but this is my experience
i'm not hurt about it. i was going to give it away anyway if i could not find a trade. i'm just fresh out of new/old games and did not find this thread first.

BLACDRAGON05 11:40
says invalid ;(

FANDB 11:41
The key is US-locked
You need to split the code so it matches all 5 boxes
Before hitting redeem
What region are you from ?

BLACDRAGON05 11:42
us
seems to be missing 2 numbers

FANDB 11:44
Your right 7H
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sorry

BLACDRAGON05 11:49
if its a coupon code it missing 4 more digits, if its the serial number then This serial number has no available promotions
:(

Lucius_Malfoy: it's a pain for noob's on here. I know because I was one once.

Lucius_Malfoy: But I stuck it out and learned that there are some really nice people around here too.

Lucius_Malfoy: [...] Just check the Known Scammers list next time like HypersomniacLive said.

HypersomniacLive: Actually, that's not enough - it's very easy to create a new account, and as the title of that list says, there are only verified scammer accounts on it. It's a lot more useful to read the OP of the trading thread, and the sections of the GOGWiki page that are about protecting oneself from getting scammed.


EDIT: typo

Tauto: I think they should ban leeches too.

Kleetus: Leeches are parasitic.

TheNerdyPlane: Hi, just following up on my post about TC_31,
I can almost be sure he is a scammer - the first biggie that gave it away is that I didn't get my codes. Also, he has never posted on the trade forum. Next, as there was multiple codes involved both ways, I gave half of mine, asked for half of his, and he started getting angry and started accusing me of scamming. Then he asked me for my email address, and I hadn't read the gog wiki page of known scammers, so didn't know that it was a dodgy sign. So I gave him my email, and I haven't heard anything since. Oh well.
Basically, what I'm trying to say is don't trade with TC_31.
The Nerdy Plane

JunglePredator: Well it'd be nice to have screen shots but that's pretty dodgy yes.

HyperSonic will have a better idea what he'll use the email for but I bet he's going to try & impersonate you somewhere else or with another account; steamgifts.com or something stupid. Make sure your passwords are up to date & nice & strong on all the sites & that each site uses a different non-predictable password.

RWarehall: He'll probably use it to claim he sent the codes by E-mail. That way GoG couldn't verify one way or another (if they could anyway). It's a common tactic for Steam scammers. Any conversation conducted "off site" could be anything and Steam cannot verify it one way or another.

Of course, with a couple codes and one's E-mail, it's always possible they can leverage that information in a social engineering ploy to get customer support at Humble or Groupees or whereever to reset "their" password getting into one's accounts elsewhere.

It's not that hard usually to figure out where the codes came from (since most are bought in bundles), so saying you lost access to your E-mail and providing a couple bought codes might be enough to get support to make a mistake and let the scammer in.

Lucius_Malfoy: GOG has a big problem with refusing to ban leeches like me trolls and scammers, so it's a pain for noob's on here. I know because I am a leech X) But I stuck it out and learned that I can leech around for more free games here. :) So don't get discouraged, just know that things are a little different around here.

TheNerdyPlane: Thanks both of you. Instead of changing the passwords, I'll change my email address to my second email, and not give it away! But only a few of the codes I have are actually from HB or anything like that.