As per my submission to Gameswap, I was looking for a copy of Dawn of War 2: Retribution in exchange for any combination of many extra games I had to offer:

http://www.reddit.com/r/gameswap/comments/in1tx/h_bfbc2_just_cause_2_red_faction_guerilla_l4d2/

WilliamHayze messaged me and I agreed to trade him Left 4 Dead 2 as well as Just Cause 2 for Retribution. Yesterday I added him to my friends on Steam to make the swap, and we had agreed as per our messages for me to send one game, then him to send Retribution, then me to send the second game. I sent him Left 4 Dead 2, and saw that it had been redeemed, at which point he said in Steam messages "Okay, hang on I have to buy it for you. You want to just send me the other game while I do this?" I replied that "I would be more comfortable to send it after I receive Retribution, as we agreed earlier", at which point he stopped returning communication and then eventually blocked me on Steam.

His Steam account is Nelta.

EDIT: Sorry I messed up the link to the message exchange. It's now corrected.

Okay, I got scammed by a MODERATOR AND CREATOR of a game-swapping subreddit. I was offering Dota2 in exchange for League of Legends "Riot Points." I posted in SteamGameSwap subreddit. I got a private message from redditor "iBeLive," to make a trade.

The user was 2 months old, and 8 comment karma, so I was suspicious. But they sent me a link to a subreddit, "Steam Indie Swap." http://www.reddit.com/r/STEAMINDIESWAP/ And lo and behold, they are the creator. So I figured that's pretty much as legit as it gets, so I "went first" and sent Dota2 to the user.

A long 5-10 minute wait later, I get a reddit message: "you have been banned from posting to /r/STEAMINDIESWAP: Indie traders welcome!." I message the person on Steam, and haven't gotten any response back.

Screencaps of the whole ordeal:

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/Pattawatomi/SteamChatlog1.png

• Updated link: http://imgur.com/a/XkKoA#0

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/Pattawatomi/SteamChatlog2.png

• Updated link: http://imgur.com/a/XkKoA#1

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/Pattawatomi/SteamChatlog3.png

• Updated link: http://imgur.com/a/XkKoA#2

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/Pattawatomi/SteamChatlog4.png

• Updated link: http://imgur.com/a/XkKoA#3

Steam trade history: http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/Pattawatomi/SteamInventoryHistory.png

• Updated link: http://imgur.com/a/XkKoA#5

Reddit message saying I'm banned from that subreddit: http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/Pattawatomi/RedditScammer2.png

• Updated link: http://imgur.com/a/XkKoA#4

Steam profile: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198026679412

EDIT: Photobucket wasn't hosting the images properly anymore, so I moved the images to Imgur and am updating the hyperlinks.

Here is the proof, thought I could trust him with all the karma he has. http://imgur.com/4ZXqBkl

digitalllove failed to hold his end of the bargain in this trade. digitalllove has given JJBeck7 many excuses but has failed to follow through. he has been unresponsive to moderator's attempt to contact. He has been banned from r/gameswap.

PS: sorry, forgot to follow the posting format.

Yeah, I got scammed and banned by the owner of /r/LeagueofTrades himself. I didn't knew he was already banned on /r/LoLCodeTrade

http://i.imgur.com/hDTQVZR.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/RfqxDHw.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/3kAZXGW.png?1

I just trusted him straight away since he was the owner, ended up getting scammed a PAX Sivir on EUNE.

EDIT: jomzypuff (/r/LoLCodeTrade Moderator) posted on this thread bringing awareness about these scumbags and their scams: http://i.imgur.com/e1nCjjM.png?1

EDIT #2: /u/AugmentedKai posted this on /r/LeagueofLegends and it got big! Thank you to everyone who spread the word.

EDIT #3: His main account got banned but HE ALSO GOES BY THE NAME OF /u/VivaLaGigantor, so be careful. More proof:

http://i.imgur.com/3kAZXGW.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/D1lgHSV.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/TOoCLyc.png?1

I messaged the admins about this train wreck, but I want the community in general to be aware of this girl.

Her initials are RKE, and she Usually uses a paypal of aXylestraXge (x to keep her Slightly not doxxed).

Update random name, plus 4 numbers is new tactic.

So who is she? She is a multiple account user and abuser of reddit and the community. To keep things simple, I will let you know that she posts a Lot of nudes, and has a very identifiable mark on her butt. Ever since she got her (really poorly done) tattoos, she's been posting Older pictures of herself.

To make things simple, here is a copy paste of the information I sent the admins:

This is an ongoing, long term problem. The user was first caught claiming she had a miscarriage, here

https://www.reddit.com/r/Assistance/comments/3w3sf9/four_days_ago_i_lost_my_son_at_23_weeks_gestation/ and then reports started rolling in for her. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_PGSJfc-unUJ:https://www.reddit.com/r/borrow/comments/3td53f/req_150_to_finish_paying_off_my_cats_vet_bills/%3Fref%3Dreadnext_0+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Posted gofundme http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:OpX8PjrhoqgJ:https://www.reddit.com/r/Assistance/comments/3wyscd/request_please_help_a_friend_with_novas_vet_bills/+&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:h_I-6X0S-skJ:https://www.reddit.com/r/Assistance/comments/3wyw40/request_need_help_with_bills_this_month/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

right after this one: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:OeHjk4hCJBgJ:https://www.reddit.com/r/Assistance/comments/3wx74y/request_need_help_paying_my_phone_bill_this_month/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:IkXTKUVN5WsJ:https://www.reddit.com/r/TrollXChromosomes/comments/3vwf7k/i_found_out_about_an_hour_ago_that_my_dad_had_a/%3Fref%3Dsearch_posts+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

/u/littlestuffs http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:CX1vHOrUiXEJ:https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/comments/3twaiw/help_me_name_my_new_kitty/+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us I like really simple names, but whatever you guys think she is, lay it on me! I already have a Felix, and a Bebe, if that helps.

That is the cat from the gofundme posted by /u/squeelett and from the borrow post. And on and on and on

These are the names I know of, and there are Likely way more. Some are deleted, some are active, some are abandoned:

/u/ajklsdx

/u/amylestrange

/u/anotherthrowaway6699

/u/autumn_skye

/u/autumnaspen

/u/cat_from_hell

/u/dullio

/u/evanlestrange_

/u/ineed2leavee

/u/lady_m0ri

/u/ladymunster

/u/littlelovedove_

/u/littlestuffs

/u/missskaro

/u/nikkidarlinn

/u/roommateproblemsz

/u/submissivelilkitty

/u/screweduproommate

/u/squeelett

/u/talonlestrange

/u/tiny-nymph

/u/thegirlwhodied

/u/thewomanwholived

/u/thisismy_gonewildacc

/u/ziggyxstardust

/u/RenyRin

/u/LadyTessaGrey

/u/newbieSB

/u/DeanWinchestaaa

/u/remiikaye

/u/danipandi

/u/gothwaffles

/u/zombigrrrl

/u/TurkTurkleton__

/u/SkepticSara

/u/lavenderrpeach

/u/sailorjoon

/u/WhiskyTangoFoxtrottt

/u/valoren2802

/u/1000skylines

/u/lockhartrebel

/u/spookiepaw

all relevant information can be found here i also received communication from SneakyxJester that he had not and is not going to send the games, though he admits to receiving them.

https://m.imgur.com/a/uj8zVE4

Frequented Random Acts subs and constantly posted sob stories to get pity gifts. Fell through on major trades. Scammed people out of money who only wanted to help a seemingly distraught "single mother." Probably scammed people out of $2,000-$10,000 total.

http://www.reddit.com/r/RandomActsOfPolish/comments/19tf7o/rant_i_got_totally_scammed_i_wish_i_knew/

http://www.reddit.com/r/RandomActsOfPolish/comments/18maxt/i_love_you_guys_so_i_have_something_to_say_some/

Older:

http://www.reddit.com/r/RandomActsOfPolish/comments/12ty3e/announcement_public_advisory_regarding_a_member/

http://www.reddit.com/r/ScamWatch/comments/rni8b/becareful_with_menmybabies/c47bfes

http://www.reddit.com/r/ScamWatch/comments/y94qj/im_fucking_sickened_beware_of_these_users/

She still seems to lurk around so I'm posting this as future references for Random Acts/Assistance/any subs she might poke her scamming face in.

Earlier in the day, I was granted a 360 code for Call of Duty elite for attending a Gamestop managers conference. Seeing as I only own a PS3, I first asked friends if they were willing to trade for a PS3 code. None were looking to get it, so I figured "Hey, /r/gameswap is the perfect thing for this situation". I made this post where I waited a few hours to get a response from someone. A user by the name of "forgotmepassword" sent me a message, looking to trade codes. After looking at his / her post history, everything checked out and I sent my code and awaited a response. 30 minutes later, no dice. I checked my messages, and this user deleted their account completely. I've honestly never been scammed like this in my life, especially in a place that I've come to love over the years. I guess I forgot that even a place like reddit houses thieves. If anyone does decide to use /r/gameswap in the future, please be wary, and extra cautious.

traded the minecraft account Moonwhaler for two steam games. Newman was using the Steam Account ID newman513 at the time. Newman reclaimed the account some time after the trade occurred.

Newman claims his brother has control of the email account associated with the Minecraft account. Newman has failed to respond to c0r3y's request to reset the password or hand over the email account.

Newman has been banned from r/gameswap for being a scumbag.

Sent a package to this user, and was received, originating from this submission. Didn't get anything in return, it's been over a month. We had communication, but he didn't send anything. He has been active since then. The original post allowed me to do 2 trades: one was successful (but took long enough, that trade is what I was referring to in my r/mexico post that fffuuuu-na-mana pointed out), the other one is the one I arranged with burman26.

edit: clarification

I'm going to try & keep this as straight forward as I can.

28 days ago I posted the invitation to do a snack exchange. Here is my post: http://www.reddit.com/r/snackexchange/comments/d9sh0/snacks_from_missouri/ That same day yammerman expressed interest in doing said exchange. After a few public exchanges, he PM'd his info & I PM'd mine. 24 days ago I explained that I was suffering from a migraine, but his box was packed. The next day I PM'd his confirmation number. 12 days ago I send him a PM letting him know the USPS tried to delever his package and was unsuccessful. I asked him to please let me know what was going on. 7 days ago I sent a PM letting him know that if I didn't hear from him by Saturday (yesterday) that I would be submitting my account of things to r/badkarma and the admins. I still haven't heard from him but thankfully if no one picks up the package in 15 days it's returned too its sender.

This is the sum total of my attempt: inside the box is 1 bottle of Arthur Bryant's BBQ sauce, 1 bottle of a local BBQ sauce, 1 gooey butter cake and a mixed 12 pack of Boulvard Beer. This cost around $40. I had to buy the box and the packing materials - beer bottles can be hard to ship. I bought foam, etc. The cost to ship the package from Missouri to Boston was close to $40. (In my migraine haze I picked a huge box and we had to use lots of packing to support the goodies.) I have almost a hundred dollars invested in this project.

I make $9/hr at a crappy job. I have 1 unemployed fiance, 2 cats, 1 dog, 1 ferret & one fish to feed. I threw myself into this as if it were secret santa, which I love. I don't know what happened, but don't trust yammerman. At least I can get my box back, if not my shipping costs. I know most of reddit isn't full of people like this, but I'm already going through a bad time and this really didn't help.

This all started with an innocuous post to /r/shittykickstarters about a 'woman' named Amber wanting to take her daughter to see Star Wars on Christmas.

After some sleuthing, the person pulled the same scam on begslist here and again here.

The same person ran similar posts for her 'son' here, here, here here, here, and here.

So, what does any of this have to do with reddit?

There's been multiple throwaways posting to charity subs such as /r/RandomKindness, /r/payitforward, /r/Charity, /r/Care, /r/SantasLittleHelpers, /r/Assistance, /r/GoFundMe, and elsewhere.

These accounts have been either deleted or banned. This would include /u/starwarsbabies, /u/meatypig, /u/wutevs12345, /u/reluctantable, /u/clownforhire, /u/daughterofstarwars, /u/starwarsdaughter, /u/mommyinme, and /u/busrider64.

Update 1: One that won't be direct linked is clownforhire, as that one is still active. (banned)

Update 2: Two new active accounts associated with 'Amber' daughterofstarwars and starwarsdaughter. (banned)

Update 3: New charity tactic for 'Amber' for needing money for diapers with mommyinme (banned)

Update 4: Now 'Amber' has another racket involving a bus ticket home with busrider64 (banned)

Update 5: Good person /u/SantaHQ, who mods /r/care, discovered four naughty elves in the name of /u/hyperbolical123 (banned), /u/newnew2016 (banned), /u/newnewnew2016 (banned), and /u/starwarsclone (banned).

Update 6: And 'Amber' has five more with /u/stolenyardgnome (banned), /u/gorillagirl1234 (banned), /u/amboinsane (banned), /u/thenewbabygirl2016 (banned), and /u/justlovemeforme (banned)

Update 7: Provided evidence of VEJJ2Freshness's involvement from this post

Update 8: Good guy/gal /u/SantaHQ pointed out that 'Amber' is now running additional scams capitalizing on the tornado disasters in Texas. New throwaways of /u/thestarwarsclone (banned) and /u/tornadorelief (banned).

POSTS

• /u/starwarsbabies (banned): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

• /u/meatypig (banned): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8

• /u/reluctantable (banned): 1, 2, and 3

• /u/wutevs12345 (banned): 1

• /u/clownforhire (active banned) 1, 2, 3 and 4

• /u/starwarsdaughter (active banned): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7

• /u/daughterofstarwars (active banned): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7

• /u/mommyinme (active banned): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12

• /u/busrider64 (active banned): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8

• /u/hyperbolical123 (banned): 1

• /u/NEWNEW2016 (banned): 1, 2, 3, and 4

• /u/starwarsclone (banned): 1

• /u/stolenyardgnome (banned): 1, 2, 3, and 4

• /u/gorillagirl1234 (active banned): 1, 2, 3, and 4

• /u/amboinsane (banned): 1, 2

• /u/thenewbabygirl2016 (banned): 1, and 2

• /u/justlovemeforme (banned): 1, 2, and 3

• /u/thestarwarsclone (banned): 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

• /u/tornadorelief (banned): 1 and 2

The active redditor VEJJ2Freshness has been posting on behalf of 'a friend' here, here, here, here (where he successfully got a Nintendo Wii and music box), here, here, and finally here. A majority of the posts have been either removed by moderators or deleted and some can be found in his comment history.

The text of some of the posts for his 'friend' contained links back to begslist for either the Star Wars 'Amber' or another username with the first name of 'Amber' running begslist scams like this, and this. The latter has a photo of a completely different woman with a distinct sob story.

The photo of the Star Wars 'Amber' with her 'son' is actually Alyssa Milano from her instagram account. The other photo of her 'son' is from a rookie mom website. The newest incarnations of Amber's 'family' is from For the Love Of modern living website. The dirty diaper deed is stock photography used by a UK Young Parents Network resource.

One of VEJJ2Freshness's posts leads to yet another unique begslist username and an adopted daughter scam and some heart-pulling fundraiser for a guy with lung cancer. Those were also scams posted by the banned /u/meatypig.

All these begslist accounts have been doing various predatory scamming such as fundraising for a stuntwoman in an accident, nacho cheese for a family (huh?), abandoned family, also abandoned again and abandoned once more. It doesn't stop there either, as 'she' is using her 'daughter' to raise money for a gift, using the same photo for a different account for another abandoned 'family' and raising funds for Donald Trump's campaign.

VEJJ2Freshness has claimed in his post history that he allowed another redditor use his account. Even when he posts on behalf of 'a friend' linking to begslist, the replies are in the purported voice of the disadvantaged 'mother'. Magically, he appears in the comment sections of a couple of the banned accounts for the various fundraisers, such as this post, and this post.

MORE EVIDENCE: This image comes from this post in /r/StarWarsTFA. Notice how VEJJ2Freshness is the submitter and there are two comments? Obviously the comments are to raise activity of the post. Well, both of the comments on the post come from /u/relunctantable and /u/starwarsclones -- each of them with documented history of spamming reddit with these deceptive charity hoaxes.

TL;DR Predatory fundraising. The admins appear to be doing a good job with banning the throwaways but have yet to directly tackle VEJJ2Freshness for fleecing other people's charity and goodwill.

That’s u/SeansGodly. Full explanation here. Basically arranged an exchange, lied to me that he sent his package, never acknowledged receipt of my package (which I have proof of), and then ignored messages from me and the mods, despite being active on Reddit. He has been active in r/hardwareswap and r/secretsanta in the past. Don't trade with this loser.

He already deleted his comment replying to my post, and his post.

Original offer

Here was his post

messages

This happened this past winter, he still hasn't paid me back. He asked for help so I bought him a hotel room because he was homeless and it was cold. He smoked in the room, stayed extra nights and made charges to my card. He took everything I had which created overdraws and more charges for me. I haven't heard from him since. It was very hard to recover from.

Archive of post with evidence here: https://archive.is/Ynjwy

Overall shitbag of a human being.

I'm a moderator at /r/beertrade. We just announced a ban for /u/K4KE for failure to ship on his side of a trade with /u/mrand01. Here's the ban announcement.

K4KE has not responded to messages sent by mrand01 and moderators over the last few weeks, despite being active on reddit in the meantime.

user: ashketchum64.

relevent link: http://www.reddit.com/r/gameswap/comments/gym9o/seriously_avoid_trades_with_this_guy/

i'm in a rush. this should do it.

user has been banned from gameswap. steamid is on file.

Further details may be found here.

Avoid dealing with individual. Has made a successful trade in the past but has since proven untrustworthy on the basis of the abandonment of communications.

User profile in question

"A win's a win... Enjoying the game thanks for asking."

https://imgur.com/a/M0XLuEl

Should have checked here and the ban list. I don't understand why the user hasn't been kicked off of reddit. He's got tons of reddit gold and is very active on reddit.

Proof: http://i.imgur.com/4xD5m0j.png

and

Greetings from Amazon.com,

We wanted to notify you that an Amazon.com Gift Card you sent has been received on 29 Apr 2013 23:20:40 GMT.

This is only meant to show how /u/IronSkull19 is a douche bag.

Don't go and post your 'pitty' story and want sympathy after scamming $600.

Full story

Quit your bullshit. You never paid anyone back and wanted to keep the money for yourself.. They have full right to claim back the money YOU stole.

Everyone can see for themselves https://redd.it/9p1a8q never paid back $200 & https://redd.it/9obwhn never paid back $400

Edit: You're also salty because you're now on the USL List

Edit 2: /u/IronSkull19 you can delete all you wish but there’s always proof.

http://archive.is/qBL9O

Edit: 2nd sob story — http://archive.is/fq2jD

All three of these accounts are the same person, and have been banned. If you receive a shady trade offer, and the picture you were sent from a user looks anything like the following one, you might want to be on the lookout for a scammer.

http://imgur.com/6nMA94y

^In this picture you can see he accidentally left the "Lonk69" tag in the picture he took for his "dora420" account.

He only goes after users who have less confirmed trades than he does, and will only proceed with a trade if they ship first. The two confirmed trades he has on dora420, and the one he has on both Foxy360 and Lonk69 are just him on alternate accounts.

I lost my Silver Mario to him, and he claimed they "didn't give him a tracking number". He's a fraud so don't deal with him or any alts he might make.