1 My skin is the more rare one, so you should go first!
As if typing the name of a rare skin decreases the risk of scam. "Pax TF", there you have to go first now!
2 Sorry, I've been scammed 3 times already, you have to go first.
Again, no proof and no risk to simply type this in. "Well, I've been scammed 10 times, so you go first!"
3 I'm really sad now, can someone just give me a skin?
Not as much a "scam" as blatant begging, but this usually involves sympathy about some story there's no way to verify.
4 I can't provide a picture, sorry no phone or camera.
Holy shit, if someone says this just gtfo. It's 2012, there is nobody in any first world country who CAN'T take a picture and put it online.
5 Sorry, there's no way I can prove that I'm not a scammer.
Then sorry, there's no way I can trade with you. No Reddit history, no photographs, no confirmed trades, no deal.
6 [H] Pax TF
No, you don't.
7 Let's both post the code at the same time.
How anybody falls for this is absolutely beyond me. Think about this. Just Think. For two seconds. How in the world is this going to prevent someone from scamming?
8 I don't know why the code didn't work...
This would be a scammer who "goes first" hoping you won't check it, hoping for a sympathy skin, or hoping for a photo to use in future scams.
9 Just PM the code now dude, and I'll give you mine. Quick dude, or I'll trade it with someone else.
Uh, what? If this actually works on anyone, they probably deserve to lose their skin.
10 But I understand if you don't to trade.
To me, nothing says "don't trust me" louder than someone whose constantly assuring me it's okay if we don't trade. It's like the used car salesmen whose always telling you there's "no pressure", but never shuts up about why you should do it. Sleazy.