PSA: Scammers committing credit card fraud can rip you off for Steam games
The above message is what you will get if you buy a gift copy of a game from somebody who has either purchased the game with a stolen credit card, or issued a chargeback through PayPal (if they bought the game from Steam with PayPal).
What does this mean for you? It means you no longer own the game you just traded for. You can't get it back, either. Whatever items you traded away are likely to be gone forever.
But, if this happens to you, I strongly suggest that you open up a Steam Support ticket. Steam Support can easily look up the trade where you bought the gifted game, and they may be able to return your items back into your Steam inventory for you. Then report the person to the admins of whatever network you met them from, and hope that you can get them flagged on SteamRep as a scammer.
While this particular person hasn't been flagged on SteamRep yet, I'd suggest being on watch for this particular trader. Judging by the comments on his profile, he's been doing this a lot. His inventory is full of keys, hats, and other items, so he's been ripping a lot of people off.
Also keep in mind that you can't scam an honest man. If they're offering you a game for only a few TF2 items, it probably is too good to be true.
And a note to anybody thinking of trying this: Credit card fraud is a crime. The kind of crime you can go to jail for. Don't be stupid.
Posted Dec 2, 2011, 12:48 AM UTC