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Shinobix's Shop — The MW2 Key Scam That Got Its Title Rewritten by a Mod

A CD-key shop thread that started with 'add me on MSN' and ended with three separate buyers saying they never got what they paid for.

This was a Market Place vendor thread where member Shinobix advertised game keys and accounts (MW2, CoD4, StarCraft 2 beta keys, Steam/CSS accounts) for sale, with interested buyers dropping their MSN addresses to negotiate deals privately. Early replies look like normal trading chatter, but the thread sours fast: multiple buyers (Seramal, zuppy, Gramdtante) report paying for MW2 keys and never receiving them, and Gramdtante flags Shinobix as 'very likely a scammer.' The topic's own title was later edited by a moderator (lam3r) to brand the original poster a scammer impersonating staff, and the thread was locked. Even a site Founder (TuxifieD) had popped in earlier asking to buy a beta key, unaware of what was coming.

Hey. I'm a faggot scammer. I like to impersonate staff. Please ignore me and spam my email.— Shinobix (edited by lam3r)

Very likely a scammer, trade with caution.— Gramdtante

Just like to say, i payed for 4 mw2 keys and its been 24 hours and i still havent got them..— Seramal

Fkn0wned Shop: TuxifieD's Fundraiser Auction

The founder auctioned off his own account stash just to keep the site's lights on.

In the Market Place section, forum founder TuxifieD opened an official 'shop' thread with a monthly fundraising goal to cover site hosting bills, kicking things off by offering up an old 6-digit Steam account bundled with a handful of classic Half-Life-era games. He invited members to make offers or donate rare items (old file-host accounts, low-digit Steam accounts, etc.) via PM. It's a small, quiet thread — one lone reply wishing him luck — but it captures the scrappy, keep-the-lights-on spirit of running a mid-sized gaming/cheat forum on member goodwill.

Feb goal: $200 Earned so far: $0— TuxifieD

Hmm, Nice Good luck :p— JUSTiiNCREDiiBLE

WTS/WTT Cafe Account — the 'stole it from my local cafe' thread

Guy tries to sell a cybercafe account he admits to stealing, gets immediately called out.

In the Market Place section, member hitmanre posted a for-sale listing for a 'legit' internet cafe gaming account, only to casually admit under questioning that he'd stolen it from his local cafe. VIP members XpliciteR and DvS ProSpammer quickly pointed out that stolen cafe accounts almost always get reclaimed by the owner, prompting hitmanre to sheepishly agree to hold off on selling for a couple weeks to see if it survives. A small, mundane slice of the forum's account-trading marketplace culture, with a bit of dry mod-scene cynicism thrown in.

legit, stole it from my local cafe— hitmanre

Stolen cafe's get retrieved 95% of the time— DvS ProSpammer

I would leave this thread up, but dont sell acc for like another 1-2 weeks, see if it still works , then sell— DvS ProSpammer

Selling Low Digits. Have A Look..

Rare 2-digit and 4-digit Steam accounts for sale, and even a forum admin was tempted

A Market Place listing from long-time member SnEaKyJoKER offering two vintage low-digit Steam accounts (a 4-digit and a rare 2-digit) for a few hundred dollars each, back when 'low digit' Steam IDs were a coveted collector's item in the cheat/gaming scene. The thread is short but notable for admin ap3x openly coveting the 2-digit account, a skeptical newer member questioning whether 2-digit accounts were even real, and SnEaKyJoKER's blunt, jokey sales pitch. It's a small time-capsule of the old Steam-account trading culture that thrived on forums like this one before Valve cracked down harder on such trades.

GODDDD I WANT THAT 2DIG— ap3x

wtf, 2digits are real? sif they wouldn't get disabled.— SteamHacker

Dont Like me? Go Suck A thumb. :D— SnEaKyJoKER

Prowlers' Steam Shop

A market thread openly selling phished Steam accounts stacked with games — and nobody blinked.

A Market Place seller thread from Fkn0wned's early days where member prowler.inc listed a rotating stock of Steam accounts (bundled with titles like MW2, CSS, TF2, L4D, Mass Effect, and various Total War games) for sale. When a VIP member directly asked whether the '7 and 8 digit' Steam accounts were legitimately owned or phished, prowler.inc openly confirmed they were phished, and the thread carried on as normal with buyers negotiating prices and leaving positive feedback. A sale to smexy123 (an 80-game account for $45) closed with mutual vouches, and the thread got bumped a few times before fizzling with an offer to trade over MSN.

they are phished !!! 7digit has playtime bc a friend played some days now with it..!— prowler.inc

smexy123 is the new owner of my 80 Games account , he buyed for 45$ , fast , truested guy ++A buyer ;)— prowler.inc

^^ Very trustworthy, I don't have to worry about being scammed anymore xD— smexy123

twBooter V2 — the booter-for-sale thread

1up's shell-based 'booter' promised to knock RuneScape, Xbox Live, and even rival forums offline for $30-40 a copy.

A Market Place sales thread from reseller '1up' advertising twBooter, a paid shell-based DDoS/booter tool coded by xZerox with PHP backend work by Orgy. The thread tracks version bumps (v1.0 through v2.7) with growing shell counts, MSN contact info for sales, and a wall of copy-pasted customer 'vouches' claiming it took down RuneScape worlds, Xbox Live lobbies, and dedicated servers. Regulars including staffer NIX razzed 1up for boasting he could take down rival forum warez-bb.org, while others asked about payment methods and related tools like 'steam thief'. It's a solid time capsule of the era's booter/market-place hustle culture, complete with bump posts and reseller vouching rituals.

I love the bit where u said "I can take down warez-bb with this" nigga please stop bsing meh— NIX

dude this shit booted runescape.com its fucking insane :D.

This program is the real deal!! i just test DDoS'ed one of my high end dedicated servers and it sent almost 2GB/s!!!

[SALE] 4 Digit Steam Account - Has Modern Warfare 2 + great games

NIX tries to flip a sketchy 'inactive' Steam account with MW2 for $150 — buyers immediately smell a repo scam brewing.

A Market Place listing where longtime [FkN] Crew member NIX offered a low-digit Steam account (with Modern Warfare 2 and other games) for a strict minimum $150 via PayPal, laying out hard no-refund/no-trade rules. Buyers pushed back hard, questioning how an account supposedly untouched for years still had a fresh copy of MW2 and mail access, raising red flags that it could be reclaimed by the original owner after sale. NIX got defensive and dodged specifics, admins chimed in on retrieval mechanics, and the thread ends with members openly speculating the whole thing was a setup to bait buyers into losing their money.

Man how the fuck should I know the account is inactive like a nigger and I need money ASAP otherwise I wouldn't be seeling it omfg— NIX

meybe the dud( not you NIX, but the owner of this account ) is waiting for people to buy this account and then reclaim it lulz.— Sleeping Forest

not if you have the email account— ap3x

Patience — Vouch Thread That Turned Sour

Started as a glowing vouch thread for a staff member's game-account sales, ended with a public retraction and an admin demanding answers.

This Market Place vouch thread began with member Sleeping Forest praising a seller named Patience (or 'Patiencee') for a smooth Steam account purchase, quickly followed by other members co-signing the trade as trustworthy. An admin, ap3x, even repurposed the thread as Patience's official vouch thread. Days later Sleeping Forest did a total reversal, calling the seller a 'huge disappointment' and asking for the thread to be closed, prompting staff member Kimmi to publicly push back and ask for an explanation since Patience was apparently forum staff. The thread cuts off with that question hanging, an unresolved bit of Market Place drama.

Awesome. Just bought the 160games acc. I went first and Hes happy. Excellent seller.— Sleeping Forest

/close this thread please. Huge dissappointment with this seller. Will not purchase from him again.— Sleeping Forest

Mind explaining why? He's one of our staff so I'd like to hear the reason.— Kimmi

Users Who Are Banned From the Market Place

The Market Place's official naughty list — starring a scammer who tried to sell Steam accounts on the shoutbox while banned, then got caught red-handed.

Founder TuxifieD opened a running thread listing members banned from the Market Place trading subforum, meant as a public reference for mods and traders. The main drama involved user zEpp, who protested his ban and then almost immediately got caught trying to sell Steam accounts via the shoutbox in defiance of the ban, prompting VIP member Sleeping Forest to post a timestamped call-out log and demand a permanent ban. Other members and staff piled on mockingly, and staff later added a second banned user, Shinobix, to the list.

being banned from the market place FORBIDS you from trading/selling until your issue is solved MR.SCAMMMER. i doubt your idiocy is gonna get you unbanned anytime soon.— hoOkz

Oh I was just told I was banned from market place, and not to make another post. So I shoutboxed lol— zEpp

you're cruisin for a bruisin— ap3x

3-Digit Steam Account Up For Sale

A rare 3-digit account hits the Market Place — but who actually owns it?

ckgx posted a listing in the Market Place selling a coveted low-number ('3 digit') Steam account with LAN and ESL proof, asking around $300. The thread turned into a mini investigation over legitimacy — staff (ap3x, TuxifieD, vermiLLion) questioned retrieval risk and ownership, briefly flagging and removing posts before smoothing things over. Things got stranger when a user named Virus1x showed up claiming to be the actual owner, saying her husband created the account and she was letting ckgx sell it on her behalf, guaranteeing a refund if the buyer didn't keep it. Regular members chimed in with skepticism, LAN-proof explainers, and warnings about high-digit accounts eventually getting reclaimed.

Someone buy this and then just go into servers with your name set to " I use hacks from fkn0wned.com" lmao— TuxifieD

guys, buy this on your own caution, I know people who use to buy 4digits and sooner or later they get retrieved.— iluvnic

This seller is SELLING my 3 Digit for me.. It has been in my control SINCE DAY ONE of creation..— Virus1x

Selling iStealer 5.0 MOD Source Code [VB6]

Guy tries to sell $20 malware source code — forum immediately finds it free on RapidShare

TeKn1qu3z posted a Market Place listing offering the VB6 source code for a keylogger/stealer tool ('iStealer 5.0 MOD'), claiming it was fully undetected and original, priced at $20 with a first-buyer discount. Other members quickly cast doubt, questioning whether it was backdoored and whether it was even worth selling, and knobjockey and andr3zit0 both pointed out the same source had already leaked publicly elsewhere with proper credits going to other coders (Affix, sHaZ). The thread devolves into typical marketplace skepticism, with a couple of members (Spaz, andr3zit0) doing informal code review to check for backdoors before the topic fizzles out with the reveal that it was public/leaked code all along.

yeah everyone buy public shit lol— knobjockey

code was leaked in various other websites.. its not worth a penny what he is selling— andr3zit0

Srry i dont rlly trust 228 posts with 6 points :D— Slickz

zEpp's Steam Account Store

A member tries to sell phished Steam accounts in the marketplace — mods slam it shut within hours.

In the Market Place section, longtime member zEpp posted a storefront-style thread offering Steam accounts for sale, explicitly noting several were 'phished' from other players, including one allegedly taken from a figure called Pubmasters. Listings included SteamIDs, VAC ban status, and asking prices. Founder TuxifieD closed the topic within hours, citing a 'scam review' and warning zEpp against reopening it or facing a permanent ban — a quick, blunt bit of moderation on a forum that otherwise tolerated a lot of gray-market activity.

I have way too many accounts to list here so I'm only going to post the low digits and special ones.— zEpp

Closed pending scam review. If you open another topic you will be perm banned.— TuxifieD

zEpp's Steam Account Store!

8-digit accounts, $2 a pop, buy-one-get-one deals — and a customer waiting a month for his L4D2 key

A Market Place storefront thread where longtime member zEpp sold 'VAC clean' Steam accounts in bulk tiers by digit-length (8-digit, 7-digit, 6-digit), running sales and price drops as stock moved, and claiming over 500 accounts sold since 2006. Buyers chimed in with thanks and bumps, but at least one customer (Mystery121) publicly complained about a month-long wait for a promised L4D2 account, taking a jab at staffer Tux's handling of it. A moderator (PopTart) stepped in briefly to referee some deleted drama and greenlight the shop reopening.

Number of accounts sold since 2006: 518— zEpp

hes passwords are teh sex thanks man <3— JUSTiiNCREDiiBLE

lalala, still waiting for my l4d2 .. 1 month now... Tux, bad decision.— Mystery121

Afteryou's JTAG Xbox 360 Shop

The forum's resident 'GoD of Porn' was selling pre-jtagged 360s straight out of the Market Place — but could you even go online with one anymore?

A Market Place listing from longtime member Afteryou advertising modified (JTAG'd) Xbox 360 consoles for sale, complete with photos. The thread quickly turns into a back-and-forth about whether jtagged consoles could still get online safely after a Live update, with skeptics citing friends who got banned and vouchers insisting Afteryou was legit and that workarounds existed. Classic early-2010s console-modding marketplace energy, with community vets like vermiLLion and xXHeistXx stepping in to defend the seller's reputation.

Afteryou is legit. I have played online with him in modded lobbies that he has made using one of these xbox's.— vermiLLion

im pretty sure my friend isnt dumb and knows what the kv is... he mad alot of money and still got fucked over.— cixxa

Your Jtagged Xbox will be banned within 4-6 hours after going online with it even if you don't use the Jtag features.— xXHeistXx

Low 5 Digit Have A LoOk

SnEaKyJoKER hawks a dusty low-5-digit Steam ID, bumps it for weeks, and torches a guy who dares question its security.

A Market Place listing where longtime member SnEaKyJoKER tries to sell an old low-5-digit Half-Life/Steam account, touting its 241+ days of inactivity as proof it's 'unretrievable' and safe to buy. The thread drags on for weeks with repeated self-bumps, a lowball $5 joke offer, some price haggling up to $40, and a side blowup where a skeptic (deX-) gets told off in classic forum fashion. A moderator drive-by also reveals that regular poster KreaT!vE got banned mid-thread for allegedly conspiring to leak VIP status.

u seriously kidding right? it wont.. unless u do something stupid and log into many accounts and got it disabled..— SnEaKyJoKER

Ps. Dont like me? U can Suck My Asian Balls— SnEaKyJoKER

Conspiring to leak VIP with others.— ap3x

Andr3zit0's Shop [Trusted] — Steam Account Marketplace Thread

The go-to Steam account dealer of Fkn0wned's Market Place, moving CS:S, TF2, and MW2-loaded accounts for as little as $6 a pop.

This was a long-running vendor thread in the Fkn0wned Market Place where member andr3zit0 listed bundles of Steam accounts (loaded with everything from Half-Life and Counter-Strike to Modern Warfare 2 and Left 4 Dead 2) plus the occasional CD key, updating stock every few days with prices, 'account value' estimates, and colorful BBCode formatting. Buyers negotiated deals over MSN rather than in-thread, and several regulars, including a site Smod, vouched for smooth trades, earning the shop its '[Trusted]' tag. It's a solid snapshot of the era's gray-market Steam account trading scene that thrived on gaming forums before Steam locked things down harder.

vouch for this guy!! smooth trade. I went first. Bought 6 accounts =)— Niceboy233

legit, i went first. bought CSS account from him. -Thanks :)— PopTart

gifted me games , traded for Cod1/2/4/5/BF2 Key. Recomended :D— hitmanre

Selling WoW Account 135OBO

A VIP member auctioned off his epic-geared WoW account for $135 OBO — and got dragged into a T9 gear argument instead

A VIP member named iluvnic posted a Market Place listing selling a Battle.net World of Warcraft account (a Blood Elf Priest) decked out in epic healing/DPS gear, gold, mounts and titles, asking $135 OBO via PayPal. The thread devolved into lowball bids, suspicion from other members about whether the account was phished/keylogged, and a lengthy, increasingly heated off-topic argument between members Agility and NoNamE! about the fastest way to farm Tier 9 gear in-game. It's a good little time capsule of the era's account-trading culture and forum bickering, complete with 100-post trading rules and PayPal 'no chargebacks' disclaimers.

can i ask do you own the account or if you keylogged/phish how long have you had it— sh00t3r_360

are you fucking retarded man? GET THE BADGES OF TRIUMPH OK.— Agility

oh, i'm sorry baby i didn't know that :(— NoNamE!

Custom Steam Phisher Program -- Coming Soon

A member sells pre-orders on a custom Steam credential-stealing kit, complete with 'first 5 copies for $5' hype and a keylogger stretch goal.

In the Market Place, user 1up advertised a custom-coded Steam phishing kit (with an admin panel, crypter, and binder/cloner add-ons) that he was reselling for a coder friend, pricing early copies at $5 and later units at $10-15. The thread ran for a few days with 1up posting incremental 'update' teasers -- adding a keylogger, an email bomber, a nicer GUI -- while other members hyped it up, joked around, and asked to be added to the discount list. It's a pretty typical slice of the forum's cheat/malware marketplace culture: casual sales pitch, screenshots, MSN contact info, and a chorus of regulars cheering it on.

This is a must get for steam stealers out there, plus i get it for free cos he loves me long time— hoOkz

icanhazfree? <3— lam3r

4 more spots left for first people to get it for 5 bucks— 1up

Steams ~ 7/8 Digits ~ L4D/L4D2/CSS/1.6 (darkblood24's sale thread)

Steam accounts sold like penny candy — 'lower rep first, higher last,' PayPal gift only, replacements guaranteed if 'retrieved.'

A Market Place listing from darkblood24 offering old low-digit Steam accounts (7 and 8-digit) bundled with games like L4D, L4D2, CS/CSS, and Half-Life, priced $5-$10 with a 24-hour replacement guarantee. The thread quietly hints at the account-farming economy of the era — buyers negotiated over MSN/Xfire, and reputation order mattered more than trust. A couple of replies followed: one buyer couldn't reach the seller, and longtime member f0wh (Retired and Respected, one of the forum's old guard) flagged that one of the listed accounts looked freshly phished, right after L4D2's launch — a small but telling moment of community skepticism amid the account trading.

Lower rep first, higher last— darkblood24

I think it's recently phished though, as l4d2 were just released.— f0wh

contacting "but your not on"— djeuro

[SOURCE] FkNCrypter 0.21 Source Code — inSpired's for-sale thread

inSpired put the FkNCrypter source code up for $100 — and the comment section immediately started haggling over whether it was even worth it.

A December 2009 Market Place listing where [FkN] Security Crew member inSpired auctioned off the VB6 source code for FkNCrypter 0.21, explaining he was moving on to build a new online crypter from scratch. The thread drew a handful of regulars debating detection status, price, and whether paying for crypter source was worth it versus grabbing one free elsewhere. Founder TuxifieD chimed in approvingly, while others like conTagious and linkkrw pushed back on the value proposition — a classic slice of the era's cheat/crypter marketplace haggling.

That's right, the FkNCrypter 0.21 source-code is for sale!— inSpired

yeah, who's gonna pay for a source code that isnt UD when you can get those of any trojan programming board for free.— conTagious

For $100,- i expect something more.. Crypter stays maybe 1 to 2 months FUD and than it will be UD etc.— linkkrw

vermiLLion's Big Yard Sale: Steam, Xbox Live Accounts & PC Parts for Rent Money

A [FkN] Crew veteran liquidates their entire digital life to cover Vancouver rent — Steam accounts, rare Xbox Live gamertags, and an ATI Radeon thrown in for good measure.

Longtime member vermiLLion (5,249 posts, joined 2007) posted a big clearance sale in the Market Place, openly explaining they needed roughly $4k for rent and a move back to school in Vancouver. The listing was a grab-bag of old-internet inventory: several Steam accounts (HL1/CS:S/TF2/Orange Box bundles), a FlyFF character, a handful of Xbox Live gamertags (some billed as rare '3 character' accounts), a stack of original Xbox games, and spare PC parts like a Radeon 4870. No prices were set — buyers were invited to make offers. One reply came from sunshinehorror asking about a trade for one of the Steam accounts. It's a small, quiet snapshot of the era's account/item economy and the everyday financial pressures behind it.

Any amount will help so if you buy anything from me you are helping out a lot <3— vermiLLion

hey , are you keen on a trade?— sunshinehorror

WoW Timecard for Sale/Trade [EU] — marz

A simple EU WoW timecard listing turns into a public scam warning.

A Market Place classified from long-time member 'marz' offering a World of Warcraft EU timecard for sale or trade, plus a low-level EU account, drew little interest until fellow member SupremeTaco chimed in with a public warning that marz had allegedly scammed him before on a BF2 key sale. It's a small snapshot of the forum's Market Place economy and the community-policing that happened in the absence of any formal escrow or verification system.

be cautious this guy has tried scamming before. I bought one bf2 from him once. then i wanted to get one for my friend, but he gave me the same key again. so be catious— SupremeTaco

JUSTiiN's Phished Steam Account Shop

A member sets up shop selling phished Steam accounts by the digit-count — and the forum's own vouch system backs him up.

In the Market Place section, member JUSTiiNCREDiiBLE advertises a batch of compromised Steam accounts (bundled with Counter-Strike 1.6/CSS) priced by how short the account's digit ID was, taking PayPal with a scripted 'no dispute' note buyers had to include. The thread is a classic slow-burn sales post: an initial pitch, a vouch from a trusted trader, several bumps over a few weeks, and a newcomer asking how to buy who gets redirected to the forum's 100-post rule before selling was allowed. It's a small, mundane slice of the site's account-trading economy rather than a dramatic event, but a clear time capsule of how that scene operated day-to-day.

I am selling some of my phished steam accounts which i have had for a few months now— JUSTiiNCREDiiBLE

I vouch for this guy, our trade went smooth and quick.— fkngames

how i can buy an steamaccount?!^^— lapeno

Buying a Fake @blizzard.com Email for WoW Phishing

Kid wants to pay someone to fake an @blizzard.com address — mods smell a WoW phishing scheme instantly

A member offered to pay someone to craft a custom email address ending in 'blizzard.com', which forum regulars quickly clued into as a likely attempt to phish World of Warcraft accounts. A [FkN] Crew member pointed out this could be done for free with an existing tutorial (used legitimately for fkn0wned.com email suffixes) rather than paying anyone, while another member correctly called out the real motive. The thread was closed by staff once the point was made that no payment was necessary and the intent was suspect.

paying for someone to make me a hotmail account "[email protected]"— sh00t3r_360

Hes trying to phish WOW accs ;)— Unbeliveable

I gave him an answer and he can make this by himself without reason to pay someone. /closed— vermiLLion

j00's Steam Shop

A guy sold off phished Steam accounts for as little as $3 a pop — PayPal only, buyer beware.

A Market Place classified thread where user j00j07 listed several Steam accounts for sale, openly noting most were phished but 'safe.' Over the course of a week the prices got repeatedly slashed and bumped as items sold, with the seller insisting on PayPal and buyer-goes-first terms (except for staff). A few members expressed interest via MSN or vouched for the transaction, giving a small glimpse of how casual account trading was in this corner of the forum.

Most of these accounts are phished, but they are safe .— j00j07

Awesome!, nice guy A+!— tylerztz67

Added you on MSN, talk there.— zeksta

Selling 4 Digit Steam Account

A low-digit Steam account sells in minutes flat on the Fkn0wned market — back when a '4 digit' account was serious bragging rights.

A quick Market Place listing from December 2009 where member Esk0 offered up a coveted low-numbered ('4 digit') Steam account, complete with CS and CS:S, for PayPal only. It sold within minutes, prompting a couple of members to ask about pricing on his remaining 6/7/8 digit accounts. A snapshot of the era's account-trading culture and the forum's 100-post minimum rule for market threads.

Selling 4 digit steam account for paypal money only.— Esk0

INTERESTED PERSON HEREZ. WILL ADD ON MSN How much $ AUD ?— Sleeping Forest

How much are the 6/7/8 dig steam accounts worth?— JUSTiiNCREDiiBLE

Steam Shop by Rock Superstar

The forum's resident Steam account dealer, taking PayPal only, no trades — and the receipts to prove he was legit.

A Market Place storefront thread run by longtime member Rock Superstar, reselling old Steam accounts bundled with games like Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Orange Box, and Left 4 Dead. He explicitly demanded PayPal only (no trades, no going first) and backed his reputation with a wall of customer testimonials. The thread ran from May to July 2009 with periodic bumps, sale confirmations, and casual back-and-forth with buyers over MSN, plus the occasional skeptic asking if the accounts were phished.

I only want paypal, no trades! I take $ (dollars) and (euros) ;) I will not go first.— Rock Superstar

not at all, none of them. And I've kept every account I sell for atleast 2months :)— Rock Superstar

100% Legit, brought a 6 didget off him, fast, easy, great buyer A++— Demote

1up's Vendor Feedback Thread

The old Market Place trust ritual: a self-started thread where a Steam-account trader vouches for himself and the regulars pile on with 5-star reviews.

This is a User Review thread from Fkn0wned's Market Place, started by the trader '1up' themselves with a bare 'gogogo' to kick off testimonials. Founder TuxifieD immediately drops a cryptic dig about 1up losing VIP status 'for a reason,' which gets picked up by another member before the thread pivots back to its intended purpose. A string of regulars (fkngames, Sleeping Forest, aimshot120, zeksta, hoOkz, and others) then post glowing vouches for 1up as a fast, reliable seller of Steam accounts and similar goods, mixing genuine trader-rep culture with typical forum shitposting and inside jokes.

He used to be vip, but isnt anymore for a reason. Thats all I gotta say.— TuxifieD

He gave me a bj Love this guy! Oh sorry on topic: Legit seller!— JUSTiiNCREDiiBLE

+ 1 for lubrication. -1 for smoking. other than that, once your locked, he aint failing you.— Sleeping Forest

iluvnic's Market Place Listing Gets Called Out, Then Scammed

Guy tries to sell a wallhack in the Market Place, gets called out by name in reply #2

A short Market Place listing where user iluvnic tried to sell a CoD4 key, a preordered Heroes of Newerth account, and some HoN beta invites. Fellow member Sleeping Forest immediately clowned him by quoting the exact 'private hack' rule violation in his post before it got scrubbed, and admin ap3x chimed in sarcastically. The thread fizzles into a bump, an interested buyer dropping their MSN, and finally iluvnic returning to warn everyone that buyer turned out to be a scammer.

Your about to get banned and removed from fkn0wned for selling this item ... Have fun while you can.— Sleeping Forest

thanks for that— ap3x

^ kids a scammer— iluvnic

hoOkz Steam Shop

Cut-rate Steam accounts, a raffle for a 'nice' account, and a chorus of mods vouching he wasn't a scammer

A Market Place vendor thread from March 2010 where member hoOkz ran his personal storefront selling secondhand Steam accounts loaded with games like CSS, L4D, HL1 packs, and Orange Box, priced roughly $5-$20, plus a 50-cent-ticket raffle for a bonus account. The post laid out his usual seller disclaimers (PayPal only, no trades, post before adding on MSN, guarantees on disabled accounts) typical of the forum's account-flipping scene. Notably, staff members SNK and PopTart both publicly vouched for hoOkz's legitimacy, and regular buyers chimed in confirming good past experiences, making this a well-regarded, 'verified' shop thread in the Market Place.

I approve on ho0kz he is a 100% legit seller and is not scam material.— SNK

Verified By Poptart— PopTart

Bump For HoOkz, Very Legit And sexy! I Bought over 5+ Steam accounts in the past and still currently have them— JUSTiiNCREDiiBLE

[Selling] Legitimate Microsoft Product Keys — ckgx's Market Place Thread

A member hawked cut-rate Windows 7 and Office keys for as little as a buck a pop — cue the immediate 'sounds like bullshit' pushback.

In the Market Place section, longtime member ckgx ran a storefront-style thread selling Microsoft product keys (Windows 7, Vista, XP, Office 2007, Visual Studio, Server editions, and volume license keys), claiming they were sourced legitimately via MSDN rather than keygens. Fellow member Mystik immediately challenged the legitimacy of the keys, prompting ckgx to offer proof and eventually a 'team view' to skeptics. Over the following weeks ckgx repeatedly dropped prices and bumped the thread for sales, and staff members PopTart and vermiLLion weighed in — with PopTart vouching for ckgx as a legit seller after buying a key himself, while also noting a separate free giveaway thread existed for higher-post-count members. The thread captures the casual, semi-shady grey-market energy typical of early forum marketplaces, complete with PayPal 'gift' payment requests and no-download-links caveats.

Why would I scam someone for 5 bucks?— ckgx

MSDN....Hm sounds like some bullshit Got any proof of these kids being legitimite— Mystik

This guy is legit. bought windows 7 home premium from him.:)— PopTart

$2 Steam Accounts (zEpp's Bulk Sale)

A member unloaded a giant stash of cheap Steam accounts for $2 a pop — no questions asked, first come first serve.

Longtime member zEpp posted a Market Place listing offering a large batch of Steam accounts (CS 1.6, CS:Source, DOD:S, MW2, etc.) for a flat $2 each, sold via PayPal on a first-come-first-serve basis. Several regulars, including forum staff, jumped in requesting specific games, and at least one deal (with mod PopTart) went through fast with a lighthearted 'trusted +rep' vibe. A side comment from f0wh speculated the accounts may have come from phishing rather than legitimate sources, hinting at the shadier undercurrent of the marketplace typical of this scene.

Every account I have is going for $2 no matter what the steamid is and no matter what games are on the accounts.— zEpp

I doubt it, he's using phishing pages I think ;)— f0wh

Legit as fuck Just sent me a real nice steam with 0.0 hours of gameplay.. Trusted +rep— PopTart

Bulk Crysis and Call of Duty 4 CD-Keys

Bulk-buy CoD4 and Crysis keys, tiered pricing, replacement guarantee — until the mods pulled the plug when stock ran dry.

A member named inSpired ran a Market Place listing offering large batches of Call of Duty 4 and Crysis CD-keys at bulk discount pricing, with a FAQ covering banned-key replacements and resale policy. A couple of buyers left positive testimonials confirming working keys, while others asked (unsuccessfully) about Steam compatibility. The thread was eventually auto-closed by founder TuxifieD once all keys sold out, a routine but telling snapshot of the forum's grey-market key-reselling scene.

phished stolen or legit?— hitmanre

if it's crap, I'll replace.— inSpired

No these will NOT work on Steam.— inSpired

Selling Google Wave Invitations

A dude tried to sell $2 invites to a free Google product — the forum immediately called it out

A brief Market Place listing from November 2009 where member adamdafoo tried flipping Google Wave invitations (a then-hot, invite-only Google product) for $2 apiece via PayPal. Fellow members quickly clapped back, pointing out he was charging for something Google gave out for free, turning the thread into a small running joke rather than an actual sale. A snapshot of the invite-scarcity hustle culture around Google Wave's launch, filtered through classic forum ribbing.

selling google wave invites $2 each via paypal get'em well their hot— adamdafoo

Selling something for free and making profit, GG— prasadudwadia

LOL WIN +1 PRasad— Slickz

iPredict's list [5,6,7,8 Digit Steams]

The old Steam account bazaar: a guy called Botoxx hawking low-digit accounts to the highest (lowest-rep-first) bidder

A Market Place listing thread from October 2009 where user Botoxx advertised a running stock of old Steam accounts (identified by their low digit-count Steam IDs) for sale via PayPal and MSN deals. The thread follows the classic marketplace format: rules about trust order, disputes over selling-only vs trading, and a steady stream of bumps as buyers reported 'smooth' transactions and requested specific digit-count accounts. It's a small, mundane slice of the era's account-flipping economy, complete with a buyer joking about the accounts probably being phished.

I only sell very legit accounts that won't be retreived!— Botoxx

just bought a 7dig, nice smooth trade— bl1ss

Im hoping thers a discount since you probably phished these accounts.— pspwizx

Selling Low-Digit Steam Accounts — 1up's Account Bazaar

A VIP member hawks a stash of low-digit Steam accounts, and the forum just keeps bumping it for him.

In this Market Place thread from November 2009, VIP member '1up' listed a batch of Steam accounts (6, 7, and 8-digit IDs) for sale, posting screenshots and STEAM_ID prefixes on request and insisting on PayPal with an admin/Smod middleman option for trust. Several members vouched for him as a reliable trader over the following weeks, while others asked about trades, digit numbers, or just dropped bumps to keep the listing alive. The thread is a fairly ordinary slice of the site's account-trading economy — low digit Steam IDs were treated as status/collector items back then — livened up only by repeated 'bump' spam and one memorable enthusiastic bump from Slickz.

BUUUUMP FOR A DOPE NIGGAH— Slickz

Trusted guy, went first. No problems at all.— kubaxplx

cmon guys i got 6digits and 7 digits that have been laying around for a long time— 1up

Runescape Store: Speedo's Stolen Account Sale

One VIP, four hijacked Runescape accounts, and a month of relentless bumping in the name of desperately needed cash.

VIP member Speedo posted a Market Place listing selling four Runescape accounts for a few bucks each via PayPal, openly stating they were stolen and that he didn't know the security info attached to them. The thread's real content is mostly the sale terms (no refunds, no trades, buyer beware) followed by nearly a month of Speedo repeatedly bumping his own thread with one-word posts, occasionally joined by other members poking fun at the bump spam. It's a small, blunt snapshot of the forum's black-market side and the shameless self-bump culture common in its Market Place section.

No Refunds, all sales are final. I am not responsible for anything that happens to the account after you have bought it.— Speedo

i think this needs another bump— esahc26

rofl too many bumps going on here— ap3x

Selling Salutations for $100

A VIP member tried to sell "salutations" for $100, got roasted, and got the thread locked in under 24 hours.

In the Market Place board, member holybloody posted a tongue-in-cheek offer to sell "salutations" for $100 via a donate button in his signature, seemingly poking fun at Market Place rules while trying to skirt the 100-post trading requirement. The thread quickly drew mockery from other members over his VIP status and the absurdity of the offer. An admin closed the topic for violating the 100-post trading rule and stripped the donation links, capping off a short, comedic, rule-violating blip typical of the board's throwaway joke posts.

Aren't you tired of paying big money for salutations? Having back inguries, stomach aches and even diarhia ?— holybloody

ur a faggot— prasadudwadia

WANNABE VIP LOLWUT— Rock Superstar

Boselect's Miscellaneous Store

One-stop shop for stubs, RAT setups, bot auths, and a hijacked eBay account with 497 feedback — all up for a PM negotiation.

A Market Place vendor thread from fkn0wned.com where user boselect ran a personal storefront hawking a grab-bag of cheat-scene goods: crypter stub packs sold by the batch, game-bot authorization codes, a compromised eBay account, and offers to configure RATs, port forwarding, and stealer tools for a fee. Prices were quoted in small dollar amounts, deals were vouched for via middlemen or Teamviewer proof, and boselect was upfront that stub detection rates and outcomes were pure gamble with no refunds. It's a fairly typical snapshot of the forum's black-market economy at the time, sitting right below official warnings about the 100-post minimum required to sell.

There is no guarantee on how detected the stubs are ... it is all luck of the draw there are no refunds— boselect

i will NOT go first to anybody unless they are staff or have a good rep around here— boselect

bradboo's RuneScape Account Listing Locked Over Scam Accusation

A RuneScape account sale thread that ended in a scam accusation and a mod's lock hammer

Member bradboo posted in the Market Place trying to sell a 'very high level' RuneScape account, asking interested buyers to drop their MSN contact instead of posting details openly. One reply came in months later from cixxa asking to be added, but founder TuxifieD swiftly closed the thread after bradboo was accused of scamming, citing a failure to follow Market Place rules. A small, forgettable listing that became a minor cautionary footnote in the site's trading history.

Post your msn here and let me add YOU, I WILL NOT ACCEPT.— bradboo

learn to follow the rules, and you are being accused of scamming.— TuxifieD

Selling 5-Digit Steam Account (Impossible to Retrieve)

A rare 5-digit Steam ID goes up for auction — bidding opens at $20.

A Market Place listing on Fkn0wned.com where member r0ss put up a 5-digit Steam account for sale, marketed as having no chance of being retrieved by its original owner. ap3x kicked off the bidding at $20 USD before the thread cuts off. It's a small snapshot of the site's old account-trading culture, gated behind the forum's 100-post rule to curb scam accounts.

No chance of getting retrieved!!!— r0ss

I'll start.. I bid $20Usd— ap3x

Kimmi's Sticky: Rules & Tools for Buying/Selling Steam Accounts

The pinned Market Place guide every fkn0wned trader had to read before flipping a Steam account.

A locked, stickied post from senior mod Kimmi laying out the Market Place's expectations for anyone buying or selling Steam accounts on the forum. It points members to third-party SteamID/CommunityID lookup tools, tells sellers what info to disclose (games, VAC status, account age, screenshots) and what to hide from screenshots to avoid accounts getting disabled, and reiterates the hard rule that you needed 100 posts before starting a trade thread. It's less a discussion than an official reference thread — pure early-2010s cheat-scene marketplace bureaucracy, back when trading game accounts on forums was routine business.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE 100 POSTS BEFORE MAKING A THREAD IN MARKET PLACE!— Kimmi

Make sure you have secured the account long enough so it will NOT get recovered/disabled.— Kimmi

Low 5-Digit Steam Account Sale Thread

A low 5-digit Steam ID with CS:S, 1.6, CZ and L4D bundled in — sold for at least $50 and closed out in a week.

A Market Place classified from member '1up' offering an old, low-numbered Steam account loaded with Counter-Strike 1.6, Source, Condition Zero, Half-Life, and Left 4 Dead, pitched mainly on its early account number and clean VAC status. A moderator ('PopTart') stepped in early to enforce marketplace etiquette, telling onlookers not to clutter the thread unless actually buying. After a couple of bumps with no takers replying publicly, the thread was marked sold and locked by staff about five days later.

Up for sale is another low 5 digit steam account— 1up

Please dont post on his thread unless you are buying. He can sell for whatever price he wants.— PopTart

Closed Reason: "Sold"— PopTart

Selling 8-Digit Steam Account with 65 Games

A partially-banned 65-game Steam account goes up for sale — and sells within hours

A Market Place listing where user Niceboy233 tried to offload a personal 8-digit Steam account loaded with 65 games (including L4D2, Saints Row, CS:S, and CS 1.6), disclosing upfront that it was banned in MW2 after a friend ran a stat editor hack on it. A couple of members haggled with lowball cash offers and a mismatched trade proposal before the seller announced it sold same-day, prompting a founder to lock the thread per standard Market Place closing procedure.

since its banned on mw2 + in consideration of a personal account.. 20$ ;) let me know !— Sleeping Forest

Rawr, dunt jip me off this account nigkeh— Sleeping Forest

sigh. only game i want is banned.— cixxa

Selling Steam/Keys/MMOaccs (Unfeared's Market Place listing)

One member's grab-bag garage sale of Steam accounts, CD keys, RuneScape gold, and a modded PSP — bumped for weeks straight

A Market Place classifieds thread from late 2009 where member Unfeared listed a pile of goods for sale: a clean 7-digit Steam account, Warcraft III keys, CoD4 keys, a RuneScape account with gold, an EVE Online account, a modded PSP, and even an Xbox Live gamerscore boosting service. The thread is a slow-burn sales log stretched over months, mostly Unfeared repeatedly 'bumping' the listing while a handful of members trickled in to ask prices or add him on MSN. It ends on a mundane, very-2009 note when Unfeared reveals his own Xbox got banned, killing off the gamerscore boost part of his business.

Can't do that anymore sorry, my xbox got banned :(— Unfeared

bumpbumpbump— Unfeared

how much for cod4 key and WC3 key— Th3Knif3r

Cheap Steam Accounts for Sale

Bulk Steam accounts loaded with games sold off for pocket change back in 2010 — 'fast and smooth trade' indeed.

A Market Place listing from VIP member ///xcF offering three Steam accounts stacked with games like Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, and Counter-Strike: Source for $5-7 each. Fellow VIP kubaxplx snapped up two of the three accounts almost immediately, prompting some ribbing in the thread, while other members haggled over remaining stock and low-digit accounts. The thread quietly resurfaces a day later with a bump and one more interested buyer before going dark, a small snapshot of the era's casual account-flipping economy.

Account 3 gone Sold to kuba— ///xcF

yup fast and smooth trade :D— kubaxplx

hes my nigga^ lol— kubaxplx

NIX Trades Low-Digit Steam Accounts for Keys

NIX wants Steam keys, not accounts, and isn't shy about telling people so

A Market Place trade thread where FkN Crew member NIX offers old, low-account-number Steam games (Orange Box, CS 1.6, Garry's Mod, L4D, TF2, etc.) in exchange strictly for game keys/gifts, refusing to go first unless the trader is staff. Several members reply with offers of accounts and games, but NIX keeps holding out specifically for keys, bumping the thread repeatedly over about two weeks. Smod Kimmi jumps in half-joking about wanting TF2/CS keys too, leading to some flirty banter, and the thread ends with fellow trader fkngames promising to hook NIX up.

I won't go first unless you are a member of the Staff— NIX

Lots of sex, I want those :D— Kimmi

I'll try to get some today, okay Nixie boo?— fkngames

Nickiller007's Steam n shit Shop!

A member's storefront for low-digit Steam accounts he 'happened to have' for months — no questions asked.

This was a Market Place listing thread by longtime member Nickiller007, hawking a handful of low-digit Steam accounts (each described as previously 'phished' but held safely for months) alongside payment instructions via gift/dispute-avoidance wording. The thread got occasional bumps and a couple of buyer inquiries about specific game histories (Day of Defeat: Source, CAL history), one sale ('SOLD to Mitcham'), and a random low-effort 'it looks great' reply that got clowned by the OP. Pretty typical, low-drama slice of the forum's account-trading economy circa April 2010.

I DO NOT GO FIRST UNLESS YOU ARE TRUSTED IN MY EYES!— Nickiller007

and the point of that post was?— Nickiller007

SOLD to Mitcham— Nickiller007

sto0ka's ShooooP

One member's swap-meet post-listing Steam accounts, game keys, and a set of rules that included 'I'm more sexy than u.'

A Market Place listing thread where user sto0ka advertised a handful of old Steam accounts, some game CD keys, a Rapidshare account, and a Cabal Online account for trade or sale, mainly looking for a Guild Wars account or PayPal cash. The post came with a numbered list of personal trading rules, one of which was mocked by another member in the only reply. It's a small, typical snapshot of the forum's Market Place culture circa March 2010.

Im not trading/selling to GAY's.— sto0ka

Im more sexy than u.— sto0ka

I disagree to rule 5 =D— zanderdanmark

Selling MW2 Key: Market Place Post-Count Squabble

A single MW2 key listing turns into a mini-battle over the Market Place's 100-post rule

Niceboy233 posted a Market Place listing offering a 'freshly acquired' Modern Warfare 2 CD key, asking buyers to make the first move. The sale itself went through fine (zuppy vouched for it working on Steam), but the thread got derailed into a squabble when 500 Club member fkngames pointed out the buyer didn't meet the forum's minimum post-count requirement for trading. Other members, including zuppy, aimshot120, and marz, pushed back or clarified the rules, debating whether the 100-post threshold applied to buying as well as selling. It's a small, everyday snapshot of the fkn0wned Market Place: casual key-flipping mixed with community rule enforcement and light bickering.

Freshly acquired from my provider if you know what I mean.— Niceboy233

legittt! went first and it worked. instantly sent and worked on steam!— zuppy

You can buy if you have under 100, just not sell.— marz