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c0ke's Steam Account Shop

The guy openly admitted he stole Steam accounts for a living — then got banned as a scammer while the orders kept rolling in.

A trading-subforum thread where user c0ke ran an unapologetic storefront selling stolen Steam accounts (CS 1.6, CSS, DOD, rare titles like TF2/Portal) with a price list and a 'guarantee', and even offered to teach buyers how to steal accounts themselves for extra cash. A steady stream of members lined up requesting cheap low-digit or unbanned accounts, one poster tried to undercut with his own stolen-account listing and got called out as untrustworthy, and another flagged rule violations. The thread ends anticlimactically with the shop's own customers realizing c0ke had already been banned site-wide as a confirmed scammer, and the thread was closed by staff for that reason.

Basically I steal steam accounts, I'm going to admit that. In fact I steal A LOT of steam accounts.— c0ke

I will also teach you how to steal accounts if you have the $$$.— c0ke

ummmm if you ain't noticed c0ke has been banned so i don't think his selling nemore i think it would be a good idea if an admin closed this thread— jacal

Steam Acc Shop^_^ — the Great CS:S Account Bazaar of 2007

One guy, a stack of 'not VAC banned' Steam accounts, and a whole thread arguing over how much stolen goods should be marked down.

A member called exora ran an informal storefront hawking a batch of old Steam accounts loaded with Half-Life/Counter-Strike titles, haggling prices via PayPal and pitching a bulk-deal discount for buying the whole lot. The thread quickly turns into a haggling session, with buyers lowballing offers and openly questioning whether the accounts were 'jacked' (stolen) and likely to get disabled once the real owners noticed. exora's own admission that he only guarantees accounts that survive two weeks unreported pretty much confirms the community's suspicions, and by the end someone flat-out calls him a 'con artist selling stolen shit.' It's a snapshot of the era's freewheeling, semi-lawless Steam account trade culture — buyer beware, no refunds, just vibes and Xfire handles.

yes, but i only sell accs that are not disabled too after 2 weeks.— exora

lol, 2 weeks, i had a jacked account for a month and a hlf, then it got disabled. lol dont buy, 75% chance they are bound to get disabled. your choice!— laptops

SCAM ARTIST lol not really but con artist selling stolen shit lolololololollolooll— thesource

Why Low Digit Steam Accounts Were So Valuable

The FAQ post that tried (and failed) to stop the same question from getting asked for the millionth time

A pinned-style explainer thread in the Steam Account Trades subforum where longtime member/mod Shifty breaks down why low-digit Steam account IDs commanded high prices and eBay resale value back in 2007. It's a classic 'stop asking this' post born from repetitive newbie questions clogging the trading section. Short, dry, and purely explanatory, it captures the era when Steam account trading was a real cottage economy on cheat/gaming forums.

To many n00bs have asked this question around the forum but mainly in the trading sections so I am going to answer this question here and hope nobody misses it and makes the mistake of asking again.— Shifty

I hope joo understandZ.— Shifty

CS 1.6 Account Trade Turns Into a Scam Callout

Guy with $10.81 and no credit card just wanted a cheap CS 1.6 account — got scammed instead.

A low-post member named petermin94 posted in the Steam Account Trades subforum looking to buy a low-numbered Steam CS 1.6 account for around $10, since he lacked a credit card to buy games directly. Another user pointed out he could've just used PayPal on Steam, which made the whole trade attempt look unnecessary. Shortly after, a different member (milkrulz04) claimed he got scammed during the exchange, with the thread eventually marked closed by staff for scamming. It's a small but classic snapshot of the account-trading risk culture on the site.

im really eager for an account !— petermin94

you do know that you can buy games off of steam with paypal??— jacal

omfg he scammed me omfg he gave me his paypal when i was about to send he changed pass wtff.— milkrulz04

The Suspicious Case of the 'Sold in 20 Minutes' Low-Digit Steam Account

CoryZ claimed a rare low-digit Steam account for a 'friend' — and it was allegedly sold before anyone could even ask a question.

In this Trading board thread from December 2007, user CoryZ advertised a rare low-digit Steam account (supposedly on behalf of a friend) with a suspiciously vague screenshot and a $1000 asking price. Within twenty minutes CoryZ posted that it had already sold, which immediately drew skepticism from the community — several members called it fake or bullshit and debated whether low-digit Steam IDs even existed outside of Valve/GameStop-affiliated accounts. The thread devolved into low-digit-account trivia and mockery before a moderator locked it to stop spam.

Just got sold , sry— CoryZ

you could have just edited your post— Afteryou

Gotta be bullshit, he's making this up— sammo

2 Massive Steam Accounts - Trade Thread

A seven-digit Steam account, a shady no-middleman trade, and a guy who tried to recover it afterward

A 2007 trading post from thesource offering two loaded Steam accounts (one with a coveted seven-digit ID) in exchange for forum points, PayPal cash, or fully-unlocked Battlefield 2 / BF2142 accounts. Fellow trader dshizzle negotiated a swap, initially insisted on a middleman, then went ahead without one anyway and reported it as a good trade. Things got briefly tense when dshizzle accused thesource of trying to reclaim the traded account under a bogus 'hacked' excuse, but it was smoothed over as a misunderstanding, and thesource eventually sold the remaining account off-forum and asked for the thread to be locked.

MIDDLEMAN=USED— thesource

After bickerign and moaning about no middleman we finally traded without one. This guy is legit.— dshizzle

dude friggin is trying to recover the account. He cant be trusted— dshizzle

Steam Account Seller Called Out as Thief in Own Trading Thread

A guy tries to sell a stack of cheap Steam accounts — then gets called out as an account thief in his own thread.

A member named liamhardy123 posted a listing offering several Steam accounts bundled with old-school titles like CS 1.6, CSS, DoD, and HL2DM, priced from 5 to 30 (currency/units unspecified, as was typical of these under-the-table trade posts). The thread quickly got derailed: one reply pointed out he didn't meet the forum's 100-post minimum required to trade, and another member, jacal, accused him outright of having stolen their account, with a third poster piling on about a scam. It's a small but pretty representative snapshot of the wild-west, buyer-beware energy of Fkn0wned's Steam trading subforum back in late 2007.

don't trade with this guy he stole my account— jacal

Lol i was gonna scam him get your account back.— havok123

Umm You need 100 post to do this— DJSketch

Steam Account Scam Slapfight: The '$80 for Every Valve Game' Thread

A member selling a Steam account 'with every game Valve ever made' set off a fake-or-not slapfight over 80 bucks.

MiZZun0 posted a Steam account for sale claiming it had every game Steam offered, priced at $80 OBO, citing 'friends who work at game stores' as the source and citing an impending move to college as his reason for selling. Poppins immediately called it fake, suspecting a Steam ripper/PacSteam-style scam, sparking a back-and-forth flame war that other members (ohmybiscuits) stepped in to cool down by vouching for the seller's post count and recommending a middleman. black_hatter negotiated the price down to $65 and moved to finalize contact info off-thread, with a mod (Malware) chiming in with standard middleman-trade advice. Weeks later, banned member thesource resurfaced the thread just to declare it fake, claiming it was made with a known account-generation tool that couldn't legitimately hold Valve's internal test apps.

if you don't wanna buy it then fuck off...this is for people who want to buy it— MiZZun0

I THINK THIS IS A FAKE...IF YOU WANT TO GET RIPED OFF BE MY GUESS!— Poppins

This is FAKE btw its used with Fr33steam or somtin like that cus no1 can buy valve test apps LMAO— thesource

Selling Big Account AND 5+ CSS Accounts

A guy openly sells a pile of admittedly hacked CS:S accounts for $9 a pop — and casually undercut by a rival two posts later.

In this 2007 Steam Account Trades post, member G3lmis advertises a 'Big account' plus five or more Counter-Strike: Source accounts for sale, screenshot included, openly noting the accounts were hacked and that trades would go through a middleman. The thread got a couple of replies: one member questioned how and when the accounts were obtained, and another, DeathAdder, jumped in claiming to offer cheaper deals of the same kind. It's a small, blunt snapshot of the casual stolen-account trading that was common on the site's Trading board back then.

This account is worth a lot. I want about $27 for this one.— G3lmis

PS. All of these accounts are hacked.— G3lmis

Lol, my deals are even more cheaper than his— DeathAdder

Buying 6-7 Digit Steam Accounts — Trade Thread Turns Scam Dispute

A guy shops for a low-digit Steam account, buys a few, then it all ends in accusations of getting scammed.

A January 2008 trading thread on Fkn0wned's Steam Account Trades board where user k0fighter posted a want-ad for low-digit (5-7 digit) Steam accounts with CS:S or 1.6, paying via PayPal. Several members responded with offers, and k0fighter completed at least two quick purchases (a 7-digit account for 40 AUD, then more), publicly thanking sellers. The thread sours near the end when Rock Superstar claims a promised payment never arrived and k0fighter went offline, while k0fighter denies any trade was finalized, capping off with a pointed jab from another member about getting 'scammed enough.'

bought it 40ausd, dc mmed— k0fighter

my money did not arrive and you went offline— Rock Superstar

scammed enough ey?— Zyc3

How much could I get for this? :S

A member posts screenshots of his Steam account asking the forum to price it — and gets an answer measured in Steam ID digits.

A short 2007 thread in the Steam Account Trades subforum where user sharpes123 posted two Photobucket screenshots of his Steam account and asked the community for a valuation. Replies centered on the old forum wisdom that account value scaled with how low/old the Steam ID digit count was, with a rough price scale offered (8-digit vs 7-digit vs 6-digit accounts). A minor derail happened when goofu double-posted due to lag. Pretty mundane but a good little time capsule of how Steam accounts were casually bought and sold on cheat-scene forums back then.

35$ 8 digit 50$ 7 digit 100$ 6 digi...— dadddddd

the lower the digit the older the account, thus ma...— Famousss

sorry for double post - had some nasty lag— goofu

HUUUGE Account for Sale — VAC Unbanned, 29 Games

Guy sells a suspiciously huge 29-game Steam account, gets accused of scamming it within hours

A member called DeathAdder posted a Steam account trade in the Trading section, advertising a VAC-unbanned account with 29 games for $59 via PayPal. He preemptively noted he'd gotten special permission from a mod ('Sonikk') to bypass the forum's post-count requirement for trading, citing his '1000th Club' member status. Replies quickly turned skeptical, with users asking for proof of the games and openly accusing him of having scammed the account rather than owned it legitimately — a classic bit of low-trust Steam-trading drama typical of the era's account market.

did u scam this account?— thesource

He did.— G3lmis

sure its a "HUUUUUGE" account, but you d...— Legit_Hacks

Selling a 4-digit Steam Account: eBay ToS Workarounds Debated

A guy tries to flip his old low-digit Steam account for $300+ and gets a crash course in eBay's ToS instead

User ViPeR $ posted a for-sale listing for his '4-digit' Steam account, loaded with 19 games and never VAC banned, asking $300-$350. Other members debated whether that price was realistic, with Legit_Hacks suggesting eBay might be a better venue — which led to the reveal that eBay had actually pulled the listing already. That spun into a mini-debate about eBay's rules on selling virtual accounts, with a couple of members confidently giving wrong advice about 'copyright' loopholes before TheLoneMan corrected them, and Sideways floating a classic era workaround of disguising the sale as a 'joke' with a 'free' account attached.

dude you kinda dumb ( sry ) if you put in the end of the description: all trademarks are from steam powered and valve and theyre respective owners they wont take your product back..— andr3zit0

No. If anything, "you kinda dumb", not him. eBay does not remove listings because of that, they remove them because it is against their ToS to sell virtual properties.— TheLoneMan

Say your selling a joke for $300 with a FREE steam account. They can't do anything because the steam account is "free" you aren't selling it, your actully selling the joke.— Sideways

"3 exellent steams" - knobjockey's Steam account sale thread

A guy sells three Steam accounts for PayPal cash — then spends the whole thread arguing with mods about a 100-post rule that may or may not have even existed yet.

Member knobjockey listed three Steam accounts (six, seven, and eight-digit IDs loaded with various Half-Life/CS/TF2 titles) for sale via PayPal, priced $15-$25. The sales went through fine with buyers vouching for him as legit, but the thread turned into a running dispute over whether the Trading section's 100-post minimum rule actually applied, with staff (ballistic, HaSh) threatening bans while knobjockey and others insisted the rule wasn't posted anywhere. Another member, jacal, explained the rule was mid-implementation via a broken mod. knobjockey kept posting new account listings afterward, expanding into bundles with more games.

i bought account 1 from this guy he is very reliable and you can gaurantee a good account— ohsnap999

Stop ignoring the rules or youll get a fucking ban.— HaSh

its not in the rules caz it was a mod to make it so ppl with less then 100 posts couldn get in this section but ATM the mod is down ok happy now???— jacal

5-Digit CAL-i / CEVO-P Steam Account Auction

A rare 5-digit CAL Steam ID with league proof went up for bid — and the thread ended in a spam meltdown.

In this 2008 Trading section auction, user u5Shadow put a 5-digit CAL-i and CEVO-P Steam account up for bidding, touting its old-school Counter-Strike league history (with named CAL teams) as proof of legitimacy and offering to demonstrate it in-game. A handful of regulars traded small bids upward from $1 to $60 over about seven weeks, with some joking commentary along the way. The thread eventually derailed when one member flooded it with repeated slurs and copy-pasted garbage text, a jarring but unfortunately typical example of the era's edgy/toxic forum culture.

does the number include oral sex? lol— RecoileZ

how long does this auction last?— ohsnap999

Selling 7 Digits Steam Account - $10 PayPal

Some guy named energy tries to sell a Steam account for PayPal cash, gets accused of copying someone else's exact sales pitch mid-thread

A small-time classified ad in Fkn0wned's Steam Account Trades subforum: member 'energy' offers a Steam account (referred to by its digit-count handle) for $10 via PayPal, insisting on 'you first or a middle man' after claiming to have been scammed three times already. Another member, Rock Superstar, calls out the post as a near word-for-word copy of his own earlier sales thread, quoting the exact lines back at him. A haggling back-and-forth follows over the price, with jcomp6 lowballing to $3-7, before the thread goes quiet for months until a late 'do you still have this?' bump from twitceh.

I dont like to be scammed for a third time— energy

lol just copied my thread : P ?— Rock Superstar

$10 is too much, please lower to $3 and a done deal =]— jcomp6

Trading a Half-Life 2: Episode 1 CD Key for Forum Points

A guy trying to trade a Half-Life 2: Episode 1 key for forum points — and almost enough bidders to start a war over 50 points.

A short, small-time trade thread from October 2007 in the Steam Account Trades subforum, where longtime member Rockforce offers up a Half-Life 2: Episode 1 CD key and asks for either a trade or 50 forum points. Two members, andr3zit0 and thesource, jump in with counter-offers, with thesource eventually agreeing to buy after asking (half-jokingly) whether he'd need to hand over Steam login info to complete the deal. It's a tiny, mundane slice of the site's trading culture — low stakes, low drama, just regular users haggling over a game key like it was baseball cards.

I'll even take forum points.— Rockforce

u mean i give u my steam info? like suername/pass? cus i will if u can use middleman lol— thesource

dude ill buy it.. i will give you 30 FkN points..— andr3zit0

6-Digit Steam Account Trade Attempt Sparks Post-Count Rule Callout

A guy with only 10 posts tries to flip a rare six-digit Steam account and immediately gets clowned for it.

A low-post-count member named vermiLLion posted a six-digit Steam account for trade, loaded with old-school titles like CS 1.6, Half-Life, Day of Defeat, and Team Fortress Classic. The thread mostly turned into other members pointing out he didn't meet the forum's 100-post minimum to trade, with a couple of people still curious enough to ask for proof and price. It's a tiny, forgettable snapshot of the site's account-trading culture and its (loosely enforced) post-count rules.

100 posts but i dont care im posting anyways— vermiLLion

You need 100 posts to post here. Plz understand th...— havok123

Show proof of the 6 digit, and what do you want fo...— Rebelz

Steam Account for Sale - Not Checked (Closed for Rule Violation)

A user tries to flog an unverified Steam account for a fiver and gets shut down for not even meeting the posting requirements.

A member with the handle 'mad tag' posted a Steam account for sale in the Steam Account Trades subforum, openly admitting he hadn't checked whether it even worked, asking 5 GBP via PayPal. Another user, havok123, quickly pointed out he lacked the required 100 posts to trade in that section, prompting mad tag to cancel the sale himself. A moderator (NutterNZ) closed the thread shortly after, labeling the reason for closure simply 'idiot' - a blunt, no-nonsense bit of forum justice typical of the site's moderation style.

I have not checked this one if it works— mad tag

ahhh s***e i dont for the reason i cant paste the...— mad tag

idiot— NutterNZ

Vac-Banned Account for Low Steam ID? Nobody's Buying It

Guy tries to trade his banned Steam account for a rare low ID, gets laughed out of the thread instead.

A member calling himself abstract1337 posted looking to swap his VAC-banned 7-digit Steam account (still usable for singleplayer and non-secure servers) for a clean 6-digit-or-lower ID account with CS:S. He got an immediate rules correction for trying to trade a banned account, sheepishly apologized, and then took a round of good-natured mockery from other members who found the ask laughably one-sided. Short, low-stakes thread that's mostly remembered for the pile-on roast rather than any actual trade happening.

lol who the hell would do this trade,— TeKn1qu3z

I mean this guy is also asking for a 6 DIGIT or lower lol! funny!— lragnarok11

No trading or selling banned accounts— blacknight00

Selling Orange Box Steams: Scam Allegations in Trading

A brand new noob undercuts the market on Orange Box and CS:S Steam accounts — and immediately gets called a scammer.

A low-post-count member calling himself ThisIsSparta popped up in Steam Account Trades hawking a small stock of Orange Box and Counter-Strike: Source Steam accounts at suspiciously cheap prices. Veteran traders immediately flagged that he hadn't hit the required 100-post minimum and that his pricing screamed scam, prompting screenshots as 'proof.' One trade apparently went through with regular logik92, who vouched for him with a +rep, but corbalz swooped in later branding him a scammer outright with no evidence offered, and dshizzle pushed back demanding proof. A little community-policing back-and-forth about trust, post counts, and account legitimacy is really what the thread is about.

you need 100 posts to buy/sell/trade, read the rules.. plus you didnt post a screenie of anything and your making it way too obvious by the prices that your going to scam.— Maxwell123

scammer!— corbalz

proof he scammed you or it didnt happen.— dshizzle

Selling 6-Digit Steam Account (2007 Trading Post)

A vintage Steam account with a low six-digit ID, going for $30 OBO — remember when that was a selling point?

A brief, no-frills classified ad from October 2007 in the Steam Account Trades subforum: user Anthrax818 lists a low six-digit Steam account bundled with HL1 games, claims it's not VAC banned, and posts a screenshot on request. After one reply from Cud asking for proof, Anthrax818 followed up with a screenshot and later bumped the thread with a firm asking price. A small, quiet trade post typical of the account-flipping culture on the site's Trading board.

its a 6 digit with hl1 games. not vacbanned. if ur intrested pm me or reply here.— Anthrax818

screenshot plz / more details— Cud

Price is 30 dollars obo— Anthrax818

Trading a Steam Account for a BF2142 Account

One guy's Steam account, some screenshots, and a haggle over how many accounts a 2142 trade was actually worth.

A short, low-key trade listing from the Steam Account Trades subforum where a member known as .:XxX:. posted screenshots of his Steam account looking to swap it for a Battlefield 2142 account. The thread is a small back-and-forth: another user asks if it's a two-for-one deal, gets corrected that it's just a single Steam ID, and eventually someone offers up an unranked BF2142 account. Pretty mundane by forum standards, but a neat little time capsule of how casually people traded whole game accounts back when Steam account trading was still an open, unregulated hustle.

so is it 2 accounts? for 1 2142? its a deal if it...— thesource

only one steam id— .:XxX:.

i can give you 1 unranked battlefield 2142 account...— boon1993

Selling Steam Account (CS:S, DoD:S, HL2 DM) - Nov 2007

A VAC-unbanned Steam account with CS:S and Day of Defeat Source, up for grabs — 'bought ones and stolen ones' included, apparently.

A member called Rock Superstar posted a for-sale listing for a Steam account bundled with Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat Source, and HL2 Deathmatch, sparking the usual back-and-forth over proof of legitimacy. Other members asked for screenshots and Steam ID digits, a moderator (DCLXVI) stepped in with standard advice on blurring account details before posting proof, and one member (havok123) had to explain how to actually upload a screenshot. The thread takes a mildly eyebrow-raising turn when the seller casually admits to also having 'stolen' accounts, while a buyer (jacal) repeatedly angles for a TF2-loaded account instead. Ends without a confirmed sale, just typical trading-subforum haggling.

this is one I bought, i also got stolen ones— Rock Superstar

Please post screenshots of the account games and vac status, don't forget to blur out the account name and email so you don't get disabled.— DCLXVI

How the fuck can i attach an image or more? do I need webspace therefore :/ ?— Rock Superstar

Steam Account Trade: CSS/Gmod for $10 or BF2/2142 Swap

One guy just wants a decent Battlefield 2142 rank for his Counter-Strike: Source Steam account — deal closes in five posts.

A member called thesource listed a Steam account bundled with CS:S and Garry's Mod for sale ($10 via PayPal) or trade, specifically angling for a high-rank Battlefield 2 or BF2142 account. Fellow member dshizzle offered up a BF2/2142 account with solid stats and unlocks, and the two quickly struck a deal complete with the era-standard middleman arrangement. A side question from andr3zit0 about Garry's Mod download size adds a bit of forum color. By the final post thesource notes he's 'still lookin for trade,' suggesting the deal may have fallen through or needed more offers. Small, mundane, but a perfect time-capsule of how in-game currency was Steam accounts and CD-keys back in 2007.

Ill sell this for $10 via paypal— thesource

You just got a deal.— thesource

still lookin for trade...— thesource

Supasta's Steam Acc Shack

A guy tries to open a Steam account shop and immediately gets clowned for not meeting the post minimum

In November 2007, member BASALT posted a thread advertising a 'Steam Acc Shack' for trading Steam accounts, PayPal only. Rather than any trades happening, the thread devolved into other members pointing out BASALT didn't have enough forum posts to legitimately post in the Trading section, with BASALT firing back that others didn't either. Moderators/regulars chimed in to lay out the actual post-count rules for trading threads. A pretty small, forgettable spat that captures the low-stakes gatekeeping culture of the trading boards.

Dude, u do NOT HAVE ENOUGH POSTS to post here.— DeathAdder

nethier do you— BASALT

Don't trade unless you have 100+ posts or if y...— NutterNZ

LOoOK Here - Orange Box Trade

One member's Orange Box for a Rapidshare account — and a quick, quietly funny interrogation about whether it was even his to trade.

A short trading thread in the Steam Account Trades section where user haha.1 offered a copy of 'Orange Box' in search of a Rapidshare account of equal value. Fellow member cedars offered a Rapidshare account but pointedly asked whether the Orange Box was 'legit' — bought or stolen — a small moment of scene-typical suspicion around account/game trading. The thread wrapped up fast, with haha.1 declaring the trade complete and asking staff to close it.

i am looking for a rapidhsare acct or anything that can match this deal (orange box)— haha.1

Is the Orange box legit? I have a Rapidshare account valid until 12th April 08.— cedars

I mean like, did you steal it or did you buy it?— cedars

CSS HL2 HL2LC HL2DM $8 — Steam Account Bundle Sale

NutterNZ's discount Steam account fire sale: seven-digit accounts, $8 a pop, PayPal only.

A Trading > Steam Account Trades listing from late 2007 where longtime member NutterNZ tries to offload a batch of old-style seven-digit Steam accounts loaded with CS:S, HL2, HL2:LC, and HL2DM. The thread limps along with bumps and a slow price drop from $8 down to bundle deals, with a couple of members asking questions or expressing mild interest but no cash. Pretty mundane by forum standards, but a nice little time-capsule of how casually Steam accounts were bought and sold on cheat/gaming forums in that era.

Accounts are 7 dig, I have a few of these to sell $8 paypal ONLY.— NutterNZ

No one interested? These are cheap.— NutterNZ

Uber bump. 5 accounts left, $8 each, or all 5 for $35.— NutterNZ

Selling a Steam Account! (9 bucks, final offer)

One desperate seller, a haggled-down price, and a classic 'plz i need the money' energy.

A short, scrappy thread in the Steam Account Trades subforum where a member tries to sell an old-school Steam account bundled with early Half-Life/CS titles. The asking price drops from $10-15 down to $9 across the seller's own replies, with a slightly confused aside about whether PayPal needs a credit card. It's a tiny, low-stakes slice of the era's account-flipping hustle culture rather than any major event.

Plz i need the money!— Killer-k

Ok for 9$ we have a deal hehe!— Killer-k

Sorry not thease money whata offer me any money hehe!— Killer-k

Vac BANNED accounts?

A guy tries to offload his VAC-banned Counter-Strike accounts and everyone just shrugs 'same here'

A short, low-stakes thread from late October 2007 in the Steam Account Trades subforum where user Rock Superstar casually offers up some VAC-banned CS 1.6 and CS:S accounts, half-joking that everyone probably already has plenty of their own. A handful of regulars chime in trading similar banned accounts and comparing notes, with Legit_Hacks weighing in on what actually counts as a worthwhile trade. It's a snapshot of the mundane, everyday churn of a cheat-scene trading board where banned accounts were just another commodity.

Hey guys i offer some banned accounts cheap. Or do you already have enough banned accounts : P?— Rock Superstar

i got a banned css acct iso unbanned 1,6;D— IxPKxALL

Only sell accounts which are VAC status UNBA...— Legit_Hacks

8-Digit Steam Account With Gmod and Other Games (For Sale, $50)

Dude tries to flip a bargain-bin Steam account for $50 and the forum roasts him into the dirt over it.

A December 2007 classified-style thread in the Steam Account Trades subforum where user Fringo listed an old 8-digit Steam account bundled with Half-Life 2, Garry's Mod, Counter-Strike Source/1.6, Day of Defeat, and a few other early Source-era titles, asking $50. Other members quickly pushed back on the price, pointing out CS:S alone retailed for around $10-20, sparking a small back-and-forth about what Fringo actually paid at EB Games versus what the account was really worth. It ends with a short flame exchange after artemis calls the listing a '/fail'.

not worth 50 bucks. maybe 25— dshizzle

Then you got screwed, no one is gonna buy that 8 DIGIT account for that much. /fail— artemis

Lol? Welcome to Canada my brother. "/fail" You just ended your failure post.. Congratulations.— Fringo

Selling Steam Acc (VAC in Good Standing)

One guy wants points, one offers 500k Runescape gold, and the seller only wants PayPal — classic 2007 Steam account trade chaos.

A short 2007 classifieds-style thread in the Steam Account Trades subforum where user milkrulz04 listed a Steam account (bundled with CS 1.6, DoD, HL1, and other Half-Life titles, plus a CSS gift pass) claiming it was VAC unbanned, offering to use a middleman for the deal. Replies were low-effort offers wildly mismatched to what the seller wanted — forum points, then 500k Runescape cash — before the seller clarified he'd only accept PayPal. The thread ends with another member mocking the seller for apparently also trying to trade the account for a CS:S account elsewhere.

ill give you 250 points for it— Cud

ill give u 500k runescape cash— 45chris2

sorry only acepting paypal money— milkrulz04

Steam Account for Sale - Birthday Gift Nobody Wanted

A guy sells his birthday-present Steam account for $19 because he switched to CoD2 — and somehow gets a satisfied customer testimonial in the same thread.

A short 2007 listing in the Steam Account Trades subforum where user andr3zit0 offloads a clean, VAC-unbanned Steam account (loaded with early Half-Life/CS:S titles) that he'd received as a birthday gift but no longer wanted since he'd moved on to Call of Duty 2. Asking price was $19, PayPal only, with the classic era-appropriate move of trading credentials over MSN and offering a middleman. The thread is brief but wraps up with buyer minitureman publicly vouching for andr3zit0 as trustworthy after completing the deal — a small but genuine artifact of the forum's informal, reputation-based trading culture.

i have got 1 account i received for my birthday that i don't need anymore since i play CoD2 now— andr3zit0

hey every one this guy i trusted i bought it off of him he is cool— minitureman

haha now i have your soul— minitureman

Steam Account with Portal, Up for Sale/Trade

thesource wants $10 or fkn0wned points for a barebones Steam account with Portal on it — bidding war ensues over pocket change

A small trading thread from October 2007 where user thesource auctioned off a Steam account (notable mainly for having Portal on it) for $10 via PayPal or a Counter-Strike account, insisting on a middleman to avoid scams. A few members countered with forum-point offers (50, then 75, then 80), including regulars Jack Daniels and jacal, with Sideways dropping in briefly before backing out. It's a tiny, mundane slice of the site's Trading section, capturing the casual account-flipping culture typical of the era.

Id like a Counter Strike Source Account for this or $10 via paypal— thesource

middleman=used— thesource

ill do 80? if you haven traded already. btw whats the digits on it?— Jack Daniels

8Dig CSS/DODS Account For Sale — Lowball Offers & Scam Callout

Guy tries to sell a stacked Steam account, gets lowballed with a sketchy account swap and a $10 offer instead

A member named pherball listed a Steam account loaded with CS:S, DOD:S, HL2 titles, and an '8dig' unbanned status, insisting on PayPal payment only. Cookie1456 tried to offer account trades instead of cash, got called out by other members for possibly trying to scam or lowball the seller, and the thread devolved into small change offers ($10 AUD, $10 CAD) rather than any real sale. A minor bit of community policing happened when users defended pherball against Cookie1456's persistent no-cash offers.

no-one wants your shitting account and stop spaming them someone should give him a warning— fizzer

stop trying to scam/rip this bloke off— Uncensor3d

Come on, I don't have money— Cookie1456

Trading Steam Accounts: Cookie1456's VAC-Banned Offer Goes Nowhere

A guy tries to trade away a VAC-banned account for clean CS:S and gets roasted for spamming the same desperate post everywhere

A September 2007 thread in the Steam Account Trades subforum where user Cookie1456 tries to swap a couple of Steam accounts — including one flagged as VAC-banned — for a clean copy of Counter-Strike: Source, offering screenshots and a middleman contact. The thread goes quiet for weeks before other members pile on, pointing out nobody trades for VAC-banned goods and calling out Cookie1456 for posting the same plea repeatedly across the trading section. It ends with a member sarcastically offering to sell him a copy if he can actually pay for it.

no one is gonna trade you if its vacced retard— jd00

YOU SHOULD BE BANNED !! ... JUST SCAM SOME1 OR GIVE IT UP OR BUY ME ONE BY PAYPAL !!— andr3zit0

he desperatly wants css Lolz..... ill sell 1 to him if he can buy Lol XD— thesource

Trading for UNBANNED CS:S

A VAC-banned CS:S account, some [FKN] points, and a Need for Speed CD key walk into a trade thread...

In this October 2007 Steam Account Trades thread, member Cookie1456 tries to offload a couple of Steam accounts (including one flagged as banned, per posted screenshots) plus forum points and a game CD key, all in hopes of scoring an unbanned CS:S account in return. A couple of members vouch for Cookie1456's trustworthiness, and Jack Daniels briefly offers to trade before backing out, leaving Cookie1456 hanging with a confused 'WHAT?!?!?' as the thread fizzles out.

Im trading these accounts for an UNBANNED CS:S account.— Cookie1456

lol we traded that hes a honets guy its safe to trade with him even w/o middle man because he wants a unbanned css so badly XD— thesource

scratch that nvm— Jack Daniels

Selling CS:S Accounts (3 in good standing) - $6 each

A 2007 flea market post: three Counter-Strike: Source accounts, six bucks a pop, will trade for a CD key

A December 2007 classified-style listing in Fkn0wned's Steam Account Trades subforum, where user Famousss offered three clean (non-banned) CS:S accounts for $6 each, or for trade against CD keys and other Steam accounts. A few members haggled over swaps involving a Call of Duty key and a VAC-banned account, with at least one deal apparently closing via a middleman. It's a small, mundane snapshot of the era's informal Steam account economy before Steam's own trading and account-security systems made this kind of barter obsolete.

willing to trade for other items CD Keys etc— Famousss

Cool cool find a middle man and wer on...— Famousss

Great doin business with you Cookie...— Famousss

css+ heaps for orange box

Steam trader offers a CS:S-stacked account for The Orange Box, gets grilled over a 'hacked' offer instead

A 2007 trading thread where user jacal tries to swap a Steam account loaded with games ('css+ heaps') for an Orange Box account. A brief back-and-forth follows about whether a possibly hacked/VAC-banned account would be accepted, some ribbing when a member misreads the game list, and the usual chorus telling him to just buy Orange Box for $50 instead. It fizzles out with randoms offering AIM/MSN contact and a banned member touting spare Orange Box accounts.

how long ago did you hack it? how did you hack it? and is it vaced?— jacal

Totally not worth it..... Just buy orange box... $50 USA— hunterbrute224

Not really worth an orange box, if it had CSS i would have considered it.— havok123

Selling 6-Digit HL1 Games + CZ Steam Account

A month-old low-key account sale gets bumped and immediately roasted for a suspicious price flip.

A 2007 Steam Account Trades listing where user Zyc3 offered an old low-numbered Half-Life account bundled with Counter-Strike and Condition Zero, taking offers via email or Xfire. The thread went quiet for weeks until fizzer bumped it asking for a price, then almost instantly backpedaled after apparently spotting the same account listed cheaper elsewhere. Regulars Sideways and Legit_Hacks jumped in to clown on the fast about-face, and a couple more members just dropped in to note the thread getting dug up. Pretty minor trade thread, but a nice snapshot of the account-flipping hustle and the community's love of calling out inconsistency.

Changed your mine in 30 seconds.. and bumped a month old thread. l0l— Sideways

Observative are we, nice eye— Legit_Hacks

yeh soz i didnt relise then i saw his other thread with selling it for $5 :s— fizzer

[Sale] Steam Accounts - 2 for Sale, Both Gone in Two Days

Two clean Steam accounts, a middleman deal on MSN, and a quick sold-out — plus a leftover Orange Box nobody got to buy.

A member named andr3zit0 listed two Steam accounts for sale in the Trading section, advertising them as VAC-unbanned and never used in league play, bundled with old Half-Life/Counter-Strike titles. The sale used the classic era's trust ritual — PayPal payment, deal brokered over MSN with a designated [FkN] middleman to vouch for both sides. Both accounts sold within two days, and the thread was closed at the seller's request, with a passing mention of an unrelated Orange Box also up for grabs.

100% Legit and NON VAC BANNED never played on ANY league before.— andr3zit0

since i can't edit my posts.. close this topic.. i have an orange box to sell btw..— andr3zit0

Surpluses of Steam Accounts

A guy dumps four Steam accounts for sale, casually mentions one was phished — nobody even blinks

A December 2007 classified-ad-style thread in the Steam Account Trades subforum where user lragnarok11 lists four old Steam accounts for sale via PayPal, complete with screenshots and digit-count/game-count details as selling points. One listing is offhandedly noted as having been phished by the seller himself, treated as just another feature rather than a red flag. The replies are low-key and technical, with a few members nitpicking whether short numeric IDs necessarily correspond to email-based usernames.

*Note that the 2nd account is phished by me. Don't worry it's not disabled I've had it for 3 weeks now.— lragnarok11

lol... My 6 digit is an email address.— mr.N0Nam3

Steam Account [Sale/Trade] - 7 Games

A CS:S-loaded Steam account, $20 or a top-tier BF2142 trade — classic 2007 Fkn0wned commerce.

A short listing in the Steam Account Trades subforum where user 'thesource' offered up a Steam account bundled with seven games, asking $20 cash or a Battlefield 2142 account ranked above Colonel Gold in trade. A follow-up post added that Steam Points (3500) would also be accepted. The thread got no visible replies, and interestingly the account listed as 'Banned' by the time of this archive snapshot, a small detail of the account-trading era's risks.

For this account I will sell it for $20 For Trading i want a Battlefield 2142 account on a rank higher than colonel gold.— thesource

Since I cant edit my post ill have to post here. I will take 3500 Points also if that is possible.— thesource

2 Steam Accounts For Sale, 5-Digit and 10-Digit

A guy tries to sell a '10-digit' Steam account and immediately gets called out as an obvious scam

In the Steam Account Trades section, a member called onepop advertised two Steam accounts (one with CS:S/HL2DM, another with CS:S, DOD:S, HL2DM, and Garry's Mod) for trade, asking interested buyers to email him for screenshots instead of posting them directly. Other members quickly mocked the listing, ridiculing the claim of a '10-digit' account as an obvious sign of a scam. The thread is short and ends in skepticism rather than a completed trade, a pretty typical fate for sketchy account-trading posts on the board.

lol 10 digit.— k0fighter

Obvious scam, lol @ 10 digit.— Bloodyb

The 100-Post Trading Rule Announcement

The one rule every low-post noob learned the hard way in the trading forum.

A short moderator announcement in the Steam Account Trades subforum laying down a minimum post-count requirement for trading, meant as an anti-scam/spam measure while the forum was between staffing changes. Super Moderator NutterNZ posted the notice stating threads from members under 100 posts would be deleted and the poster warned, until moderators were fully reinstated. It's a small but telling artifact of how the trading section policed itself in the fkn0wned/thec0re era.

fkn0wned doesn't allow people with under 100 posts to trade, untill the forum gets fixed and the mods are put back on everyone will be able to see the trading forum.— NutterNZ

If you make a thread and you have less than 100 posts then it will be deleted and you will be warned.— NutterNZ

Selling 6 Digit

Admin flogs an old-school 6-digit Steam account for the price of a UK pint — ends up walking away with the whole Orange Box.

A short, brisk trading post from site admin Shifty. offering a 6-digit Steam account for $30 (negotiable), with an open offer to trade for Portal and/or Team Fortress 2. Fellow member scuddzilla asked about non-PayPal payment options and bumped his offer to $20, but the deal ultimately closed fast in-thread when Shifty. accepted a full Orange Box trade instead. A tiny, mundane snapshot of the era when low-numbered Steam accounts were genuine trading currency on forums like this.

Selling a 6 digit steam account for $30.— Shifty.

Trade complete. Traded for full Orange Box.— Shifty.

[Sale] Steam Account [OrangeBox]+More

One guy, one Orange Box bundle, one PayPal-only Steam account listing from the twilight days of 2007 trading.

A single-post classified ad from the Steam Account Trades subforum, dated November 2007, where a member called DeathAdder tried to sell off a Steam account he says he got from his cousin in exchange for a Call of Duty 2 key. The account came loaded with the then-fresh Orange Box titles (TF2, Portal, HL2 Episode Two) plus a stack of older Half-Life/CS era games, listed as VAC unbanned and never used on a league or with cheats. It's a small, quiet snapshot of the era's account-flipping economy, back when Steam libraries were still bought and sold like loose change between forum members.

My cousin gave me his account for my Cod2 Key, now im selling— DeathAdder

Never been played on any league(s) before. Never used cheat(s) on this account.— DeathAdder

CoD2 Key for a VAC-Unbanned CSS Account

A spare Call of Duty 2 key, a VAC-banned account sob story, and a middleman-only trade — 2007 grey-market Steam trading in miniature.

In this Steam Account Trades thread, member daxsmoke offers a spare, unused Call of Duty 2 CD key (a duplicate gift from Christmas and his birthday) in exchange for an unbanned Counter-Strike: Source account, insisting on a middleman for the swap. Another member, andr3zit0, asks whether the CD key could instead be used to upgrade an existing Steam account with CoD2. The exchange is short, casual, and ends with daxsmoke joking about his post count coming from browsing porn and grabbing 'wares' he can't crack himself — a very typical slice of the forum's laid-back, trade-and-banter culture.

WILL USE A MIDDLE MAN ONLY.— daxsmoke

the reason my points are gay like that is cause I look at too much pr0n and get to many wares when i dont know how to crack them myself— daxsmoke

Looking For TF2.

A quiet little Steam trade post from 2007, right when Team Fortress 2 was brand new and everybody wanted in.

A short, low-key trading post in the Steam Account Trades subforum where user dshizzle was hunting for a Steam account that had Team Fortress 2 on it, offering their own 8-digit, never-hacked, barely-used account in exchange. Fellow member DCLXVI quickly chimed in offering to act as middleman, a common trust mechanism for account trades on the forum at the time. The thread is brief, just two replies, capturing an ordinary corner of the site's trading culture in the earliest days of TF2's release.

I am really only looking for an account with tf2 on it, but offer away.— dshizzle

I'm happy to be your middleman.— DCLXVI

Selling CSS, DOD:S, HL2 - $20

A $20 Steam bundle listing that captures trading forums back when Steam accounts were basically flea market goods.

A quick classified-style trade post from Fkn0wned.com's Steam Account Trades subforum, where user DCLXVI offered a Steam account bundled with Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, and the Half-Life 2 titles for $20 USD. Notable mainly because the poster, DCLXVI, held a Supervisor staff rank on the site, showing even mods dabbled in the account trading scene. A small snapshot of the informal, low-stakes Steam account resale culture common on cheat/gaming forums in the late 2000s.

SELLING CSS, DOD:S AND HL2:DM and HL2:LC for $20.00 USD. PM me if you are interested. It's 8 digit, not VAC banned.— DCLXVI