Valve will no longer return items lost in Steam trade scams

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Lose an in-game item in a Steam trade scam and you could previously ask Valve to get it back. But that's no longer the case.
In a policy change, Valve has now decided to cease reimbursing scam victims - because the scams themselves should be too identifiable to fall prey for.
"We sympathise with people who fall victim to scams, but we provide enough information on our website and within our trading system to help users make good trading decisions," Valve's updated Steam Trading Q&A states.
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