fkn0wned archive

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

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

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

For Sale: Left 4 Dead 2 Account Plus 26 Other Games

A phished L4D2 account goes up for sale — and everyone in the thread just wants to know if it'll get yanked back first

VIP member DvS listed a Steam account (openly noted as phished) bundled with 26 other games, including Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Fallout 3, Street Fighter 4, and some Half-Life titles, asking for PayPal only. Several regulars, including Slickz and Rock Superstar, warned that L4D2 accounts obtained this way were getting instantly recovered by their original owners, sparking a back-and-forth about whether the thread should even be allowed to stand. DvS kept posting updates tracking whether the account had been reclaimed yet, while buyers like vermiLLion and EAGER lingered, waiting to see if it would survive long enough to purchase. It's a small, everyday snapshot of the Market Place grind: stolen goods, skepticism, and a slow-motion countdown to repossession.

the l4d2 accounts = instant retreive :D so dont sellem yet :D— Slickz

If you request, ill hold this account for 2 more days too see if it gets retrieved— DvS

still not retrieved yet, also added another l4d2 acc w/ left 4 dead 1, street fiter 4, tf2, fallout 3, and some half life games— DvS

[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

Shiney's Vouch Thread

The receipts thread for a VIP trader who dealt in keys, hacks, and MegaUpload accounts — nobody ever came back with a complaint.

This is a Market Place 'User Review' thread, essentially a vouch/feedback page for a VIP member named Shiney. Over about seven months (mid-2009 into early 2010), a string of other members chimed in confirming smooth deals — swaps involving game keys, a hack, Steam accounts, an MSDN invite, and a MegaUpload lifetime account. It reads like a trust ledger typical of the era's gaming/cheat scene market boards, where reputation was built one 'legit, would deal again' post at a time. No drama here — just a clean, glowing track record.

Please leave your wonderful reviews~ <3— Shiney

Bought a MegaUpload Lifetime account off me, smooth trader - this guy's legit.— inSpired

Once again, another perfect transaction. Instant payment, and a pleasure to do business with.— zEpp

Selling Beast RuneScape Acc! (Mystik's Market Place listing)

A self-proclaimed ex-MM hawks a maxed-out RuneScape account, then bumps it into the void for a week straight

A Market Place listing from veteran member Mystik offering a high-level RuneScape account (121 quest points, loaded members-items bank) for sale, with strict 'I don't go first' terms and MSN-only negotiation. A couple of members expressed interest and haggled over price via PM, one got warned for a low-effort 'pmub' spam bump, and the thread mostly consists of Mystik repeatedly bumping their own post over several days trying to close a sale. Classic era-appropriate RS account flipping thread, capped off with a last-minute buyer dropping their MSN in the replies.

Wont get retrieved <3— Mystik

B ump U p M y P ost— Mystik

Thank's for the spam /Warned— Mystik

User Review board (Market Place reputation threads)

Where every trade lived or died on rep — one bad SteamShop deal and your name was mud forever.

This was Fkn0wned's User Review subforum under Market Place, basically the community's vouch/feedback system — members opened personal threads asking anyone they'd traded with to post reviews, alongside scattered scam reports calling out shady traders. It's a dense index of individual reputation threads from mid-to-late 2009, spanning Steam account/key trades, general item trades, and at least one named scammer callout. The vibe is classic self-policing marketplace culture: no escrow, no mods babysitting deals, just public feedback threads and the occasional 'scammer' thread trying to warn people off.

[Scammer]parkie (500k Club Member)— 1up

[ScamReport] Me & ap3x scammed by winrar— KreaT!vE

Review me if you've trade/bought/or sold to me.— hard[kor]

Want to Buy Something for $5

A guy accidentally paypal'd himself $5 and the marketplace tried to auction off everything from crypters to... other services.

Silent82 posted a lighthearted Market Place thread asking for offers on how to spend a stray $5 sitting in an unverified PayPal account he couldn't transfer back. Responses ranged from joke offers to a genuine suggestion to buy a FUD crypter, with Silent82 asking about antivirus detection rates. The thread is a small, goofy snapshot of the forum's Market Place culture, mixing crude humor with cheat-scene shoptalk.

e-Blow Job $4.99— XpliciteR

vid of me having a wank, priceless— -Alex

this shit will make you as straight as a banana,— -Alex

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 at any price !

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

Paypal

A member wanted a 'free PayPal hack' and offered up his Steam account and a co-leader spot in return — the forum shut him down in three replies.

A low-post-count member named paul985 posted in the Market Place asking for a supposed 'PayPal hack' that would generate free money, offering his Steam account and a co-leadership role in a clan he planned to build as payment. He almost immediately realized he hadn't met the 100-post minimum required to post in the Market Place and asked for the thread to be locked. Two more senior members, misterfopje and Kimmi, chimed in mainly to clarify that no such 'PayPal hack' exists, with Kimmi vaguely suggesting logging as an alternative. The thread is a quick, mildly amusing snapshot of naive newbie requests and the community's blunt reality-checks.

I am looking for some free paypal money. If anyone could give me a paypal hack with proof that it works, I will give them my steam acct.— paul985

I already can tell you, that a paypal hack doesn't exist..— misterfopje

A paypal hack doesn't exist, you can try logging them though.— Kimmi

[Buy] Counter-Strike 1.6 steam-nonsteam attacker

New guy asks to buy a server-nuking tool, gets roasted and shut down in five replies flat.

A brand-new member with only two posts tried to buy a Counter-Strike 1.6 'flooder/attacker' tool to take down game servers, violating the Market Place's 100-post minimum requirement right out of the gate. Veteran member f0wh shot down the request as unrealistic and pointed him toward a botnet setup elsewhere instead, while the OP's own post (self-deprecating and rude in the same breath) didn't help his case. Admin ap3x locked the thread almost immediately, citing f0wh's reasoning as justification.

I can pay for this programm [counter-strike 1.6 flooder/attacker, in order to rip any server]— Hotman

I don't think an effective flooder that you're looking for even exist, unless you mean a direct ddos with bots.— f0wh

If you're looking for a botnet + irc server setup, go to hackforums.net and make this thread.— f0wh

Trading steam account for a modded Xbox 360 controller

One guy tried to swap his old 8-digit Steam account for a rapid-fire controller — the forum was not impressed.

In the Market Place section, longtime member 2QuiK offered up an old, non-VAC-banned Steam account (loaded with CS 1.6, CSS, Condition Zero, DoD:S, and Garry's Mod) in exchange for a modded Xbox 360 rapid-fire controller. Other members quickly pushed back on the valuation, pointing out that modded controllers were worth far more than an old 8-digit Steam account, with one member bluntly pricing the account at only $5-10. The thread fizzles out with a joking non-offer from another user who'd tossed his own controller in a pond, and no trade appears to have gone through.

Modded Controllers are like 100$— MrThirsty

Not to flame your thread or anything but if thats an 8 digit account your offering it's worth about 5-10 dollars— MrThirsty

fail lol ide do it but i threw my controller in a pond...FMW2— colorblu

15$ Level 56 Hunter Night Elf WoW Account for Sale

A dusty WoW account listing for fifteen bucks, complete with a nerd-jab and a bot confession.

A Market Place listing from longtime member ABACABB offering a level 56 Night Elf hunter account, claiming original ownership and a cheap $15 price tag. The thread quickly derails from the sale itself into a couple of one-liners about WoW being for nerds and running bots on the account. Typical low-stakes account trading thread from the forum's Market Place section, gated behind the 100-post rule to sell.

i have a 56 hunter thats collecting (used to raf a toon on main account) 15$ super cheap!— ABACABB

World of Warcraft is a game for nerds!— cixxa

ikr^^ I just like to run bots with it :p— smexy123

S> Steam Account (h4voCK's Market Place Listing)

A member sells off his personal VAC-clean Steam account for $20 — a tiny time capsule of the pre-Steam-Guard era.

A short Market Place listing where longtime member h4voCK offers his personal Steam account for sale, no trades accepted, and states he won't go first unless dealing with a trusted FkN member. Smod PopTart chimes in to ask basic vetting questions (digit count, VAC status), which h4voCK answers plainly. Four days later a low-post member, juzzy, drops a lowball $20 offer with a personal email — a good snapshot of how casual and low-stakes account trading was on the board back then.

Selling my personal steam. No trades.— h4voCK

I won't go first unless you're trusted here on FkN.— h4voCK

$20 email me at [email protected]— juzzy

COD MW2 Steams - Market Place

One member wanted a cheap Steam account for MW2, another sold one for $15 via MSN — that's the whole 2010 economy right there.

A short, low-key Market Place thread from April 2010 where user [C]hrome asked for a 'safe and reliable' MW2 Steam account. j00j07 offered one for sale for $15 (with a Battlefield: Bad Company 2 account also mentioned), directing the deal to MSN messenger. A couple of days later Etern1ty chimed in with a 'WTB' (want to buy) reply. It's a tiny, mundane slice of the site's account/key trading scene, notable mostly as a snapshot of how casually accounts were bought and sold on fkn0wned back in the day.

Anyone have any safe and reliable MW2 steams for sale?— [C]hrome

I've got one for $15. Hit me up on MSN... I also have BF: BC2.— j00j07

WTB! message me!— Etern1ty

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

Trading / Looking for 7 Digit Account

Two Steam accounts, one low-digit dream — classic Market Place bait that fizzled fast.

A Market Place listing where user sunshinehorror offered up two Steam accounts (an 11-million and a 31-million numbered account, stacked with games like CSS, L4D2, 1.6, DOD, and HL2 titles) in hopes of trading both for a single coveted 7-digit account. An [FkN] admin, ap3x, swooped in mainly to relocate the thread to the correct subforum and point to the market rules. The OP thanked the mod and tried a lone bump, but the thread shows no further bites — a quiet, unremarkable trade attempt typical of the Market Place grind.

Trading Two Accounts for a 7 Digit account With CSS— sunshinehorror

Please read this. Moved to correct forum.— ap3x

hey thanks for moving it for me. BUMPS!— sunshinehorror

STeam acc for sale with CS:CZ - written by Izeman

One-post wonder tries to sell a Steam account, gets insta-slapped and locked in under a minute.

A brand-new member with a single post attempted to sell a Steam account bundled with Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and 1.6, asking for PayPal or premium days in return. Market Place moderator PopTart shut it down almost immediately, pointing out the seller hadn't met the required 100-post minimum to post in the trading section. The thread was locked within a minute of being posted, a classic case of a newcomer not reading the rules.

hi, i sale here a steam account with cs:CZ and cs:/1.6 , please give me a good price per paypal or premium days— Izeman

Holy shit does nobody read the rules anymore? /closed— PopTart

7dig steam — sold to Sinista

A quick, no-drama Steam account sale from the Fkn0wned Market Place — closed out in under a day.

A brief, closed Market Place listing from February 2010 where user boselect sold a '7dig steam' item/account to Sinista. The buyer confirmed the deal went smoothly with no issues, and the thread was marked sold and locked shortly after. A completely mundane but representative slice of the forum's trading subculture, showing the community's post-count-gated market rules in action.

Sold to Sinista— boselect

quick transaction for the account, no hiccups. (:— Sinista

Trade a Demonoid Invite for a Jordan Flight Club Code

tracyfan_1 wanted to swap a golden-ticket Demonoid invite for... sneaker forum access

A brief 2010 Market Place listing where longtime member tracyfan_1 offered to trade a coveted Demonoid invitation code for an invite to the Jordan Flight Club forum. The thread got exactly one reply, from newer member cixxa, who simply asked what a 'Jordan Flight Club' invitation even was — and the trade appears to have died right there. A small, quiet snapshot of the era when invite-only tracker codes and hyped-up sneaker forums were both hot underground currency.

i have some demonoid invitations, and at the moment i want to trade one of them for a Jordan Flight Club invitation code.— tracyfan_1

what is a "jordan flight club" invatation?— cixxa

Need Rapidshare

Guy offers three game keys just to borrow someone's Rapidshare account

A quick Market Place post from member hitmanre asking if anyone had a Rapidshare account (ideally one with high download traffic) to spare, offering game keys for BF2, CoD4, and CoD5 in exchange. The thread was promptly moved to the Market Place board by moderator PopTart, and no deal appears to have been struck in the visible thread. A small, mundane snapshot of the file-hosting economy that underpinned a lot of early forum trading culture.

I need RS account, preferrable one with lots of dl traffic, but if u cant it dosnt matter, ill give u 1 bf2 key 1 cod4 key 1 cod5 key— hitmanre

/moved to market— PopTart

Steam With 24 Games - $80

One-post wonder tries to flip a Steam account for $80, gets insta-slammed by the mods

A brand-new member with a single post attempted to sell a Steam account loaded with 24 games for $80 in the Market Place section. Admin ap3x closed the thread within an hour, citing the Market Place's 100-post minimum requirement for selling and adding a sarcastic remark about not being interested in the deal. A short, unremarkable listing that mostly serves as an example of the forum's strict market rules being enforced against low-post-count sellers.

i sell steam with 24 games!! SteamCommunity Price: $80 Need $$ NOW!!— UnknOwn_

Sure i'll totally buy a steam for $80— ap3x

Steam Account for Sale (Locked in Under an Hour)

One post, one price, one facedesk — a Market Place listing that died almost as fast as it was born.

A brand-new member named sonicboom, with just a single post to their name, tried to sell a Steam account for $69-79 in the Fkn0wned Market Place. The listing ignored the board's well-known 100-post minimum requirement for sellers, and within about an hour admin ap3x locked the thread with a sarcastic 'facedesk' image macro. A quick, minor snapshot of how tightly the Market Place rules were enforced.

Password will be given after purchase. I will not be holding responsibility after you have bought my account.— sonicboom

This topic has been closed by a moderator(me). Reason: [facedesk image]— ap3x

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

Selling 7Dig HL1|HL2|MW2 — Sp4wN's Market Place listing

A 2-year vet tries to offload a bundled Steam account (HL1/HL2/MW2 digital copies) in the Market Place.

A short Market Place listing from user Sp4wN, offering a game account/copies covering Half-Life, Half-Life 2, and Modern Warfare 2 ('7Dig' bundle). The post is bare-bones: just a screenshot, MSN contact, and a note about the account's age and VAC status, typical of the forum's account-trading threads. The surrounding page shows the site's Market Place rules requiring 100+ posts to sell, plus era-typical ad clutter (a bodybuilding supplement giveaway banner) and a stray 'Hide hack is working now' status note, capturing the low-effort classifieds vibe of the board.

Had account for 2 years.— Sp4wN

Vac: In good standing— Sp4wN

Zeksta's COD 4 Keyshop

9 leftover CoD4 keys, bulk discounts, and a lonely bump nobody answered.

A small Market Place listing where member zeksta tried to sell off a stock of Call of Duty 4 CD keys, offering bulk pricing tiers and a per-customer limit (with wiggle room 'for exceptions'). The thread got one follow-up bump asking why no one was buying, and that's where it ended — a quiet, unremarkable little corner of the marketplace rather than a big event.

Bump, no one at all want a key?— zeksta

Though, exceptions can be made ;)— zeksta

Selling a VAC2-banned 27-game Steam account

A VAC-banned Steam account from 2004, stacked with 27 games, up for grabs for basically pocket change

Member zanderdanmark posted a Market Place listing offering an old (2004-era) Steam account that had been VAC2 banned, still bundled with 27 games including the original Half-Life catalog, CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, and Garry's Mod. He wasn't asking for much — around $10 or a trade for a clean CS:S account — noting he didn't really need it anymore. A pretty mundane, low-stakes classifieds post typical of the forum's Market Place section, capturing that early-2010s era when banned/loaded Steam accounts were casually flipped for a few bucks.

Good if ur a cs 1.6 player :)— zanderdanmark

I know its not worth that much but i dont need it.— zanderdanmark

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

WoW Account Trade: Level 21 Burning Blade Wanted

One lonely 2009 post: a member offering his level 21 Arygos character for a trade, no noobs allowed.

A short, single-post Market Place listing from August 2009 where member xdan38x sought to trade his level 21 World of Warcraft character (Arygos server) for an equivalent level 21+ character on Burning Blade. He noted the character came with some gold and starter gear, linked an Armory profile, and insisted he wouldn't go first in the trade, wary of scammers. The thread got no replies, a small time capsule of the site's account-trading culture and the 100-post rule meant to keep low-effort traders out.

No noobs, I don't go first. So don't bother if you don't trust me.— xdan38x