BEWARE! Multiple FAKE PSA 10 Base Set 1st edition Charizards

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Dear Pokemon Community,

Recently we have been offered multiple FAKE PSA 10 Base Set 1st edition Charizard Holos from different people. We have already notified PSA and also some of the larger Pokemon YouTubers. Here are the 2 cert numbers that were faked: 28930334 and 21160418

If you own a PSA 10 Base Set 1st edition Charizard, please check your cert. If it’s one of these two, you will need to contact Jackie Curiel at PSA at 949-567-1254. Unfortunately you will have to take your genuine card to PSA to get cracked open and re-slabbed with a new cert number. This actually happened to a PSA 10 Base Set 1st edition Charizard card that we recently bought which now has a new cert.

Remember, if a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is so please be careful when buying. Stay well everyone.

FAKE Card #1

FAKE Card #2 Front

FAKE Card #2 Back

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Would almost be a passable fake if they didn’t get the PSA font so wrong. Thick and stretched out of proportion.

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I cannot believe that some lowlife would actually take the time to produce an illegitimate repliduction of the most hyped and talked about card of all time, a Chazarad. I am shaking and about to cry. Thank you for bringing this breaking news to us only a year after replicas started getting popular.

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Sorry this happened to you and thank you for alerting us all

A question about the fake you are displaying - does it have the PSA logo stamped on the plastic holder itself on the bottom right of the holder? I can’t tell from the pics. If it does, that’s actually an impressive fake all things considered

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You would think the label would be the easiest thing to fake, but they still can’t make it look good?

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These fakes are really, really bad, especially #1. The scammers have a long way to go

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Came here to say this.
Their target is literally someone new to the hobby and willing to drop thousands of dollars. LOL
I can’t imagine scammers actually having any success… ?

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Then you have stuff like this: ebay.us/U50Kd0

Someone paying 8.4k for a fake. The grading company is real though :dizzy_face:

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the first card is pretty obvious. everything about it screams fake.
the second one is not much better. is the card small or what? it doesn’t sit in the case correctly. there is a lot of space. also the back screams misgrade all day.

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www.ebay.com/itm/294365187446

www.ebay.com/itm/265147862724?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D5f6a98d68f044936b7d9cff66b620268%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D294365187446%26itm%3D265147862724%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DWizards+of+the+Coast&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Acd3860d1-0ac2-11ec-a117-06898251fc8b%7Cparentrq%3A9ef180a017b0a9f10c5aaccbffea646a%7Ciid%3A1

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super pissed off I bought the US one thinking it was a noob seller now some scammer has my money and information, good ol ebay says wait

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Not really the same as buying a fake card but I feel your pain bro. That sucks!

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This sets a horrible precedent, someone makes a shitty ms paint label and slabs an obviously fake card and the original owner has to risk sending a 6 figure card to PSA to get cracked out and reslabbed? If this happened to me, living in Australia, I would have to spend thousands of dollars to ship out the card if I could even find someone to fully insure.

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Agreed. There is little chance I’d send my hypothetical $300k zard in, even if PSA is fully insuring the ship, due to the risk of damage through handling during the reslab process. Especially not when the fakes look like complete shit

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Is this an unnecessarily nasty response to the thoughtful OP, or am I missing something?

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pokecourse.com/welcome/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=collectorscache

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LMAOOOO

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Yes, and? Rusty reviewed that and it’s not some scam as Mr. 4/5 Stars (loljk) suggests, and many people actually find it highly informative.

The guy posted here sharing genuinely helpful information after being in touch with PSA. Why respond with an irrelevant insult of the thing you linked?

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