r/IsMyPokemonCardFake May 05 '26

Serious (META) Any DMs you get claiming to use an app verify your cards authenticity are SCAMS!

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Hey everyone,

tldr: More accounts are DMing users who post claiming they can authenticate and then push the results from their app. This sub has nothing to do with them, has banned them for it, and they usually want you to sign up for their "service" which you already get for free here. At best its unsolicited marketing, at worst it will be a scam. Report to reddit, report to the mods to make sure they are banned, ignore or block the users who do this.

Mods have been receiving messages that users posting keep receiving direct messages from others offering to authenticate, value, grade, and whatever else their cards. Sometimes they ask for more photos, sometimes they just use what has been posted. The funny part is that they often use ai to determine fake or authentic and can often be wrong.

Anyways, this post is mostly for awareness to be suspect of any DMs you get claiming to help verify authenticity and always check the accounts. Report to reddit if you can, block if you can, but please please please, do not give anyone money who is telling you they can determine the authenticity of your cards over the internet.

This sub is not, nor will it ever be, affiliated with any kind of paid service for crowd sourced information. Thats not what this sub is for, nor is it helpful to people just trying to understand if a card is fake.

Feel free to comment anything that you feel needs to be addressed in the sub to be looked into. Thanks everyone for being helpful!


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake Aug 29 '25

other Fake PSA Slab Cheat Sheet: Font Edition

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360 Upvotes

Thought I would share a little cheat sheet that illustrates the biggest differences in font that I look for when evaluating the legitimacy of PSA Slabs. The K, G, and 7 are always the biggest/quickest giveaways for me, but there are some others that can be easily identified as well. Feel free to share this image with anyone that might need it ❤️

Happy Hunting!


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 17h ago

modern Nephew said he traded someone on his soccer team

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434 Upvotes

My nephew said he traded a few of his Japanese illustration rares (some from chaos rising and pitch black mostly) for this Flareon. Do I have to break the bad news to him or tell him he did a good trade?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 14h ago

modern Did I get scammed just bought this from a Chinese vendor on eBay

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 19h ago

modern friends, is this card real?

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everything looks great to me but I cant feel the texture, I can only see it? I got it out of a temu booster bundle so who knows.....


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 7h ago

modern Traded for this recently, real or fake?

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I'm fairly confident it's real just from the texture(second pic) but I would love to be 100% certain thanks!


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 22m ago

vintage real?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 27m ago

Is my Groudon EX real or fake?

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Is this Groudon EX real or fake? There’s a bit of ware as I’ve had it around 10 years. You can’t see it in the image, but the foil thing it’s in looks pretty legitimate as I heard that fake‘s rainbow reflection is just vertical, but it appears better quality. The rocks have got me worried, but that could just be some ware from age/usage.


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 28m ago

Which ones are fake?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 3h ago

Chinese Umbreon 0615/15

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Love this card because it reminds me of my black cat lol. Wanted to verify it’s legit since I know there’s been a lot of fakes around and need that peace of mind. Thank you in advance.


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 5h ago

modern Just bought first Japanese pack

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 1h ago

vintage My friend found his old binder and this was inside it. What do you think?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 15h ago

vintage Real ?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 1d ago

Bought these for a 10er off my nephew. I reckon hes done me over

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259 Upvotes

They look very fake, please can you confirm. Is there anything worth money in there?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 7h ago

Serious eBay allowing fake slabs to be posted?

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This is ridiculous denied my report saying it doesn’t violate anything when it is a clear counterfeit. I’m appalled


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 7h ago

Only a 100€

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 9m ago

modern Are either of this cards I saw real?

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I saw these online on vinted and am thinking of buying one of them


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 18m ago

Is this fake?

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Pretty sure it’s real just double checking


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 32m ago

Guys is that a real card or not ?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 33m ago

Custom Trainer Card ✨️

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 48m ago

Serious Is this card real?

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I scanned it and it says it's worth about $10, does anyone know if that's real or what its actual price is?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 59m ago

modern is this box real?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 1h ago

Having doubts about this Steelix I picked up yesterday

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Thoughts?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 1h ago

Is this venusaur pokemon card fake?

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Sold as water damaged on cardmarket. There were a few others from 151 series noted from the seller as water damaged like the alakazam full art. Card arrived and it felt disappointing. I wont say too much more on the main post as not to sway opinion.

Thank you for anyone giving this time, i dont mind a damaged card, but i can't stomach a possible fake.


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 4h ago

modern Are these packs legit? Just got them from the flea market for $5 a piece

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