Damn, that's scary! I think the fake would fool most people on eBay or FB photos, especially if they're charging an expected price🤯

This is insanely similar. I would've never known

Honestly even after watching the video I find it hard to tell the difference. Another factor is that PSA have had many small changes to their slabs over the years, so even 2 genuine slabs can look wildly different.

I wonder if eBay's authentication process would catch these fakes

This is why I'm staying away from slabs, Jake, I don't know ENOUGH as a new collector, THANK YOU!!!!

I hate how this is a thing. Makes me worry for the non graded market.

Thanks for sharing and bringing awareness of this to everyone. I wish more KZfaqrs mention when buying slabs it doesn't guarantee it's not fake as the slab itself can be faked.

Its gonna get to the point where the fake is indistinguishable from the real deal. At that point fake cards are going to be real if not even PSA can disprove it. Sad future for collectors.

pulling up the scan of the fake card vs the real card using the psa number you can visibly tell that the fake card is indeed fake, since the corners are all jacked up vs the scan. Whic his pretty much mint.

Thanks, Jake! I wonder if the QR Code on the fake slab would scan to PSA. I couldn't get it to, but my phone was able to scan to PSA for the real one. These are getting scary real.

Wild that they can get that level of texturing on the card but still get the label wrong lol

To be honest I had a hard time identifying the real vs fake

Finally ive been waiting for this because ive never owned a psa slab and im looking to purchase one as a my first but with no history of owning one i have to put 100% trust on the seller.

Have you tried shining a black light on the fake and real PSA slab? I believe there is some reactive ink that should appear legit cards.

Thanks, very good vid and explanations. Continue like this 👍

I wouldn't even trust ones with correct labels anymore because they can just get a psa10 cert crack it open and resubmit to get multiple certs of psa 10. So you have to compare it to a real slab now.

You go far and beyond to acquire a PSA10 card just to find out its fake as if collecting cardboard wasn't hard already with weather, temperature and other factors that could possibly ruin your collection we have to deal with this problem too.

Thank you for the informative details!It's helpful:)

Hey Jake - thanks for the video. Do you know if the fake slabs have the hidden PSA logos that you have to see with a blacklight? That's usually my go-to for checking slabs

I own that pikachu master battle set card. I got them back when they first came out and when they weren't even remotely as valuable and collectable as they are today. I can see the issues when you move it about, but if you had that in an ebay auction as a static image, with only moderately good images, you could dismiss a lot of the problems unless you're being exceptionally careful. These are impressively good, and could do a lot of damage to the hobby. It's really sad. Technology being what it is today, they should be able to do more at PSA to compete with these cons. They could do holographics that can't be reproduced, or use exotic inks that only show under blacklight. Print the PSA number into these. Do an embossed stamp into the label. Put a chip or rfid into it that generates a random number that matches an archive record, and then when scanned using a PSA app or reader it will validate the card. Anything that is difficult and costly to replicate.

i just about to ask PSA logo on corner...then you showed it....damn they so good!!! i hope pokemon youtuber always update about lates fake so people know.

have you tried using a black light on the fake lable? the real ones suppose to have PSA in the background of the front and back of the lable

The problem is if your deep in the hobby you can see it relatively easy. That being said, I would say most people aren't trying to put this much work into not buying fakes...that's one of the reasons PSA exists so they don't have to worry about fakes ( as a consumer ). We all know that's not true, so thanks again for keeping this Public service announcement alive for the newer collectors.

I feel like I should be shocked about counterfeit PSA cards but I'm not, even still I'll be sure to be extra careful when buying any slabs in the future. Good video 👍

If you were at a card show and it was crowded this would easily get someone. And I have seen some of the fake pikachu grey felt they are just as good.

I wonder how many fake 1st edition Zard slabs there are out there!

I wonder if PSA has reference cards for each card they grade? How many fake cards are in real slabs? I'm sure there's gotta be a few.

wow its so close i know i would have fell for it

think about the ungrade market😢 I am scared

This would totally pass to alot of people. If they would have copied an older cert number, like in the 3s or 4s, most people wont have a similiarly aged slab from that era laying around to compare side by side and they could use the old cert style to justify the diffrences they might have noticed.

This is super helpful! Thank you!

Your videos butter My biscuits thank you

This sucks. I just started collecting again because of the nostalgia. I just compared some PSA 10 slabs i bought and thank god it is the real thing! Just bought some more on ebay and I hope they will be real!

I still can't tell even after watching this video. I don't know if my PSA cards i bought are real or fake.

I noticed the colors right away, I haven’t really looked at enough slabs to notice the label font. Definitely would be difficult to tell without a real one to reference though.

The fact that people are getting away with this is absolutely terrifying!

I’m new to collecting and I noticed strait away the font could see strait away the blurry and the card colouring I’d only ever buy from smiths,Argos Pokemon center and places like tht as I dnt trust people I do want to buy some psa graded cards but I’ll get them from KZfaqr Pokemon people then I no there legit

Honestly I do not think that I would be able to identify this fake. I do not have any slaps myself so I am lacking the experience but those fakes looke really well done!

The rear q/r code. There are 3 small squares in the corners. The fake is 2 top corners and and bottom left as the real one has both bottom and top right.

Thanks for the info, im selling some of my personal collection and never had anything graded so this defo puts me off unfortunately. The hobby is ruined with fakes, allow me to break bones of people that make fakes 😂

wait so... besides the font on the slab, what else is the difference on the card itself on the outbreak pikachu? Like, I can spot the difference on the other card with the holo (especially with the real one next to it), but since the outbreak doesn't have any holo/texture, how else will someone be able to tell the difference out in the wild if there were no slab to base the authenticity?

I don't think there's any other choice at this point, PSA is going to have to change their traditional label sticker. It's just too easy to mimic it at this point. I could probably tell if I had the slab in direct eyesight but as a photo on ebay or just looking at them from this video you can get confused and unsure.

At the two pikachu slabs II had to stop and think. The red border on the label on the fake slab is actually way more evenly proportional. The real slabs red border is really fat on the top line and sloppily uneven on every side. Idk much about psa so i dunno if there is a reason for that.

Incredible !!!! The fake looks to be the real one

Hi Jake. Did the fakes have the PSA UV logos?

Great vid👏🏼🔥

Ok so I haven't even started the video yet.... The number 1 way I know to spot a fake graded card is the PSA is supposed to be chrome not matte and PSA uses a certain kinda texture on the cases and if you suspect the card is fake the colors on the back will be off. If your able to see the edge of the card take a gem spect and look at the edge real cards have white black white because the ink mark between layers fake cards will be solid white not having that ink mark.

Do these fakes pass the blacklight test?

Can the fake copy the black light PSA label?

would be hard to tell if you can't compare it side by side.

So crazy people are faking it

Hi Jake, does TCG ship to Canada? Or is it strictly just USA?

Ugh. These fakes ruin the fun in the hobby. Totally not cool.

Thanks for sharing!

Don't gonna lie. You got me in the first minute

you're surprised they didn't get the reflective lighthouse psa label correct?! it's proprietary that's going to be the only thing they can't copy it cost a lot to get that made for psa lol

Thank you for this video

@twicebakedjake There is a very simple, reliable and fast way to check if a PSA slab is real or fake. Look at the PSA silver foil in the middle : real slabs have psa written in the foil, yours is shiny with no text. I had a slab with nasdac written in the foil.

so even the card itself is fake ? not just the slab ?

Do auction houses, such as PWCC or Goldin, review these in detail ? They're definitely reputable sources. Thus, not sure how deep they go into reviewing this kind of stuff.

I wanna get fakes for my brothers birthday present lol

I feel as though the label method is a bit inaccurate. I have cards that I know are real since I graded them at PSA myself over different times (2xxxxxx certs vs 5xxxxxx certs) and their fonts they use are slightly thicker/thinner so they’re quite inconsistent at PSA.

But when you scan the psa QR code it recognises

Damn now im scare to even buy graded card too.

This is crazy. Scammers are next level these days

I didn't even know there were fake graded slabs

Cant belive this is happening now.

Is relatively easy to spot for now. We are about see and experience leaps and bounds of technological advancements that will make it even closer to the original. So my question is what, then? The hobby dies? This isnt a matter of IF, its a matter of WHEN? And that is soon. It would be silly to argue that it can't be done, it can and will be done if there's money to be made.

Dude from the image you posted the texture shows up on the fake one. It makes the real one look like it has no texture. But after a long look the blockiness of the bar code is a give away but you holding it in hand in the video and see the psa lable it becomes obvious . This makes sellers on line and not buying in person very scary

Jeez, what a cool card

The Fake’s QPR code does not work. I took a screen shot on the video and the real one pulls up, the fake no response. You can do this with any PSA card posted online. Look at the picture of the back of the slab, zoom in, grab a second phone and see if it pulls it up. If it won’t, tread with caution, definitely ask for a clear picture of the QPR code. I’m surprised Jake didn’t bring this up.

You don’t really like answering any of the comments do you?

i think the main give away is the lighthouse holo.

So scary that there getting so good at fooling people, without videos like this I would have no idea as don’t have any PSA graded cards in my collection

8:35 Not onlyis that not a perfect answer. It's not an answer at all. . "How do you beat the level in the game?" "You beat it, but not losing in the first place" Yeah, no shit my guy. 😂😂 You did give soid examples on the slab and card, so, ironically, you did give good advice. But your "best advice" was really silly.

Thanks

Is stock x legit place for Pokemon cards does anyone no

use black light on the label

meh, I'll still be scammed if I run across one of those the only real solution is if PSA made their slab more difficult to replicate by adding some sort of security feature

You can use a ultra violet lamp too to spot a fake.

And the buyer will never knows....🤷

What if they break it out of the slab and sell it on eBay that's scary. Can you break the fake 1 and make a vid

So about fakes In united states only and through ebay. There is a way to avoid it for the buyer not much for the seller is authenticity guarantee. Sometimes the seller would get hit with the "oh this item is fake" when its real but as a buyer you are completely safe. Also authenticity guarantee isn't available for all countries. For example if you see graded cards coming from canada they by pass the authenticity guarantee. That's why when you see something like Moonbreon Psa 10 sometimes you don't see Authenticity guarantee because they are from a country that does not offer it.

Doesn't PSA now use water marks and micro printing in their label? Could have sworn they did, I'll have to double check that at home later.

the world is full of lies

You should had tested the blue light.

Doesn't this mean that it's inevitable that the hobby dies? As technology gets more and more advanced, soon almost anyone will be able to order printers, materials, or anything they need to make exact copies or at least 99.99% of the real thing that no expert can tell the difference?

Just nabbed a cgc 10 Starmie v trainer gallery for 51$ is it fake or nah?! Leave a comment I’ll reply with the verdict when it comes in

So on all fakes there is no Holo on the PSA symbol?

Its fking over bro fake one is too good

The fake cards corners look wrong.

This one should be a 10 second video. Don’t buy graded cards and don’t pay attention to graded cards. All grading companies are incompetent beyond belief so why would you trust a minimum wage employee that doesn’t care about the card.

Wow thanks for the insight!

Long story short: if you dont see it in real, it is almost impossible to see if it is real or fake

I would like to know if there are some spots on the back of Pokemon cards where you could see the difference easily under the lupe, like color dots on the back of Magic cards.

This hobby is becoming less and less fun

To the people doing this: Dude just go get a job and stop ruining the hobby with these!!

A lot of people forget to shine a black light on the label. There’s an invisible ink that shows up only under black light.

Good vid, but dude... "don't buy a fake" can't be a tip when you're trying to teach us on how to not buy a fake..... 😂 The part about researching the context of the card, seller, and the deal as a whole makes sense, but you can't use "don't buy a fake" as a tip. This is like using a word in the definition of a word...

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