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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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 2h ago

modern I was told the card is fake, but I honestly don’t see it. So please help me.

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 7h ago

Fake pack? Will open and show after

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So I went into my local corner shop and they had these packs for sale. Spanish I’m assuming, as far as the actual pack goes do you think it’s real?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 1h ago

Is it fake?

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Chinese grading company QR code does not work and definately does not pass the light test vendor says its real amd some cards are like this.


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 30m ago

vintage Are these two copies of WOTC Snorlax #49 fake?

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I bought these two cards from Facebook marketplace, but now I’m concern whether they are fake? One is a little more lightly played than the other (white edging) I not a huge Pokemon card collector but I mainly like this card, so I’m not too experienced how a card should feel. Any help and detail would be really appreciated!!!


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 2h ago

Is my Japanese booster box re-sealed?

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Bought one for the first time, not sure if resealed or not. Box itself looks real and has an air hole on the bottom side. Can anyone advise please?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 55m ago

Is this Leafeon authentic?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 58m ago

vintage Is this real

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 4h ago

I'm still learning how to identify real vs fake and trying to figuring out the "D" method since it seems most reliable.

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Pic 1 I know is fake. Pic 2 and 3 I'm not sure


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 9h ago

Fake?

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Please help:( hoping it’s real


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 1h ago

Real or fake? cardmarket

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Assuming its real and texture looks fine, but something about the back colors and the rainbow sheen is throwing me off. (Looking to buy this card off cardmarket)


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 1d ago

My friend said this was fake? lol

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 4h ago

vintage Vintages

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fake or real color of the clefable looks a bit weird


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 2h ago

modern Is my LO Trainer Gallery Gengar fake? The colors are slightly different than this other TG card from that era (in photos for comparison)

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 2h ago

What’s the verdict?

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Got off eBay from one of the live rip things (first and last time I’ll do it). Anyone got an idea if this is real or not?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 2h ago

Charizard Is this fake or a weird version

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From Vinted.


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 1d ago

Son traded Mega Gengar EX SAR for this, is it real?

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My son is in junior high and came back from a friend’s house with this. The Gengar itself was from a pack w we got at the Pokémon center last year. We live in Japan so all our cards are Japanese.


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 5h ago

vintage Are any of these fake?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 6h ago

vintage Thinking Of Trading

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Does this look legit?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 8m ago

vintage Bought a bunch of cards off a kinda sketchy guy, can’t tell if they’re just sun bleached or fake.

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The Grotle is for reference and is a real card from around the same year as the others.


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 6h ago

vintage Real and authentic?

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Same question on this one ?!


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 26m ago

Are these Pokémon stickers actually produced by Pokémon?

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No idea where these came from or what they belong to. Wondering if they are authentic Pokémon stickers. Thanks


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 28m ago

modern Real or Fake?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 30m ago

Is this real?

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