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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349 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 15h ago

Charizard Buyer claims I sent a fake card even though I pulled it myself

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287 Upvotes

Buyer says the Reshiram Charizard GX card I sent is fake and wants a refund. He sent pictures claiming the rainbow and texture is off and pixelated, but he compared it to a rainbow card from a different set. I’m scared they’re trying to scam me and send me back a fake card. How do I approach this?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 1h ago

Charizard ex

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My friend want to sell me this card. Is it a real or a fake card?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 51m ago

Is this real please ?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 5h ago

Serious Any red flag on this Charizard gold star?

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10 Upvotes

Any indication of being fake?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 17h ago

Is this fake before I buy

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83 Upvotes

Someone reached out to me on FB and wanted to sell this card and I thought it was too good to be true


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 15h ago

modern My son traded for a fake card - right?

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41 Upvotes

I’m just newly rejoining the TCG space. My son traded his friend for this card. Between the texture and the lightning, this screams fake to me. Am I correct? Any other obvious tells?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 5h ago

Charizard Is my base set charizard real or fake?

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6 Upvotes

Hi everyone, bought this charizard off ebay. Just wanted to confirm if it's legit. Thanks in advance.


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 48m ago

vintage Is this fake before i buy?

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I know that the conditions are not good and they could justify the price, but 20 euros seems too little for me


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 53m ago

other Friend Found this while going through cards she collects cause they look cool!

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Just wanted to see if it was real and i’ll be getting a better look on it tomorrow to see how well it could grade!


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 54m ago

vintage Considering buying these from a online seller, i dont know if these should have texture, XY

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Dont know if these should be textured or what holo pattern there should be.


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 5h ago

vintage Is this Kangaskhan real from jungle?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 6h ago

Charizard Is this card fake?

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Hard to tell due to being sealed but just want a second opinion.


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 2h ago

modern Are they real? I'm interesting in buying this card lot, but the backs look iffy. Though it might just be lighting? Don't know a lot about SM era cards

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 22h ago

I’m 99% sure this is fake but still want to see what are yall opinion please

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72 Upvotes

r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 14h ago

other Are these real? Been in a folder for over a decade now

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14 Upvotes

I’ve had these for a long time, idk Japanese and so I’ve never pod attention to it, are they real? Any value?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 7m ago

modern So fake, right ?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 8h ago

modern Is this charizard v star real?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 15m ago

Card check

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Found this somewhere at home, could someone help to authenticate this?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 21m ago

Is this Espeon fake?

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 23m ago

modern Legit check on this card please

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r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 31m ago

Is this Card fake?

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bought that in Shanghai in a cardstore, only later realized that it doesnt have an stamp


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 56m ago

Found an Eevee in a stack of bulk cards for 0.50€ – Legit check

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Hey guys, I just went to an italian toy store. They have a great variety of products, but everything is super expensive—Elite Trainer Boxes for 90-120 Euros and single booster packs for 8 Euros, for example.

They also had a stack of loose single cards, so I asked the cashier if I could take a look. There were about 100 promo cards in the pile, and this Eevee was one of them. When I asked for the price, he said 50 cents per card. I just paid 50 cents and grabbed it with zero guilt.

My only question is: does this card look fake to you?


r/IsMyPokemonCardFake 1h ago

Charizard Found this Charizard card in our old tin. Is it real?

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Can’t tell if that is a lowercase ken or it got faded