Fake Pokémon TCG Products are Being Sold at Walmart, Collector Claims
A Pokémon Trading Card Game card collector is claiming that fake products are being sold at Walmart. Like many other aspects of Nintendo's long-running monster-wrangling game franchise, the Pokémon Trading Card Game remains a popular and lucrative commodity for collectors, with new Pokémon cards and Booster packs being released all the time. However, things have grown more complicated in recent years thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in shortages due to people being stuck inside and taking up the hobby of buying, collecting, and trading Pokémon cards.
This in turn has led to many scams involving fraud and counterfeit Pokémon cards. Recently, a Japanese shop owner was arrested for selling fake Pokémon cards, and a Georgia resident was also sentenced to three years in prison for falsely applying for a COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan that they instead spent on a rare Charizard card. Not even big-name celebrities have been immune to Pokémon-related scams, as Logan Paul discovered that he spent upwards of $3.5m on fake Pokémon cards earlier this year. It’s reached the point where online retailers like eBay have launched authentication services for collectors to verify that the cards they order are real, but it seems that even major retailers like Walmart could be selling counterfeit Pokémon productsto unsuspecting fans.
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HobbyGaming YouTuber and Pokémon card collector Deep Pocket Monster recently posted a video regarding a message they received from a fellow collector, as reported by Dexerto. According to the content creator, they were told that a box of Pokémon cards bought from Walmart by their sister turned out to be a counterfeit,
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