How the Internet Uncovered a Massive Pokémon Fraud

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Pokémon cards are big business these days. Some are SO rare they seem too good to be true. Are they? This is the internet’s biggest Pokémon detective story.

Special thanks to Scott Mastromatteo, Levu12, Emory @ Pokumon.com, Brad Chacos, Cliff Braun, and the EFA.

Check out David Howard’s article: https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a65054664/pokemon-card-authentication-scam/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MsMgNLbERyPZ_KL-INaw5rzqtvqh4uPh/edit

Music list:
Artlist:
Shahead Mostafafar – Where Am I
Grisly Brill – Venom
Ian Post – Into the Groove – Stripped Version
Tomer Baruch – The Park Incident
Cruella – Roll the Dice – Instrumental version
Xavi Morató – Minimal Truth
Ian Post – Breaking Point
Evgeny Bardyuzha – Runner
Where’s LuLu_ – Let’s Party
FLAMEBOY – Send It – Instrumental version
SOURWAH – Lone Ranger – Creative Cut – Alternative
Kashido – Be Quiet!
Jozeque – Marvelous
KeMi – The Unknown – Alternative version
Jakub Pietras – Entering Nebula
Roy Young – Just Enough for a Heartbeat – Instrumental version
The Magnetic Buzz – Join the Ride
Out of Flux – NOIRSHADOWS
lumine wave – Feeling on Top
BalloonPlanet – Side by Side – Instrumental version
Nolan Nova – Fear
Francesco D’Andrea – Brothers
Manos Mars – Wellington Joke – Short version
Yuval Shapiro – Te Deum – Brass Only
Rex Banner – Get This Party Started – No Backing Vocals
Elijah Aaron – Playtime
Roie Shpigler – Seguiré Soñando – Short version c
Anthony Vega – Mister Pink
Eill – DMWH
Eill – It’s Done
Alon Peretz – Uranus
Vox Portent – Thrill
Ian Post – I Must Be Dreaming – No Choir
Tomas Altamirano – Big One – Alternative version
feinsmecker – Move That
Alon Ohana – Innocent Boy
Nolan Nova – Anger
Ariel Shalom – Star Walk
Anton Vlasov – Somewhere out There
sero – Monos
Jozeque – Stellar
Timothy Shortell – Quintessence
Martin Puehringer – The Message
Aaron James Eckardt – Creepy Secrets Around the Corner
Rick Abbott – Fog Choke
fourwalls – taking it slow – Instrumental version
Lance Conrad – Water Serpent
Kai Livermore – One Blade Left
lumine wave – Beyond the Frame

Epidemic Sound:
Press X Twice – Lexica
Cold War Games – Gabriel Lewis
HeartBIT – Rocket Jr
Pulling Over – Christian Andersen
Sweet Violet – Yi Nantiro
Lone Wolf – Toby Tranter
Blue Lantern – Yi Nantiro
For Real Tho – Toby Tranter
Synths Of The Tsar – Carl Henriksson
Tracker – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
False Immunity – DEX 1200
Trace – Lennon Hutton
Cave Area – Amir Sharifi
Return of Light – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
An Undetermined Fate – Philip Ayers
Terra Requiem II – Dian Shuai
This Is Not The End 4 – Fredrik Ekström
Launch Sequence – Helmut Schenker
Rhythmania 2 – August Wilhelmsson
Uncharted Territories – DEX 1200
Paris (Instrumental Version) – Baha Bank$
Question Mark – Dream Cave
Midnight Wanderer – Luella Gren

Tom Fox:
Only Just
Digital Drum Energy 2
So Many Trucks
Turn
Stilts
Crew

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