Fake Card Slabs

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Fake PSA slabs

Professional Sports Authenticator · 6 sourced tells

Official lookup: https://www.psacard.com/cert/

Fake Beckett (BGS) slabs

Beckett Grading Services · 5 sourced tells

Official lookup: https://www.beckett.com/grading/card-lookup

Fake SGC slabs

Sportscard Guaranty · 5 sourced tells

Official lookup: https://gosgc.com/cert-code-lookup

Fake CGC Cards slabs

Certified Guaranty Company, Cards · 3 sourced tells

Official lookup: https://www.cgccards.com/certlookup/

Alerts

Alert	Grader	Status
PSA: fake label fronts glued over real PSA labels	PSA	Published by grader
PSA: counterfeit inserts may use real cert numbers	PSA	Published by grader
Federal charges over cards sold in fake high-grade holders (2024)	PSA	Reported (secondary source citing U.S. Attorney, SDNY)
Suspected fake BGS slabs: wrong or missing patent number	BGS	Reported (third-party publication)
SGC reserves the right to deactivate certs on altered or counterfeit holders	SGC	Reported (secondary summary of SGC Terms)
CGC Cards: lookup shows CGC's own images of the holdered card	CGC	Published by grader

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