Fake Ultra Rare Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Auction Leads to Arrest

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There's a bunch of trading cards that cost a thousand dollars each. Whether it's Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, or Yu-Gi-Oh!, some collectors would pay a lot of money to own rare cards, and a recent online auction of a fake card just lead to an arrest.

According to MBS and YTV, 29-year-old Shunki Iwasaki allegedly sold a counterfeit Lorelei The Symphonic Arsenal card to a 20-something-year-old woman from Kyoto for 400,000 yen ($3,556) through an online auction earlier this year.

The woman contacted the authorities after realizing that it was fake, and they ended up arresting Iwasaki.

Lorelei The Symphonic Arsenal was a special card given the 2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships. Only six real copies exist in the world but apparently, Iwasaki has the fake seventh copy.

"I thought it might be fake," Iwasaki said, according to a translation by Kotaku.

As you can see in the comparison look from MBS below, it's easy to tell the difference between the real card (left) and the fake one (right).

Screenshot: MBS

Buyers of expensive cards like Lorelei should make sure that the item is legit and the seller has a good reputation for selling real cards. Yu-Gi-Oh! wasn't the only card game that made it to the headlines for fake cards. Back in August, a Magic: The Gathering player received a game loss for having fake cards in his deck. When it comes to checking the authenticity of a trading card, there are various ways to test if it's real or fake, so if you're planning to buy an expensive card, make sure to ask an expert to help you verify if it's real or not before making the purchase.

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