This story has it all: a totally wild scamming rogue arrested in a Pokemon card sting for trying to allegedly swindle more than 10 grand from scalpers via funny money. That’s right; funny money. Pokemon cards. Facebook Marketplace. Just pure chaos right there.
Reports definitely indicate this dude was one of those guys who actually tried to buy Pokemon cards from scalpers via Facebook Marketplace from this realm we call Earth. But instead of beautiful, sheen cash, this wannabe James Bond villain type was making it rain stacks upon stacks of counterfeit cash. And who could blame him? Pretty gutsy. But also pretty dumb.
Caught red-handed in a sting-a little surprise, I wouldn’t think: You can’t go about pulling off agenda stuff such as fake cash without karma coming back and hitting you someday. Especially these are Pokémon card scalpers-These guys are real hard workers. Mess with them, and Charizard can let loose Flamethrower faster than one can imagine.
It is way more than that. Just to put it down, coins are still being sold in bulk in 2024 with rare cards even going for thousands, few million bucks, to stamp it 2004. Scammers exist wherever money is. But this guy taking it a step further by literally printing his own money for a little cardboard addiction? That’s just devotion. Misguided, but still commitment.
Funniest thing? He himself scammed the scalpers. I mean, surely scalping itself is morally suspect, but does he really think they’d miss counterfeit cash? These are people who presumably scrutinize the serial numbers on bills as closely as the holographic patterns on their cards.
It’s yet to elicit any responses, but obviously, the Internet will weigh in on this drama; there will be supporters, as scalpers are hardly appreciated, and there will be vehement detractors who’ll lambast him over the unadulterated audacity of its design. Either way, it’s a definite ‘What the?’-type storyline.
Thus, if you want to get involved in that twisted little world of Pokémon trading, you might not want to take that step toward committing felonies for those cards. Just a thought! Or, you know, just stick to Target and pick up a pack with the rest of us peons.
And hey-if you *do* have a rare Charizard lying around, double-check the cash before you hand it over. Just in case.
