A father went viral after being caught teaching his son to scam buyers with resealed Pokemon cards on Whatnot.
The Pokemon TCG has seen a major surge in popularity over the past year, with streamers and sellers flocking to platforms like Whatnot to auction off packs live. While the boom has brought in countless new collectors, it has also attracted bad actors who reseal packs and sell them.
One stream, hosted by Whatnot user Pokerez609, lasted nearly two hours and saw several packs sold to viewers. Throughout the broadcast, chat members repeatedly accused the pair of tampering with their product, but the dad was adamant that the packs were untouched.
That all changed near the end of the stream when they cracked open a pack that contained two identical Pokeball reverse holographics, one of which was suspiciously placed behind the Energy card.
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After the error exposed their scheme, the dad grabbed the camera and admitted, “We have to end there. We got caught.” His son responded, “We’re done. We can’t do it no more.” But the father dismissed him, saying, “No, we can. Just not now. We got to make sure all of those people get off, and then we do it again.”
The father could then be heard laughing and celebrating, saying, “We made a great amount.”
According to the reuploaded stream from DannypTCG on X, the only real hits during the stream were a single EX card and the two suspicious reverse holos. “Instead of teaching and raising your kid to do the right thing you’re using him as a pawn in your scam,” the post reads. “Bringing in your own child to do your dirty work is sad and pathetic.”
