How safe are fanatics holograms?

Dontom · 10-26-2021, 04:22 PM

I’m looking into buying a autographed football with a fanatics holo. Should I have any concerns or should I be pretty safe buying it? I know they are faking uda holos now so just wanted to make sure before I bought.

Grid · 10-27-2021, 08:25 AM

I'd say safe, as in I haven't seen or heard anything about theirs being knocked off yet.

I agree, they have gotten very good forging the older Upper Deck holograms and even the paper certs. Tons of fake Jordan stuff out there with them. So much was signed at his "Flight School" its crazy. That was the easiest to forge, as you could use those certs on anything and it would sort of make sense.

And with UD not having a database to look into for that stuff, its a good scam.

Tristar is being knocked off, and has been for the past year or so. The scammers, out of Asian from what I can tell, are even pulling legit cert numbers online. And then using those on the holograms.

Very sneaky!

SDcardguy24 · 10-28-2021, 02:58 PM

If it's a Brady you're looking at, there's a facebook group that can tell you if it's legit or not. I know those guys found some fake Fanatics Brady items last year.

Biggums7 · 10-28-2021, 09:04 PM

Fanatics Holograms are very easy to take off footballs and basketballs. They are not tamper evident Holograms.

hugh · 10-29-2021, 05:15 AM

They won't hurt you if that's what you mean

Grid · 10-29-2021, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Biggums7

Fanatics Holograms are very easy to take off footballs and basketballs. They are not tamper evident Holograms.

That would only work if you are forging the same item as the legit one. And are willing to have the legit one, be without a hologram and COA.

You cant take the holo off a cheap Trubisky 8X10, and use it to Peyton Manning helmet, as the numbers on the cert would should Trubisky in the database.

Dont get me wrong, this is what people have been doing with Mounted Memories and older Upper Deck stuff. Places where the database are useless.

With the Asian Tristar Tom Brady scam. They were looking up cert numbers in the database, and creating holograms with those numbers on them, to add to the forged stuff they were selling.

If they weren't so greedy, and dumped dozens on ebay at the same time, from all over Asia (mostly Korea) people wouldn't have put 2 and 2 together.

IpcSteveYoung · 10-29-2021, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by hugh

they won't hurt you if that's what you mean

danger:
harmful if swallowed

kaisersoze · 10-29-2021, 09:26 AM

heard they cause covid if sniffed

jplarson · 10-29-2021, 09:50 AM

Have experienced no unwanted pregnancies since switching to fanatics holograms. Talk to a doctor to see if Icophanaticil Polyholotoragramin is right for you.

Dontom · 10-29-2021, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Grid

I'd say safe, as in I haven't seen or heard anything about theirs being knocked off yet.

I agree, they have gotten very good forging the older Upper Deck holograms and even the paper certs. Tons of fake Jordan stuff out there with them. So much was signed at his "Flight School" its crazy. That was the easiest to forge, as you could use those certs on anything and it would sort of make sense.

And with UD not having a database to look into for that stuff, its a good scam.

Tristar is being knocked off, and has been for the past year or so. The scammers, out of Asian from what I can tell, are even pulling legit cert numbers online. And then using those on the holograms.

Very sneaky!

So the Tristar fakes only go back about a year or so? I bought a Brady Tristar helmet in 2018 so chances are that it is real?

Dontom · 10-29-2021, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by hugh

They won't hurt you if that's what you mean

That's not true a got a paper cut from one of them.

10-26-2021, 04:22 PM	#1
Dontom Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Chicago area Posts: 244	How safe are fanatics holograms? I’m looking into buying a autographed football with a fanatics holo. Should I have any concerns or should I be pretty safe buying it? I know they are faking uda holos now so just wanted to make sure before I bought.

10-29-2021, 05:15 AM	#5
hugh Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Military APO in Italy Posts: 11,160	They won't hurt you if that's what you mean __________________ Peeve: people calling adults in their early to late 20's "kids"

10-27-2021, 08:25 AM	#2
Grid Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 12,994 Gridiron-Gladiators	I'd say safe, as in I haven't seen or heard anything about theirs being knocked off yet. I agree, they have gotten very good forging the older Upper Deck holograms and even the paper certs. Tons of fake Jordan stuff out there with them. So much was signed at his "Flight School" its crazy. That was the easiest to forge, as you could use those certs on anything and it would sort of make sense. And with UD not having a database to look into for that stuff, its a good scam. Tristar is being knocked off, and has been for the past year or so. The scammers, out of Asian from what I can tell, are even pulling legit cert numbers online. And then using those on the holograms. Very sneaky!

10-28-2021, 02:58 PM	#3
SDcardguy24 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 9,261	If it's a Brady you're looking at, there's a facebook group that can tell you if it's legit or not. I know those guys found some fake Fanatics Brady items last year.

10-28-2021, 09:04 PM	#4
Biggums7 Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Deltona,FL Posts: 282 biggums7	Fanatics Holograms are very easy to take off footballs and basketballs. They are not tamper evident Holograms.

10-29-2021, 09:26 AM	#8
kaisersoze Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 730	heard they cause covid if sniffed

10-29-2021, 09:50 AM	#9
jplarson Banned Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,578	Have experienced no unwanted pregnancies since switching to fanatics holograms. Talk to a doctor to see if Icophanaticil Polyholotoragramin is right for you.