Hopefully PSA takes some kind of approach to help stop this kind of stuff. As someone who mostly collects postwar cards it's a huge concern since it seems like about 90% of graded postwar cards are PSA graded. It seems like scammers are getting less greedy. Instead of trying to pass off a fake PSA 8 Mantles, they are dropping down to lower grade ones. That PSA 1 Mantle looks like someone bought a legit PSA 1 1952 Topps card and changed the name to Mickey Mantle, the number to 311, and certification number to match a real '52 Mantle while leaving the rest of the text intact which at least shows a difference so you can tell the label was altered. Still a PSA 1 common is probably a $5 investment and after some label doctoring and a fake Mickey Mantle in the holder, you have a $4k card. After a couple of those deals they could afford to buy a legit '52 Mantle and all they would have to do is switch out the real card with a fake and keep resubmitting the real card for more legit labels and holders. The possibilities are scary.
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