[T.S. OConnell]

This tiresome scam does not involve uncirculated cards in any of its various incarnations. Almost certainly created in the late 1990s, all of them are simply secondary-market cards and if you want to purchase them on that basis, fire away. The various markers that reveal this are there for anyone to see; cards are generally Ex or maybe Ex-Mt. One of the clever aspects to this con job involves people contending there are fake versions, etc., counting staples or other red herrings. They are all bogus.