LOB Rebacked Scam Guide (Photos & Information Courtesy of “Schloast” on Instagram & YouTube):

There are two versions of LOB with English-text fronts:

1) North American English

2) Asian-English (has English-text front with an Asian Yu-Gi-Oh logo on back)

Fraudsters are now “rebacking” cards, meaning they are peeling the front off of two cards (a valuable Asian-English card and a common English card).  They are sticking the Asian-English (peeled) front to the front of any already peeled blank North American English back card.  Since North American cards are exponentially more expensive than their Asian-English counterparts, scammers are trying to “swap” or “reback” an Asian-American front to any old North American card.  This gives the illusion that the LOB card is indeed the coveted North American version and not Asian-English version (since Asian-English cards also have an English–text front).

Thanks to user “Schloast,” there are four checkpoints to protect yourself from this scam:

1 (White Box):  

There is lack of the foil alignment marker present on all 1st Edition North American LOB holos in the bottom left corner. 

2 (Red Boxes): 

Perfect alignment of foil and image on AE cards. All NA LOB cards have small image alignment issues, and glossy holos tend to have tiny foil shifts too. 

3 (Green Box): 

OCG eye of Anubis vs TCG. OCG version is smaller, more rounded and often appears darker/matte compared to the TCG one. 

4 (Yellow Box): 

Foil bleed. Asian-English cards typically have much more prominent foil bleed than North American cards.

 5 (not shown, only applicable to ultra rare cards): 

The gold lettering for ultra rares is thinner than the lettering used for glossy ultras, and also not grainy like wavy ultras. 

BGS reported graded a LOB-001 Blue Eyes White Dragon (BGS 7.5) that was sold in a June 2021 PWCC auction.  This is a serious concern and should be shared so others do not fall prey to this scam.