Logan Paul was scammed.
Internet personality said in a YouTube video On Thursday, he spent $ 3.5 million on an unopened batch of first-issue Pokémon cards that turned out to be GI Joe cards.
In the video, Paul and his friend Polillo Lagan-san, a well-known card collector, meet at a baseball card exchange in Chicago to find out if the cards are the real deal.
“We’ve all been scammed,” said one of the card validators after analyzing the boxes.
The outside of the boxes had Pokémon branding, but the inside was green GI Joe cards.
“Oh, my God, my brother,” Paul said as he opened the first box. “GI Joe ?? Ji Joo?!?! It could have been anything else. ‘
When the validators objected to a number of things that were wrong with the boxes, Paul stood aside, saying, “No.”
One of the card inspectors said, “This is the biggest scam in the entire history of Pokémon.”
Paul opened the video by saying, “This story is so crazy and funny that I ran out of three and a half million dollars.”
It previously triggered massive social media buying and included media coverage of the hype in a video.
“I’m a very positive person, brother,” said Paul, who lasted eight rounds for three minutes. contro Floyd Mayweather In the battle of the June Fair.
“And I’ll always be the one who looks on the bright side, and I’m trying, but it’s really hard.”
TMZ I reported that Bolillo Lagan-san said, “I paid 3.5 Logan. However, we will see how quickly it will become complete by the sellers who brought it to me and it has already been approved in the next few days, or if it runs in a long scenario ».
Paul earned a 0-1 early in his fighting career, after losing to fellow YouTuber KSI by split decision in November 2019. His fight with Mayweather was predetermined that there would be no judges or winners.
He recently supported his brother Jake Paul in his rematch contro Tyron Woodley In December when Jake defeated Woodley by KO The second time in four months to improve to 5-0.
