This fake alert is more humorous than a warning. It's my understanding that there were redemptions in Upper Deck's Chronology Basketball for unsigned versions of one of the autograph inserts. Sadly, someone who received a few of these has decided to try their hand at the world of autograph forging. The result has gotta be the worst fake autographs I've seen in a long time so I don't think this will turn into a career for this person.

First, they tried faking a Steve Kerr signature. Unfortunately, the shaky forger inscribed it "5 tine chapion." Now my handwriting is pretty horrible too so i'd give him the benefit of the doubt with the "tine" part, but the "chapion" has no sign of an an "m" in there. If you look at the real one vs. the fake one, it actually makes me giggle at how bad it is.

Next, they tried a Sam Perkins signatures. It's equally shaky with the "Smooth" inscription. Apparently both fakes have been reported to eBay, as well as Upper Deck so they can get to the bottom of this one. I would assume that both of these fakes are so poor that buyers couldn't possibly be fooled...and if they were, they fully deserve it.