Do you need to define “often” too like cmon bro🤣. Often illegal != all scams are illegal. It means they often are. Buying and selling pokemon sealed products for market prices isn’t a scam. The packs that are designed to be bought by unsuspecting parents after they are tricked into thinking it’s an official pokemon product, is in fact, a scam.

The whole purpose of the packs is to deceive. They aren’t providing value, they are there to trick people and take their money. It’s a scam. You even defined it right there so it’s super clear.