Saturday, November 30, 2024

Cloaks And Scams

Some really cool cloaks started popping up on Instagram during the Halloween season.  They popped up again today.  Apparently, they're from a crooked company based in China and all the images are AI generated.  The items are incredibly inexpensive for something that looks so neat (the first clue that they were bogus).  I'm totally not endorsing for obvious reasons but felt compelled to post the images as they're pretty neat.  And to warn folks that the company is fraudulent.  So, if you ever see a company called Exikou, please beware.


My cloak-wearing days will have to wait until a legitimate company starts making stuff like this.  I'd wear that third one down to work for sure.









5 comments:

Otaku said...

That's a shame, those cloaks are impressive. I post on a carnivorous plant forum, and a while back a new member posted stolen and AI-generated pics of plants that he wanted to sell or trade. Google Lens easily spotted the fakes, and he was called out for it. He hasn't been around much since then.

Rot said...

Man, that’s nuts

MR. Macabre said...

Those look very cool, too bad it's a scam.

Holy Tarra said...

Man!!! Some people just suck! I wonder if the designs were lifted from someone's site that actually makes them. They are really beautiful!

Evil Vines Cemetery said...

I feel like this wouldn't be much of a leap for you to make a cloak like this on your own. Many of the bits and pieces your scarecrows wear are very similar.