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Scammers are using AI to sell impossible flowers

Scammers are leveraging AI image generation to create and market seeds for non-existent, fantastical plants. These listings, appearing on major e-commerce platforms like eBay, Amazon, and Etsy, depict flowers in impossible shapes and colors, enticing buyers with visually appealing AI-generated images. The scam aims to profit from the sale of these fake seeds, differing from previous brushing scams that used unsolicited seed packets to manipulate reviews.