Nah, this is much worse. It’s like any effective con: Make it absurd at face value so the only people you deal with are already selected to be foolish rubes.
Too bad the US is full of foolish rubes… Hopefully not over half, but I’m not holding my breath.
Would that produce the black splotches? Would they peel easily? I also like the look, but if parts of it are indicative of bad adhesion… ehhh…