Blatant Exploitation and Misleading Content All Over the Platform

I’m not crazy and can’t be the only one who has seen videos all over my fyp promoting a product using other people’s videos. It’ll be something like a hate comment in the corner (obviously fake and most likely an overlay that was added in editing), a random person crying in the video, and a caption along the lines of “pov: you stay _ seconds to support my small _ business”

What’s even more weird is that no one catches on or questions the creators regarding the fact and people actually engage and fall for it? I’ve seen this same “marketing tactic” used by multiple accounts, all selling different products and typically using the same person (old guy pictured in the 4th attachment).

The account I grabbed all of these screenshots from is @whimsyco4 (not promo).