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\"\"<\/a>We’ve been down this road before. A low quality product made in China is falsely advertised as a top of the line American made product.\u00a0 The Stealth Bird Drone sells for $99, but you can buy the same exact drone on Amazon for $23.\u00a0 Even at that, honest reviews say the flying is a bit erratic and the video quality of the camera is poor.<\/p>\n

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Screen capture from the video on Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

The video on Facebook says this is top of the line U.S. military technology and this drone is used by the U.S. Special Forces. Seriously?<\/p>\n

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Screen capture of the video on Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

The video goes on to say this drone has features that are so good the military doesn’t want you to see it.\u00a0 Like any of us is going to believe this nonsense.<\/p>\n

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Screen capture from the Stealth Video ad on Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

The video goes on to say it is “at least 20 times more powerful than any commercially available drones”.\u00a0 How gullible do they think we are?<\/p>\n

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Stealth Bird\/Emotion drone. Click the image to see a larger version.<\/p><\/div>\n

A close look at this drone photo on one of the Stealth Bird web sites (there are several) reveals the real name of the drone. It is an “Emotion” drone. The Emotion name is digitally removed from many of the photos of the “Stealth Bird” drone, but they forgot to remove the name from this photo.<\/p>\n

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Emotion\/Eachine E58 drone. Click the image to see a larger version.<\/p><\/div>\n

This screen capture of a YouTube video reveals the “Emotion” drone (check out the name on the drone on the box) is really the Eachine E58 Pocket Drone.<\/p>\n

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E58 drone at Amazon.<\/p><\/div>\n

You can buy the E58 drone at Amazon for as little as $22.95. But check out the reliability of the company first. I did not check out JEAOUSM and I am NOT recommending them or the E58 drone.<\/p>\n

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E58 at Global Resources.<\/p><\/div>\n

The scam works like this. The scammers go to companies like Global Sources that sell thousands of low cost Chinese products from dozens of companies. For example, the E58 drone in various configurations comes from Shezhen Equals Industry Co. LTD.\u00a0 If you buy in bulk quantities the price comes down. The more you buy, the less you pay.\u00a0 Honest companies sell the products for reasonable prices and they don’t hide where the product is made.<\/p>\n

Scammers jack up the prices and lie to you about who designed the product and where it was made. They post all kinds of ads and put up all kinds of web sites to promote the product, complete with false claims and fake recommendations.<\/p>\n

Even though there are photos of an E58 drone in the Stealth Bird ads, there are also photos of different looking drones in the Stealth Bird ads so you might be getting an E58 drone or you might be getting something else. Based on videos from people who have bought and tested Stealth Bird drones (see two of them below), the scammers who sell the Stealth Bird drones are probably selling different kinds of cheaply made Chinese drones.<\/p>\n

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Stealth Bird conversation on Reddit.<\/p><\/div>\n

I found this conversation on Reddit. One person bought it, decided it is “cheap Chinese junk” and is hoping to get a refund. Another person ordered one and “immediately got 2 fraudulent charges” on their credit card.<\/p>\n

The scammers who do this kind of thing are not known for giving refunds to unhappy customers. Good luck trying to get a refund from someone based in Asia.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Do not buy a Stealth Bird drone from Amazon. The company who sells them on Amazon is Boujilash.\u00a0 Note the photo of the Stealth Bird drone in this Amazon ad looks different than the photos at the Stealth Bird sites.<\/p>\n

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Boujilash at the BBB.<\/p><\/div>\n

Boujilash has an “F” rating at the Better Business Bureau. If you Google the company address in Florida and look at the photo, it is an apartment in an apartment building.<\/p>\n

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Black Falcon-Eachine E58<\/p><\/div>\n

As usual for this kind of scam, there are fake review sites that give high marks to the Stealth Bird drone. But it goes beyond that. I found this fake review site that picks the Black Falcon 4K drone as the best drone. It sells for $99, just like the Stealth Drone. The photo in the ad looks just like the Eachine E58 drone. What a coincidence! I am sure you can put two and two together.<\/p>\n

If you want to see the video quality of the Stealth Bird drone, watch the end of this video.<\/p>\n