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Threat Actors & CampaignsEmerging2 sourcesSep 7, 2026 · 11:18via Malwarebytes Labs

Flirty OnlyFans promoters on X may be using AI to appear human

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In a recent post, we looked at reports of League of Legends players receiving suspicious friend requests shortly after matches. The accounts quickly steered the conversation toward Discord, where they promoted paid adult-content pages.

At the time, one unanswered question was how much of those conversations was automated. Were people working from scripts behind the accounts? Were they conventional, rules-based chatbots following a limited decision tree? Or were they using generative AI to produce more natural and flexible replies?

People are more likely to trust someone they believe is personally interested in them. AI can create that impression across many conversations at once, making it easier to persuade people to click links, spend money, or share personal or intimate information. The same approach could also be used for more harmful fraud, including romance scams and sextortion.

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Flirty OnlyFans promoters on X may be using AI to appear human

In a recent post, we looked at reports of League of Legends players receiving suspicious friend requests shortly after matches. The accounts quickly steered the conversation toward Discord, where they promoted paid adult-content pages.

At the time, one unanswered question was how much of those conversations was automated. Were people working from scripts behind the accounts? Were they conventional, rules-based chatbots following a limited decision tree? Or were they using generative AI to produce more natural and flexible replies?

People are more likely to trust someone they believe is personally interested in them. AI can create that impression across many conversations at once, making it easier to persuade people to click links, spend money, or share personal or intimate information. The same approach could also be used for more harmful fraud, including romance scams and sextortion.

Now, developer Álvaro Martínez Majado has investigated several flirty accounts promoting OnlyFans pages on X to see whether their replies were scripted, generated by AI, or written by people. Majado, president of digital rights organization Protecció de la Frontera Electrònica , shared his evidence with Malwarebytes.

Although it does not provide a definitive answer, it shows the accounts following rigid conversation scripts while also responding dynamically to unusual requests. The signs that once suggested a real person, such as an unusual reply or personalized voice note, can no longer be trusted.

The script goes on and on

Majado interacted with several accounts on X that followed a familiar pattern. They opened with similar casual, flirtatious language and asked broadly the same qualifying questions: where he lived, what he liked, and what he did for work.

That repetitive structure is exactly what we would expect from a commercially motivated messaging campaign. The goal is not necessarily to have a meaningful conversation.

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Flirty OnlyFans promoters on X may be using AI to appear human

In a recent post, we looked at reports of League of Legends players receiving suspicious friend requests shortly after matches. The accounts quickly steered the conversation toward Discord, where they promoted paid adult-content pages.

At the time, one unanswered question was how much of those conversations was automated. Were people working from scripts behind the accounts? Were they conventional, rules-based chatbots following a limited decision tree? Or were they using generative AI to produce more natural and flexible replies?

People are more likely to trust someone they believe is personally interested in them. AI can create that impression across many conversations at once, making it easier to persuade people to click links, spend money, or share personal or intimate information. The same approach could also be used for more harmful fraud, including romance scams and sextortion.

Now, developer Álvaro Martínez Majado has investigated several flirty accounts promoting OnlyFans pages on X to see whether their replies were scripted, generated by AI, or written by people. Majado, president of digital rights organization Protecció de la Frontera Electrònica , shared his evidence with Malwarebytes.

Although it does not provide a definitive answer, it shows the accounts following rigid conversation scripts while also responding dynamically to unusual requests. The signs that once suggested a real person, such as an unusual reply or personalized voice note, can no longer be trusted.

The script goes on and on

Majado interacted with several accounts on X that followed a familiar pattern.

Read more →