Scammers Are Cloning OnlyFans Creators With AI, Telling Fans a Kid Is Sick in the Hospital, Then Vanishing With the CashApp Money

by · Thought Catalog
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Tech

By Jerome London

Updated 16 minutes ago, August 3, 2026

A new breed of online scam is exploiting the trust between OnlyFans creators and their followers, using AI to impersonate the very people fans think they’re supporting.

Fans think they’re talking to the OnlyFans creator they follow. They’re talking to an AI clone that mimics her voice, invents a sick relative, and takes their money before blocking them.

The scheme follows a consistent pattern: the clone tells fans a child or other relative is sick in the hospital, collects payments through CashApp, then vanishes with the money.

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