That's one of the main reasons I have mixed feelings about OF. However, I think many people already know they are possibly talking to a random person and they accept it...
The girls you are speaking to on OnlyFans are actually boys from the Philippines
Most fans think they're having private conversations with their favorite creator but in reality the person typing back is usually a worker in a foreign country
They interact with dozens of subscribers at once, follow detailed scripts and squeeze everything out of their most emotionally invested fans
The money behind this is massive
Fans spent $7.22 BILLION on OnlyFans in 2024 alone, creators walked away with $5.8 BILLION of that and OnlyFans made $1.41 BILLION from their 20% cut
Hundreds of creators now earn more than $1 MILLION a year and top names like Sophie Rain pulled in $43 MILLION in the same time
Most of it came from chat driven upsells, tips and custom content sold by someone who isn't even the real creator
The chatter in Manila typing the messages gets $3 an hour, the agency behind them takes up to 25% of every sale and the creator keeps what's left and poses for the photos
In 2024, a US class action lawsuit named agencies like Unruly, Behave, Moxy and Boss Baddies
Accusing them of running a full scale "chatter scam" behind some of the biggest creators on the platform
OnlyFans technically bans impersonation, but they also keep 20 cents of every dollar these operations pull in
The "girlfriend experience" everyone is paying for isn't a girlfriend
It's a guy named Jomar in Manila laughing at the pics you send