A Crypto Scam Targeted a Gay OnlyFans Star. Then His X Feed Was Flooded With ‘MAGA Propaganda’
Patrick Bewley’s X feed was normally filled with posts about leather three-ways and clips of poolhouse erotica.
The gay OnlyFans star, known as Daddy Patrick, had decided to get into the adult industry at age 60 and in under two years his followers on X swelled to 132,000. But in April, his feed suddenly became very political—and very MAGA—with posts like “President Trump stuns the World announcing America has more oil than the next two largest Oil economies COMBINED.”
Except it wasn't Bewley behind the change. His account had been hacked.
Bewley is one of several gay OnlyFans creators WIRED spoke to who was targeted by recent crypto scams on X, where attackers are attempting to extort money from creators to get their accounts back. In some cases, when they refused to cooperate, their accounts were filled with posts about crypto, or, as with Bewley, MAGA propaganda.
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