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AI shit gets so weird.

For example, the fake golfer Grace (aka Gracie) Brooks appeared in the midst of my Facebook doomscrolling (above) to say something to me (scrolled across her boobage) about “an older guy” watching her. Never saw her before, or cared to see her. But I am curious about “her” business model. So, after getting that screen grab, I went off to research her fake ass.

What I (and my AI employees, which can search faster and wider) have found so far:

• Multiple newly numbered Facebook accounts use the same “Grace Brooks” identity. The fuck:
  • 61590279580369 — Grace Brooks
    • Profile
    • This is one I saw. One reel says: “I have a question for you old men… If I texted you first, would you actually reply? … follow me and say your name.”
    • Example reel
  • 61590736615465 — Grace Brooks
    • Profile
    • This separate account posted a nearly identical script: “I have a question for you old men… If I texted you first…”
    • Example reel
    • Another reel asks “old men” to follow and provide their names. www.facebook.com
  • 61591441983335 — was Grace Brooks, now Emily Bennett
    • Profile (Later: now blank)
    • Earlier search indexing labeled reels from this account “Grace Brooks” and described the woman as a golf influencer addressing “old men.” It now appears in current indexing as Emily Bennett, still asking “old guys” to watch and follow her.
    • A current Emily Bennett reel. (Not much later, it’s gone.)
• Multiple accounts are on Instagram too:
  • @graciebrooks07 — the account I first found when I started digging. Has about 45,000 followers and 90 posts.
  • @graceeegf — another “Grace Brooks”: about 7,900 followers, 13 following, and 53 posts.
  • As of this evening (29 September 2026), both are still there
• The second account uses the same material and language:
  • “I have a question for old guys…” on @graceeegf.
  • “If you follow me and send me this reel I’ll send you a gift in your DMs” on @graceeegf.
  • “Will you be honest?” on @graceeegf.
  • “Answer honestly?” on @graceeegf.
• Instagram’s indexing repeatedly connects the two accounts on the same result pages. That makes @graceeegf a confirmed duplicate or companion account. I dunno, cuz I’m still new to this shit. Here are some other accounts operating in the same apparent cluster:
  • @graceeetx0 (click on her oopsiebio and you get what looks like a soft porn site)
  • @reedlenaaa (different “girl” same golf swing)
  • @avaagolfs (same, but only in a golf cart)
  • @avassecrets (bio goes here to a porny come-on)
  • @graceeetx0 (same old Gracie)
• There is no independent biography, established social presence (other than these on Facebook and Instagram), golf history, or other evidence that “Grace Brooks” exists in the natural world.

As for her unreality, here are the tells:

• Too good-looking. Call it statistical perfection: symmetrical features, flawless teeth and skin (with slight humanizing imperfections, such as Grace’s freckles and tiny lines on her face), perfect hair, improbably high boob/waist ratio, perfect makeup (or a perfect absence of it). In sum, a maximized perfection of improbabilities. (I asked ChatGPT to find similarly attractive real-life female athletes. In declining order, it gave me Alica Schmidt, Jutta Leerdam, Claire Hogle, and Romee Strijd, none familiar to me. Look ’em up. No ‘fence, but none look as perfected as “Grace.”
• Perfect lighting. As an inveterate photographer, I know how hard it is to get lighting that right.
• Inconsistent fake backgrounds. (Is that driving range the same every time?)
• Modular gestures. “She” seems to have a limited range of head tilts, direct looks, smiles, arm movements, golf swings, and flips of her skirt for a peek at her perfect butt with its pink panties.
• Identity without history. Does any athlete as perfected-looking as this one exist in the natural world? Of course not.

But why are the creeps that make her (actually, it, and them) trolling geezers on Facebook? Well, clearly this is a funnel-top operation. For what? I imagine one or more of these might be down in the vortex:

1. Paid adult content, or referral
2. Pay-to-chat
3. Romance fraud (such as the FTC cares about)
4. Fake investment (typically in cryptocurrency)
5. Phishing
6. Malware insertion
7. Affiliate traffic pumping
8. Growing an affiliate account for someone to sell off

I vote for #1, but whichever it is, “Grace” and her friends are all bait at the top of a funnel.