First name, Last name: Daria Byvalova
Country, City: Ukraine, Alchevsk
E-mail: nadiapantelijcuk@gmail.com
Telephone: +380 95 663 2874
Samples of her messages: I am Daria I live in Luhansk alchevs'k alone I am 30 years of age. Hair dressing is my career which is halted at the moment all thanks to the war. I don't know exactly how much I weigh but not very much as you can see on the photo I'm about 159cm. I like taking walks when possible, also cooking is a hobby for me as well. I am single with no kids. I am sensitive lady, contemplative, I like deep conversations and light banter. I am a person who seeks deep connections and finds joy in the little moments of life which I hopefully seem to find a partner who is family oriented and has priorities.
Scheme fraud:
The victim met this woman on a dating site called FilipinoCupid and then continued communicating with her on WhatsApp. She introduced herself as “Daria Byvalova”, said she was living in Alchevsk (Luhansk region, Ukraine) and used a long-distance romance story to build trust.
After a few weeks of online dating and several low-quality video calls, she claimed she wanted to travel by taxi from Alchevsk, bypassing the front line, north to Belarus, then to Kyiv and finally to Poland. She said the taxi company was called “Lugantaxi”, with the address “2-й Оборонный проезд, 5, Luhansk city centre”, and that the total cost of this trip would be 600 USD.
She did not ask for money directly at first. Instead, she repeatedly complained that she had nothing to eat and no money to pay for the taxi. When the victim offered financial help, she sent a photo of a Ukrainian passport in the name “Daria Lisina” and asked him to send 600 USD via PayPal to the email address “nadiapantelijcuk@gmail.com”, explaining that this email allegedly belonged to her deceased mother.
Before sending any funds, the victim forwarded the passport photo to our Ukrainian passport verification service. The document was identified as a fake Ukrainian passport used in an online dating scam, and the money transfer was stopped in time.
This case was added to our blacklist as another example of a Luhansk–to–Poland taxi pretext. It also shows why a timely identity check through our verification of Ukrainian and Russian women on dating sites is essential before sending any money.
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