First name, Last name: Darya Melnikova
Country, City: Ukraine, Kamyanske
Scheme fraud: The reported case involves a suspected Ukrainian romance scammer who presents herself as “Darya Melnikova”. She appears as a friendly young woman from Ukraine who wants to travel abroad, in particular to Austria, to start a serious relationship. Communication quickly moves from public platforms to private chats, where she can control what the man sees and limit any possibility of independent checks.
At the same time she is an active webcam model from Ukraine under the nicknames alster_eva (BongaCams) and _quicksilver_ (Chaturbate). This combination of adult webcam activity and romantic messaging is typical for many ukrainian webcam model scam cases described in our guide how to find and verify a Ukrainian webcam model. On cam sites she builds a sexualized image and in private chats she switches to the role of a vulnerable woman looking for help and love during the war.
To make her story look credible, “Darya Melnikova” provides a scan of a Ukrainian international passport in her name. The document is supposed to prove that she is a real person, that she is ready to cross the border and that all she needs is a man who will invite her and help with travel expenses. However, a professional check shows that this is a fake Ukrainian passport: several data fields, fonts and security elements do not match genuine passports issued by Ukrainian authorities. A document like this cannot be used legally for crossing the border or obtaining visas.
The victim’s goal was to bring her to Austria. In similar ukraine dating scams, once the man trusts the fake document, the next step is usually a request for money: “visa fees”, “tickets”, “insurance”, “border taxes” or sudden “emergencies” right before the planned trip. The forged passport is used as a psychological tool to justify these future payments and to make the promise of travel look realistic. Our long-term statistics from Google Search Console show that many men search for phrases like “fake ukrainian passport”, “ukrainian webcam scam” and “how to verify ukrainian woman”, which confirms that this pattern is widespread.
Even if in this particular case the woman has not yet reached the final stage of asking for large sums, the combination of a forged passport, webcam model background and romantic promises clearly fits the profile of a high-risk Ukrainian webcam and romance scam. Men who want to invite a woman from Ukraine should first use independent checks such as our verification of Ukrainian women on dating sites and, in webcam-related cases, the dedicated service for verifying Ukrainian webcam models instead of trusting scans and screenshots sent by the woman herself.
Our verification team has successfully identified the real person behind the “Darya Melnikova” identity. For an additional fee we can provide her full verified data (real name, date of birth, address and other identifiers) to the victim or his legal representative.
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