First name, Last name: Nataliia Lysytsia
Country, City: Ukraine, Dnipro
Telephone: +380 97 372 1894
Scheme fraud: The reported case involves a woman calling herself Nataliia Lysytsia who presents herself as a genuine match from Ukraine on the Bumble dating app. She is open about key details such as living in Ukraine and her age, and over several weeks she maintains regular contact that feels consistent and “normal.” Unlike many typical scammers, this suspected Ukrainian romance scammer does not ask for money at the beginning and even agrees to multiple FaceTime video calls, which makes her look more trustworthy than many profiles later added to a Ukrainian scammer list.
After the first conversations on Bumble she quickly suggests moving communication to WhatsApp. As soon as the chat moves to WhatsApp, she closes the Bumble conversation and makes her original dating profile inaccessible. This prevents the victim from easily reporting her to the platform if something goes wrong and removes an important trace of her online identity. For an experienced observer this is a typical move for a female WhatsApp scammer from Ukraine: get off the dating site, avoid moderation, and keep everything in private messages only.
Over the next one to two months the contact remains emotionally steady. She shares details about daily life in Ukraine, maintains long conversations and continues video calls. During this whole period she never directly asks for money, which is unusual and may be part of a more sophisticated approach. Her behavior is designed to build deep trust so that later any request connected to travel, visas or emergencies feels completely natural. The man even starts planning to buy her a refundable plane ticket, believing that this will protect him from financial loss if she does not show up – a common pattern in many Ukraine dating scams.
The central element of the scheme appears when she sends him a fake Ukrainian passport and a fake U.S. visa as “proof” that she can travel to visit him. At first glance the documents look legitimate, but a professional check shows that the passport is not genuine. This is the key technical part of the scam: forged identity papers are used to convince the victim that an international trip is already prepared and that any last-minute problem must be solved quickly with money. In cases like this, a simple step such as using a service to check a Ukrainian passport online would immediately expose the fake Ukrainian passport and prevent further manipulation.
Although in this case she never reached the stage of asking for cash, the intended scenario is clear. Right before the expected travel date, she would likely present a sudden “emergency” — extra visa fees, airport charges, border problems, medical issues or a family crisis — that allegedly can only be resolved if he sends funds immediately. The plan relies on the fact that, after months of video calls and conversations plus seeing a “passport” and “visa,” the man will feel safe enough to send money to avoid losing his chance to meet her. This slow preparation followed by a sharp financial request fits the structure of many Ukrainian dating scams we see in our broader Ukrainian dating scammer list.
Fortunately, the victim discovered that the passport was fake before buying a ticket or sending any money, so the final stage of the scam was never triggered. However, the combination of a deleted Bumble profile, migration to WhatsApp, forged travel documents and a likely planned last-minute emergency clearly points to a sophisticated romance scam pattern. In similar situations it is safer to request an independent verification of a Ukrainian woman and to analyze lies and inconsistencies in dating chats before trusting any passport scan or visa screenshot.
Even without a completed money transfer, the use of a fake Ukrainian passport and U.S. visa to prepare a financial trap justifies listing Nataliia Lysytsia in the blacklist as a warning to other potential victims. During our investigation we successfully identified the real person behind this identity, and for an additional fee we can provide her full verified data to clients who need it for legal or protective purposes.
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