About the scammer

The scammer claims their name is Sofia and is from Ukraine. They manipulate victims into sending money for food, rent, medical bills, etc. They create false sense of urgency for these payments and even send doctored medical documents to further convince their victim to send them money.

The scammer uses/used following social media/platforms for communication

Onlyfans (no longer active)

Instagram

Telegram

The scammer uses PayPal as the means to get the money. It is because it is nearly impossible to get money back when a victim finds out they have been scammed. The scammer used something that they called "PayPal exchangers" - these are PayPal accounts they claimed they can get money from after you provide confirmation that the money was sent. The scammer used multiple such "exchangers" or accounts, here is the full list of them:

PayPal accounts

Identity of the girl on pictures

The real name of the girl whose picture the scammer sends is Sofia Khyzhniak (Хижняк Софія Олександрівна), she is from Kremenchuk in Ukraine

It is unclear whether this real Sofia is the actual scammer, but the evidence suggests that she is at least somehow involved due to personalized video messages and numerous vocie messages. Also her actual OnlyFans (now deleted) was the starting point of the scam.

She has a large following on social media on Instagram and TikTok: