How would you know from what region they are? You live next to them? I've been following both crop and bytepay and I can tell when I see the same scam all over again.
Simple.
I talk with them,
investigate Discord and other links.
Me speaking Russian also helps

It doesn't disprove my claim. It's not like they would tell you what language they speak especially after scamming people all the time. He is learning from his mistakes, but he's still not good enough to hide his identity.