As DJ Khalid says—and another one! Hope flexing for the gram was worth it.


A Ghanaian social media influencer has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the US for allegedly swindling over $2 million from older, single American men and women in a twisted lonely hearts scam, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Mona Faiz Montrage, 30, of Accra, Ghana, appeared in Manhattan federal court Monday for her alleged involvement in a series of romance schemes targeting older people who lived alone, prosecutors said.

Montrage — who had around 3.4 million Instagram followers of her page Hajia4Reall at one point — from at least 2013 through 2019 was involved with a group of con artists from West Africa who assumed fake identities to trick people into thinking they were in relationships with them using emails, texts, and social media messages, the feds said.

The scammers would then get the victims to transfer money to them under false pretenses — such as to help move gold to the US from overseas, to resolve bogus FBI investigations, and payments to help fake US Army officers in Afghanistan, court papers allege.

Montrage, in one case, allegedly duped a victim into sending her $89,000 through 82 wire transfers on the pretext of helping her father’s farm in Ghana, the court documents claim.

She tricked the person into believing the pair were married by sending them a tribal marriage certificate after a series of phone conversations using her real identity, the filing alleges

Montrage also received money from several others who were swindled by scammers in her network, prosecutors allege.

In total, Montrage netted $2 million in funds the group ripped off from victims to bank accounts she had in the Bronx and elsewhere, including one opened in the name of 4Reall Designs, a supposed clothing company.
She then allegedly laundered the stolen money to other members of the enterprise, the indictment charges.

“As alleged, Mona Faiz Montrage was a member of a criminal conspiracy that specifically targeted older Americans through romance scams,” Manhattan US Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement. “These scams can be both financially and emotionally devastating for vulnerable victims.”
“Thanks to the efforts of our law enforcement partners, Montrage was arrested abroad and has been brought to the United States to face justice,” the statement continued.
The social media influencer — whose Instagram account was among the top 10 most followed in Ghana –was arrested on Nov. 10, 2022, in the UK for the alleged conspiracy and brought to the US on Friday.

She dey learn for where hushpuppi and Tinubu dey

She's going to prison, scamming people of their hard earned money is unacceptable.

I just checked through her Instagram page. Her followers keeps on increasing!

So Instagram go deactivate her account like hushpuppi own too.😔

Monkey done go market,e no return.

Vanity... you do the crime.. you do the time...

Yahoo girl



Those big laps thou

Na so most content creators be for Nigeria o,so so lie.

Hushbitchy

Living the good life on other people’s sweat. I guess she thought they wouldn’t find her, extradite her, and go grab her in England. Scammers should learn from this woman, the 3 scammers from Lagos in the process of extradition, Woodberry, and Hushpuppi.

Think Nigeria is the only country into online fraud? Then someone needs to tell you about Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon, Philiphines and Armenia. These are just the ones I know.

Nigeria dodge this one.

Felabrity:
She dey learn for where hushpuppi and Tinubu dey

Shepuppi.......

kingthreat:
Think Nigeria is the only country into online fraud? Then someone needs to tell you about Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon, Philiphines and Armenia. These are just the ones I know.

USA, china and arabs self all na just grade by grade scam

Lol nah today nobody is a saint just that Nigerians Sabi over do all this FMT gee boys use no be Americans dey arrange am

LifeOfTrigga:
USA, china and arabs self all ma just grade by grade scam

Nah USA dey drop tools sef and the even refer there friends to all this investment scam street deep

kingthreat:
Think Nigeria is the only country into online fraud? Then someone needs to tell you about Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon, Philiphines and Armenia. These are just the ones I know.

Lol that's what the media want you to see

At least she spent the money on plastic surgery, cars, and door.

She will definitely have a nice time with Hushpuppies and co

If you're messing with Uncle Sam don't stay where you could be grabbed, hushpuppi was living the good life in Dubai while perpetrating fraud that passed through the US financial system and the cherry on top - providing everyone with so much open source intelligence.
This lady could have stayed in Russia and enjoy her loot and the ruskies will protect her just to spite the US.