Mona Faiz Montrage (Hajia4Real), a Ghanaian social media influencer, was extradited from the UK to the US for allegedly defrauding elderly, unmarried American men and women out of almost $2 million.

 Ghanaian social media influencer Mona Faiz Montrage (Hajia4Real) has been extradited from the UK to the US for allegedly swindling over $2 million from older, single American men and women in a twisted lonely hearts scam 

 

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.She pleaded not guilty to the charges and is set to be released in the coming days on $500,000 bond with GPS tracking via an ankle monitor, her lawyer confirmed to The Post.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.Montrage is charged with wire fraud, money laundering, receipt of stolen money and conspiracy. She faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on the top charge.Montrage’s lawyer Adam Cortez told The Post: “At this time all we know is that there are six alleged victims and only two dealt with a woman and only one of them claims that he dealt with Ms. Montrage.”