Montrage, who boasts more than four million followers on her Instagram page Hajia4Reall, even pretended to marry one of her victims to further her fraud, the Justice Department alleges. — Image by katemangostar on Freepik
NEW YORK: A Ghanaian social media influencer has pleaded not guilty in the United States to deceiving older, single Americans out of US$2mil (RM9mil) through lonely hearts scams.
Mona Faiz Montrage, 30, was part of a group of fraudsters in West Africa who tricked men and women into thinking they were in relationships with them, according to federal prosecutors.
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