A Colorado mother and daughter are accused in an internet dating scam spanning 40 countries, in which fake soldiers started relationships with women, then asked them for money, CBS Denver reported.

The victims were allegedly cheated out of more than $1 million.

An indictment from the Colorado Attorney General accuses Tracy and Karen Vasseur of Adams County of being part of a "Nigerian internet romance scam" involving people pretending to be military members serving in Afghanistan.

Tracy, 41, and her mother, Karen, 73, live in Brighton. They allegedly tricked women into relationships and accepted payments via wire over a three-year period.

Prosecutors said six of their victims live in Colorado. Investigators believe there are 374 victims in all, from 41 countries including the United States, CBS Denver reported.

The indictment claims the mother-and-daughter scammers took a percentage of the stolen money and then wired the remaining money to associates in Nigeria.

They allegedly established 20 personal and business bank accounts at 11 local banks for the purposes of laundering stolen money. The business was listed under the name A-Team Distributions Inc. and KKJ Services.

As part of the scheme, Tracy also allegedly used her own 16-year-old daughter to fraudulently receive stolen money and then wire it to Nigeria.

According to CBS Denver, Tracy Vasseur faces up to 205 years in prison if convicted on all counts, and her mother faces up to 172 years behind bars.

msb247: Hmmm. So Nigerians are known for welcoming all sorts of crimes. Only in this country that virtually anything bad can be tolerated. If only we'll put our intelligence to good use, we can even be the best economy in the whole world... with the resources and kind of people we have!

engineerd: NAIJAAAAA....LETS PUT OUR INNOVATIVE MINDS TO SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT CAN BENEFIT HUMAN KIND!!! IT IS EVIDENT WE ARE AN INTELLIGENT PEOPLE...BUT MISGUIDED!!!

The indictment claims the mother-and-daughter scammers took a percentage of the stolen money and then wired the remaining money to associates in Nigeria.

Hoodrat: Those women were been used by Nigerians scam artist in order to built trust between their mugus the women are greedy and gullible themselves for voluntarily agreeing to operate a large scale Nigeria scam network. In some cases the women might be innocent and unaware of such but this one shows a different turned for is obvious the women were in for percentage. A friend of mine says a good Nigerian is a dead one

engineerd:

Not true......but the bad ones have a louder voice!!!

engineerd: NAIJAAAAA....LETS PUT OUR INNOVATIVE MINDS TO SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT CAN BENEFIT HUMAN KIND!!! IT IS EVIDENT WE ARE AN INTELLIGENT PEOPLE...BUT MISGUIDED!!!

Sisi_Kill:


I don't think you guys read the article at all. . . You saw Nigerian and Scam and automatically jumped to conclusion. . .it is understandable of course but for once this isn't a Nigerian crime, so it is unfair to start berating Nigerians.

Hoodrat:

Bro the thing tire person. Imagine waking up everyday to this kind bad news everyday about Nigerians? to found a good news on nairaland na wahala cuz 95% of the news na about tragedy/disaster, government looting,fraud and crime. This kind news is enough to derailed person brain .

ekt_bear: Hrm.



So what exactly was the Nigerian role in this?

Sisi_Kill:


I don't think you guys read the article at all. . . You saw Nigerian and Scam and automatically jumped to conclusion. . .it is understandable of course but for once this isn't a Nigerian crime, so it is unfair to start berating Nigerians.

Sisi_Kill:


I don't think you guys read the article at all. . . You saw Nigerian and Scam and automatically jumped to conclusion. . .it is understandable of course but for once this isn't a Nigerian crime, so it is unfair to start berating Nigerians.

bigx:

The money was wired to Nigeria, I was happy till I saw the Nigerian connection.. This's messed up really.

engineerd: NAIJAAAAA....LETS PUT OUR INNOVATIVE MINDS TO SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT CAN BENEFIT HUMAN KIND!!! IT IS EVIDENT WE ARE AN INTELLIGENT PEOPLE...BUT MISGUIDED!!!

Sisi_Kill:


I don't think you guys read the article at all. . . You saw Nigerian and Scam and automatically jumped to conclusion. . .it is understandable of course but for once this isn't a Nigerian crime, so it is unfair to start berating Nigerians.

ekt_bear:

Were the Nigerians the fake soldiers? My question is, what role did the Nigerians play (aside from receiving some of the money)? The article focuses on the role of the Americans. But no discussion of what the Nigerians actually did.

Or maybe I missed it in the article..

OAM4J:




http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57458311-504083/colo-mother-and-daughter-accused-of-international-internet-dating-scam/

engineerd:

You can rightly infer that the Nigerians were the pimps! they are using the Magas now to make Magas out of other Magas do u get it