Jerry920 sends us a link to the story of a mother-daughter team who scammed hundreds of mostly women with their phony soldier scheme;
Prosecutors said [Tracy Vasseur and her mother, Karen Vasseur] helped funnel money to Nigeria after their accomplices lured women on online dating sites into becoming romantically involved with and giving thousands of dollars to people they thought were members of the military. The two stole more than $1 million, ultimately roping in 374 victims in more than 40 countries, the attorney general said.
The mostly female victims were looking for love on the Internet, but instead had their hearts broken when they realized the soldiers weren’t real, prosecutors said in their indictment last year.
They fell victim to the scheme on dating and social networking sites, including Facebook, prosecutors said. The perpetrators sent photographs and military documents to the victims to convince them they were soldiers, then asked the victims to wire money to pay for satellite phones or travel expenses so they could visit, prosecutors said.
Ladies, just stop it. No real soldier sends you his documentation or asks you for money to go on leave or to return from the combat zone. If they send you a scan of their ID card, they’re not for real. Trust me on that. I’ve got an email in my inbox right now from a woman who was scammed and is now vengeful and wants us to help her burn this “guy”.
[Tracy Vasseur] was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in jail and five years parole in the Internet scam case. She also received a four-year sentence for crimes she committed while free on bond.
Her mother was sentenced in July to 12 years in jail and five years parole for her role in the scam, in addition to a 10-year sentence for stealing money by promising loans that never materialized.
Good!
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23 responses to “Romance scammers sentenced”
Yikes!!!
Oh, sh*t.
A couple of people who are that creative and convincing could have churned out a romance novel a month and be both rich and a famous as they wanted, not to mention free.
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, Stupid.
That’s a hell of a mother-daughter tag team; too bad they’re not wearing masks in the mug shots; my eyes and brain are undergoing “The PTSD” right now…
Thank, Jonn.
Its early here but I need a drink.
I am going to have to stop visiting this site.
Why the pictures, I will have nightmares for days.
Those might be the two ugliest…organisms… I have ever seen.
Beaten by an ugly FOREST.
“Ladies”???
You’re joking, right?
Well, the good news for those two is that not even prisoners would want a lesbian relationship with them.
Mom doesn’t look like she’ll make it for 12 months, much less 12 years.
damn, meth is some nasty stuff….
That thing on the right looks like something out of an old school psycho horror movie.
When someone wants money from you, tell them you need some too, and could they please send it in a hurry?
Anybody notices that the junior scammerette looks like a fat-faced version of Kevin Bacon?
Those are women?? OK, time for another Jamesons, to clear the brain form a nightmare I thought I was having!
As an addendum to @14, anybody notices that the senior scammerette looks like the elephant boy from “Mask”?
Breaking Bad cast extras!
Almost feel sorry for these …
Naw. Can’t go there.
What Hondo said….that is a very disturbing genetic heritage on display.
You would not believe how many emails and calls I get from women who were victimized by this kind of scam (maybe by these two harridans)
There’s absolutely nothing I can do for them except direct them to their nearest FBI office’s fraud division, but I do try to listen & let them vent.
Hearts in right place- but common sense did not prevail. Sadly- some still seem to think it’s a “military problem” to fix not the Nigerian pro scam outfits who took them for a ride.
Mom looks like Fred Phelps in drag, about 3 years into a bad meth habit.
Both of them look like they were tied to the tracks when the Ugly train ran over them, backed up, and did it three more times!!
AAHHHHHH! PASS THE EYE AND BRAIN BLEACH!!!!! STAT!!!