By Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED: 08:50 EST, 30 August 2013 | UPDATED: 09:52 EST, 30 August 2013 A mother and daughter have pleaded guilty to bilking hundreds of lonely women around the world out of over $1million. Karen Vasseur, 63, and daughter Tracy Vasseur, 42, pleaded guilty to posing as US soldiers in a Nigerian-style internet romance scam where they stole $1.1million from 374 victims in the States and 40 other countries, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced Wednesday. The greedy family matriarch is also alleged to have tried to steal an inheritance from her own children. The elder Vasseur received a 15-year prison sentence for the scam, daughter Karen was given a 12-year sentence, Mr Suthers said.
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The two women conned hundreds of women in over 40 countries
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Despite raking in over $1million, they only kept about 10 per cent
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Karen Vasseur's greed knew no bounds, the gluttonous granny even tried stealing an inheritance from her own children
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Deranged daughter Karen Vasseur even talked her daughter into participating in the scam
‘Not only did this mother-daughter duo break the law, they broke hearts worldwide,’ said Mr Suthers, ‘it is fitting that they received stiff sentences for their unconscionable crimes committed in the name of love and the @placeholder military.’