Mom Finds Baby for Sale on Craigslist

[ecstatic]

(Aug. 3) - A Massachusetts mom was shocked when she received an e-mail saying a photo of her son was being used as part of an adoption scam.

Jenni Brennan investigated the claim and found a July 19 ad on Craigslist for a "cute" and "very healthy" baby boy. Although there was no picture on the ad page, when Brennan e-mailed the listed Yahoo address, the poster responded with a photo of her 7-month-old son, Jake.

"It was horrifying," Brennan said of seeing the picture, which she discovered had been pulled from her family's public blog.
The e-mail claimed Jake was a Canadian-born child living in an orphanage in Cameroon. After further correspondence, Brennan alerted authorities to the scam when she was asked for $300 to start the adoption process.

According to NECN, the London-based ad is still active on Craigslist, but Yahoo has shut down the e-mail link. The Brennan family has also made their blog private and they advised others to do the same.

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Be careful when posting you or your family's photos online. Google etc. makes it so easy to find out exactly where you live!

[BlueIris]

1. An adoption scam? There is nothing more vile.

And yes, I realize they probably happen more often than is known, but damn. Here's hoping somebody goes to jail for this one.

[SoCalDem]

2. I once responded via email to a complete stranger

I googled "tutu", and up came pictures of two darling little girls..when I clicked to make the pics bigger, there was an INVITATION with a MAP..inviting the family & friends to their family picnic.. phone number too..

I told the mom that I was a Mom too, and had no designs on her little girls, but she should remove that stuff.. she never wrote me back, but the site was gone the next day..

[AwakeAtLast]

3. I will not post pictures of my child on the internet

for this and a lot of other reasons. Too many sick, twisted people out there.