Mom Finds Her Own Baby on Craigslist for Adoption!
“A CUTE BABY BOY FOR ADOPTION HE IS VERY HEALTHY AND READY FOR ADOPTION FOR MORE YOU COME BACK TO US.”
That’s what the advertisement on Craigslist said when Jenni Brennan came across it. The only problem: Jenni’s 7 month old baby boy was pictured with the ad.
Jenni replied to the ad pretending to be interested in adopting the boy.
She was told to send $200 to an address in Cameroon to begin the adoption process. She also received details of the baby boy up for adoption which claimed he had been born in Canada and was now in an orphanage in the African nation of Cameroon.
The FBI has now launched an investigation into what they believe is an international adoption scam.
So how did these international scammers get the photo of Jenni’s son?
Jenni, from Abington, Massachusetts, believes her son’s photo had been lifted from her family blog.
She had created the site to share photos of her family, including her other son Jackson, 3, with friends and family.
Investigators believe the online scammers had “stolen” the photo and used it in an attempt to extort money from couples desperate to adopt children.
So what can we learn from this? Sadly, there are always going to be people doing bad things online. Scammers are everywhere. This is a good reminder to create private invite-only blogs when you want to share family photos, or email them individually to your friends and family with a watermark. Of course Jenni’s son was never harmed and this incident was fairly harmless but this is still a wake up call for all of us.
Source: foxnews.com, telegraph.co.uk
