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evnme
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Mom Finds Baby for Sale on Craigslist
OMG!
Mom Finds Baby for Sale on CraigslistAOL News
(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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jgl
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Re: Mom Finds Baby for Sale on Craigslist
sick people
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| Posted 8/3/09 3:57 PM |
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RocPin
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Heather
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Re: Mom Finds Baby for Sale on Craigslist
That's insane!
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| Posted 8/3/09 3:59 PM |
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LoveyQ
Stalkers, get a life.
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Re: Mom Finds Baby for Sale on Craigslist
Wow, what are the chances that someone she knows saw that ad and had emailed them!
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| Posted 8/3/09 4:06 PM |
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DancinBarefoot
06ers Rock!!
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Re: Mom Finds Baby for Sale on Craigslist
I read the story earlier today. Totally scary and freaky.
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| Posted 8/3/09 5:54 PM |
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heathergirl
Cocktail Time!
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Re: Mom Finds Baby for Sale on Craigslist
there are some real sickos in the world 
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| Posted 8/3/09 6:27 PM |
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PictureFrame
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Re: Mom Finds Baby for Sale on Craigslist
Posted by LoveyQ
Wow, what are the chances that someone she knows saw that ad and had emailed them!
that's what i was thinking too.
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| Posted 8/4/09 8:27 PM |
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rose825
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Re: Mom Finds Baby for Sale on Craigslist
we would get tons of emails from Nigeria with white babies for adoption. Usually twins, I always suspected they got the photos from peoples blogs.
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| Posted 8/4/09 8:42 PM |
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