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A mother finds her son put up for sale on the internet

An American mother took fright, and the indignation of his life when he saw his own son for seven months as merchandise offered online. Specifically asking $ 300 to start the process of "adoption."

The boy called Jacob Brennan. His mother is Jenni Brennan. They live in Abington, Massachusetts. Jenni was so quiet when he received a disturbing email: "Someone is using a photo of Jake for an adoption scam." Jenni

click on the link you suggested. The announcement led to the craigslist, the macrositio where buying and selling everything. The ad promised a "beautiful baby" of the male sex but do not appear any photos. Until Jenni answered the ad, posing as an interested client. In a few moments received in your e-mail a photo of your own brand new baby ... taken in addition to the family blog. Needless to say, without permission.

According to vendors, the child in the picture was born in Canada but now was in an orphanage in Cameroon, pending a kind soul to adopt. For the modest price of $ 300 could start the paperwork.

Jenni Brennan was first stunned. Then came the anger. And the call to the FBI. And another call to the attorney general of Massachusetts. Within hours it had closed the Yahoo mail account from which you sent the fraudulent advertisement. But fortunately the only damage-was done emotionally.

is not the first time that such ads appear on the network. Years ago that deals abound after adoption in countries like Cameroon, raised in such terms as colorful and ghostly that no serious person would take them seriously. But the business does not suffer for it. Send an e-mail, put an ad in the network, is so cheap and so easy that just a dupe, or seized, in a million to capture a small amount (300 dollars), or a not so small, zero effort.

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