{"id":46,"date":"2008-03-27T10:30:41","date_gmt":"2008-03-27T17:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iamron.com\/personal\/20080327-baby-listed-for-sale-appears-to-be-nigerian-419-scam-or-similar\/"},"modified":"2008-03-27T10:36:50","modified_gmt":"2008-03-27T17:36:50","slug":"baby-listed-for-sale-appears-to-be-nigerian-419-scam-or-similar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iamron.com\/personal\/baby-listed-for-sale-appears-to-be-nigerian-419-scam-or-similar\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby listed for sale – Appears to be Nigerian "419" Scam or similar"},"content":{"rendered":"

6cc5077a85aa4cdf6bcf748bb6dc76e5-1-tnjpg-medium.jpg<\/a>Yesterday my wife told me about a news report she heard on the radio which indicated that an ad had been placed on Salt Lake City’s KUTV.com<\/a> with the intent to sell a young 6 month old baby girl. I was curious, so I Googled the story, and pulled up a few<\/a> of the<\/a> reports<\/a>. I became even more curious when I saw the cached version of the ad on Google<\/a>, so I did some more digging. I did some reverse lookups on the number listed, searched for the name, and used some other tricky Google techniques I’ve learned along the way to dig up this ad containing THE VERY SAME IMAGE OF THE CHILD<\/strong><\/a>, though this ad is placed on a classified site in Indianapolis. Interestingly enough, the ads are placed only one day apart from each other, though the name Pauline Burgman, or "REV Pauline" isn’t used in the second ad.<\/p>\n

I eventually found numerous ads that listed the same contact phone number, and different ads using the same phrasing. What does it all mean? Well, it looks like the same people that want you to help them smuggle Michael Nkomo, only son of Kenneth Nkomo out of Zimbabwe for an exchange of 20% of the $18.6Million that has been secretly stowed in two metal boxes<\/a> are at it again, only this time they are trying to scam you out of your money in exchange for a child, or maybe a yorkshire terrier<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In addition to the 419 connection, I’ve found two other cases of babies being posted for adoption, though the details seem sketchy at best, and the fact that there are other ads with the exact same photos or names but differing details casts a shadow of doubt on the entire thing. See the first example here<\/a> and here<\/a>, and the second one here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>. Yikes!<\/p>\n

Of course, nobody wants to take such a gross incident lightly, and hopefully this is not the case of a real attempt to sell a real child. However, given the evidence, it appears that the ad is nothing more than a dubious attempt to dupe some unsuspecting (if not dopey) parents out of some quick cash. I guess only time will tell…<\/p>\n

SOURCES:
\nhttp:\/\/portland.localbased.com\/misc\/GoSearchItem.do?category=1
\nhttp:\/\/portland.localbased.com\/misc\/MiscItemDetail.do?itemId=334906
\nhttp:\/\/209.85.173.104\/search?q=cache:erx5WtsOCWQJ:buyit.kentucky.com\/findit\/farm_and_livestock\/livestock\/Oa6bd1f0.htm+206-202-2552&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us&client=safari
\nhttp:\/\/www.419scam.org\/419-phone-cm.htm
\nhttp:\/\/www.freeadscity.com\/24449.html
\nhttp:\/\/en.advisto.com\/auctions-classifieds-sale\/other-furniture-appliances-32929.htm
\nhttp:\/\/209.85.173.104\/search?q=cache:ZJzE7r0MMisJ:www.pluba.com\/Classified\/DisplayAd.asp%3Fid%3D11082+206-202-2552&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=16&gl=us&client=safari
\nhttp:\/\/www.sellingpet.com\/cgi-bin\/classifieds.cgi?session_key=&search_and_display_db_button=on&db_id=3038&query=retrieval
\nhttp:\/\/thefreeclassifieds.net\/cgi-bin\/classified\/classified.cgi?action=ViewAd&ID=1184891760&Lang=English
\nAND THESE BOTH HAVE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS: ttalk2me1@yahoo.com
\nhttp:\/\/www.pawsitesonline.com\/search\/i_puppiesbreed.php?entry=&title=Dog%20ads&breed=29
\nhttp:\/\/www.magickclassifieds.com\/sweet_yorkie_puppy_for_adoption__a8998.html
\nhttp:\/\/united-kingdom.mercattel.com\/html\/ad\/364816\/baby-girl-for-adoption.html
\nhttp:\/\/classifieds.agriscape.com\/ad\/121367\/en\/
\nhttp:\/\/209.85.173.104\/search?q=cache:-wkgsggR6J8J:www.kutvclassifieds.com\/misc\/baby_children_items+Pauline+Burgman&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us&client=safari
\nhttp:\/\/indianapolis.nuvo.net\/Childcare\/beautiful_baby_girl_for_adoption_partyluv427_yahoo_com_\/classifieds\/ViewAd?oid=717353
\nhttp:\/\/209.85.173.104\/search?q=cache:TRHyvFn41TUJ:www.american-classifieds.net\/adpage.php%3Fad%3D32737+Hi+there,+my+names+are+Williams+Finderson&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&client=safari
\nhttp:\/\/www.adspoint.co.uk\/ad.php?id=8781&cat_id=28
\nhttp:\/\/www.classifieds.abydir.com\/adpage.php?ad=5768\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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