Jan. 10, 2009
Scammed Again
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Well, here we go again. We are looking to adopt another infant. We have a MySpace account for this purpose. A young girl contacted us. She has asked for nothing and has seemed straight forward. She was due with a baby in May. Well, at Christmas she said she had had an ultrasound and it was twins. At this point, I think I knew it was a scam, but twins would be wonderful for us. We are getting older and finishing up our family in one fell swoop would be ...well would be an answer to prayer. Up to this point, she had answered our question and seemed so incredibly sweet. She seemed like someone we could have a life long relationship with. We would like to stay in some kind of limited contact with the birthparents of our children. For us, that would be ideal. We were beginning to hope that maybe we could hope. Does that make sense? Sooooo...having been down this road before (we have had birthmoms change their minds and we have been outright scammed--i believe there is a special place in hell for people who prey on the hearts and emotions of the childless looking to adopt), I asked about the birthfather. Was he ok with all this (we would need legal documentation of this before an adoption could take place anyway)? Did the doctor set a more exact due date? Did she find out the sex of the babies (we don't care...but i would like to know...for planning of bedrooms, etc)? And, what I think was the clincher: Can we please have a copy of the ultrasound? We wanted to see them. Today, I checked to see if she had responded. She hadn't. In fact, all our correspondence was gone from my mailbox...both mine out and hers in. ALL CORRESPONDENCE was gone. I remembered that I had the notifications from past letters from MySpace in my gmail account box. I clicked the link. The message that I got read that she had either cancelled her membership or was cancelled by administration. As Dan said (he, like most men, is the more practical of the two of us), "Good thing we know now". Which was the whole reason I asked my list of 5 questions to "her". I do thank God for this. If this God IS merciful. I can say this as I cry a bit over the loss of something I never had to begin with. I keep this "Annika" in prayer as well. Something is wrong with this person. Something deep and horrible effects "her". I pray that she gets the help she needs...whatever it is. And if she is indeed pregnant and if she decides to parent, I pray that she is the very best parent ever. Every baby deserves loving parents. Because I have to say it: If you know of anyone looking to make an adoption plan, please remember us. Thanks! He is Risen, Just as He said! |
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