It has been reported that several scammers set up fake adoption companies, asking the victims to pay thousands of dollars. The so-called “legal experts on adoption proceedings” meet their victims through social networking websites like Facebook or Twitter.
Using professional verbiage, they justify the charges for the coverage of the medical expenses for the pregnant women who plan to give away their babies. Instead, they collect the money wired to them and run.
How to avoid: If you are thinking of adopting a child, only go to legitimate places, not to the ones whose ads you’d find on social networking sites or in the “Classifieds” section of a newspaper. These will only lead to heartbreak.