A mother from Northern Ireland to do a Rural Development Culture study in Africa–Cameroon. Gets pregnant, then boyfriend gets in car accident when pregnant. She has to go back to N. Ireland… she is 19yrs old.. can not take care of her son. A Fr. Mario writes to me and wants to know about us… and says he has prayed that this will work out he is going to the HIGH preist??? something like that.. and she writes me in detail everyday…she sent pictures of herself and her son. What do I do? She has asked for nothing concerning…..

[Rough translation: I was about to be swindled by a type of Cameroon who claimed to be an American nurse who worked at a church in Cameroon, who had lost his wife and could not care for her daughter two years, "Brenda" puts some photos a beautiful girl, who knows from where he got it, and until you contact your lawyer of course, and although my husband and I researched about the requirements to adopt in Cameroon and failed to comply, and we could not do both travel to Cameroon, you end up saying that they fix everything, you do not need to be there and very nearly you send your child to your house, everything is perfectly planned, I really think that many people fall into their networks and pay amounts for children and there are no sentimental damage is greater than the economic one, do not be fooled by a Ryan Macoy, or your lawyer or her baby Brenda aged 2 years and her mother Jennifer died, is a lie even though they look very real , direct adoptions in cameroon can not, so do not throw your money. This guy has posted his ad on many websites to see who goes down, does not call for Cameroon, but once it contacts, you loose the sad story and makes you fall. Thank God my husband and I woke up in time to the scam.]

When I first found the ads, I was so disgusted at the thought scammers could advertise adoption in the same way they advertise their puppy scams. Then an hour or so later I was crying. It really was disturbing (and still is because the ads are still up) & thought it was just me being overly emotional. Finding this blog validates what I still feel about the callousness of the fraudsters who firmly believe their crimes are justified, the anger that they can get away with hurting people in so many ways, and the frustration that these criminals can just keep on doing it. It IS really sickening to think about.

I hope I can get the ads pulled & the website taken down. Criminals should not have the right to make money by inflicting pain through giving false hopes & pictures of precious little ones. It’s just not right.

While government & victim advocates sites have a wealth of information on various scams, I don’t believe this one gets the attention it deserves. I hope to visit here again (soon) with helpful information for reporting the ‘Cameroon adoption scam’ & finding advocates for victims.