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Jenni Brennan, Horrified Mom, Sees Baby Jacob For Sale Online

by Tina Kells | August 3, 2009 at 10:12 am

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Jenni Brennan must have felt like she was living a nightmare when she saw a Craigslist ad selling her baby boy Jacob. The horrified mom saw the baby for sale ad online after receiving an email telling her that Jacob's pictures were being used in an adoption scam. The photos of 7-month old Jacob Brennan had been taken from the family blog and were used to solicit baby buyers for a bogus online adoption service.

The email stated that the baby for sale ad portrayed Jacob as a Canadian born baby living in an orphanage in Cameroon. The ad claimed that $300 could get the process of adopting the orphaned Canadian child started. Jenni Brennan was horrified and distraught when she saw the child for sale ad that used a photo of her baby boy which she herself had uploaded to her blog.

"Out of the blue some girl e-mailed us and said 'I think you should know someone's using Jake's picture in an adoption scam'," said Brennan, who said she found the message hard to believe.

Brennan followed the link included in the e-mail and found an ad on the Craigslist Web site. The ad promised that a "cute baby boy" was available for adoption, but did not include a picture.

Brennan decided to play detective and sent an e-mail to the address listed. She quickly received a picture in her inbox."The picture he sends you is a picture of Jake," Brennan said. "It was horrifying. I never would have thought in a million years that I would have the emotional reaction that I did."