by adoptforlife | Jul 10, 2018 | adoption networking, adoption scam
This week, one of our coordinators received the following screenshot in regards to an available adoption situation. The waiting family had not started doing their own marketing or networking yet, but was interested in the situation and asking the next step. Most...
by Mardie Caldwell | Jan 30, 2018 | adoption match, adoption scam, birth mothers
Dear Mardie, A potential birth mother called us! I used the forms included in the Birth Mothers: Meeting and Matching lesson, and have another call scheduled next week, after she receives our long version profile in the mail. I have answers to almost all the...
by adoptforlife | Oct 24, 2017 | adoption scam
The Number One Most Common Adoption Scam Once you begin your birth mother outreach, you will inevitably be contacted by some less than scrupulous people offering to help you adopt or give you their child. One of the common threads you will likely see is contacts...
by adoptforlife | May 16, 2017 | adoption journey, adoption scam
Some adoptive parents-in-waiting decide to respond to an adoption situation that is posted online as accepting profiles from home study-ready couples. This may, at times, seem easier or less stressful than doing your own outreach and advertising. However, it comes...
by adoptforlife | Mar 7, 2017 | adoption scam
For a change of pace, here is information on a current adoption scam that we are seeing perpetrated on waiting adoptive parents via Facebook, email, and text messaging. Note how at the beginning, it sounds reasonable, but after asking very few questions, it quickly...
by adoptforlife | Jan 3, 2017 | adoption scam
Recently, a family contacted us full of excitement. They had been messaging on Facebook with a birth mother who was due in March. She was eager to learn more about them and they talked a lot. Everything was perfect, or so it seemed. Birth mother Jayne had found...
