Comments on: Baby put up for sale on TV site’s classifieds http://www.lostremote.com/2008/03/26/baby-put-up-for-sale-on-tv-sites-classifieds/ Where TV Finds the Future Sat, 17 May 2008 08:30:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Z http://www.lostremote.com/2008/03/26/baby-put-up-for-sale-on-tv-sites-classifieds/#comment-824751 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:57:56 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/03/26/baby-put-up-for-sale-on-tv-sites-classifieds/#comment-824751 That's a good price, too. I paid better than 10K for my illegal adoption ;) (fortunately, Hearst-Argyle'll reemburse you up to 5k for adoptions) That’s a good price, too. I paid better than 10K for my illegal adoption ;)

(fortunately, Hearst-Argyle’ll reemburse you up to 5k for adoptions)

]]> by: Amanda E. http://www.lostremote.com/2008/03/26/baby-put-up-for-sale-on-tv-sites-classifieds/#comment-824342 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:05:40 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/03/26/baby-put-up-for-sale-on-tv-sites-classifieds/#comment-824342 Click my name for screenshots and addition info. The ad appears to be a different tactic of the good ole "Nigerian Puppy Scam" and not a real baby for sale. Remember folks, you saw it here first via the web, not the evening newscast :-) Click my name for screenshots and addition info.

The ad appears to be a different tactic of the good ole “Nigerian Puppy Scam” and not a real baby for sale.

Remember folks, you saw it here first via the web, not the evening newscast :-)

]]> by: Amanda E. http://www.lostremote.com/2008/03/26/baby-put-up-for-sale-on-tv-sites-classifieds/#comment-823858 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:01:59 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/03/26/baby-put-up-for-sale-on-tv-sites-classifieds/#comment-823858 After looking up a cached version of the ad and doing some searches on Google, I strongly suspect this ad is either someone's idea of a sick joke or is being used as a scam to dup people out of their money - not an actual baby for sale. The phone number used in the ad is a landline Seattle number (with no carrier listed) and if you do a google search on the phone number it has been used in various ads with random names all over the country, including 419 scams, puppy sales and curiously, one ad for a little boy for sale in Seattle with similar language to the ad on KUTV. I'm presuming someone from KUTV or anyone in the Salt Lake market reads this site. If there is, email me at amanda dot emily at gmail dot com and I'll forward the links I found online. After looking up a cached version of the ad and doing some searches on Google, I strongly suspect this ad is either someone’s idea of a sick joke or is being used as a scam to dup people out of their money - not an actual baby for sale.

The phone number used in the ad is a landline Seattle number (with no carrier listed) and if you do a google search on the phone number it has been used in various ads with random names all over the country, including 419 scams, puppy sales and curiously, one ad for a little boy for sale in Seattle with similar language to the ad on KUTV.

I’m presuming someone from KUTV or anyone in the Salt Lake market reads this site. If there is, email me at amanda dot emily at gmail dot com and I’ll forward the links I found online.

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