I’ve been hearing about adoption scams involving birth mothers. What kinds of things should we know about as prospective parents?
First, you should know that scams are extremely rare. However, on the rare occasion that a scam occurs, what typically happens is that a genuinely pregnant woman will work with several prospective adoptive couples at the same time and ask all of these adoptive couples for her prenatal and/or living expenses. Another type of scam involves an alleged birth mother who is not actually pregnant, but attempts to exploit prospective adoptive parents for her living expenses.
