Tuesday, 08 July 2014 07:57 Woman uses unborn baby to cheat other women of $ 25,000 A young mother promised her baby to at least two different women she met online, only to change her mind after receiving $25,000 from the pair. For one of the women, a 34-year-old engineer who wanted to be known as Jane, the likelihood that she has been cheated is both a financial and emotional blow. She has a nine-year-old daughter but has been unable to have more children after four miscarriages. In January this year, she saw a posting by Anne (not her real name), a pregnant Singaporean housewife in her mid-20s, who said on a popular parenting forum that she had huge financial difficulties and debts, could not afford another child and wanted to give her baby up for adoption. Anne, married with a four-year-old son, asked for $30,000 to cover her pregnancy-related bills. Jane contacted her and agreed to give her $20,000. Anne even drafted a contract, stating that the sum would be paid in three instalments. She also promised in writing to return Jane the sum if she did not hand over her baby. Jane handed over $10,000 and did not suspect that anything was amiss until Anne suddenly stopped providing updates about her pregnancy in February. Anne gave birth to a girl in March. Jane told The Sunday Times: She did not tell us she had given birth. When I asked, she even denied it. After that, she told us she had had a difficult delivery and could not bear to give her baby up. So I asked for my money back, but she said she had no money. Jane is not the only one claiming to have handed over money for Annes baby. Mary (not her real name), a 44-year-old businesswoman who is childless after more than 10 years of marriage, said she gave Anne $15,000. She too had seen Annes post on the same online forum, met her in person many times and signed a similar agreement. Then Anne told her the same story - she could not bear to give up her baby and had no money to repay what she had taken. The Sunday Times learnt that Anne had asked a third couple for $35,000 for her baby, but the childless couple in their 40s declined. Both Jane and Mary said they confronted Anne and threatened to report her to the police, after The Sunday Times alerted them that Anne had taken money from at least two persons. She agreed to pay them back in instalments. Jane said they decided not to go to the police right away as they feared they would then not get any money back. When contacted, Anne declined to comment. -forums.asiaone
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 07:38:35 +0000
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