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Bizarre ultrasound photo scam targets unsuspecting men at risk of being extorted in pregnancy fraud
NY Post ^ | September 2, 2025 | Marissa Matozzo

Posted on 09/03/2025 10:44:10 AM PDT by equaviator

Think buying a photo of someone else’s unborn baby is weird? That’s because it is — but it was recently possible on the marketplace app from Japanese e-commerce company, Mercari.

Now, Mercari has pulled the plug on selling ultrasound shots (which once sold online for around $14, according to X users), bowing to those worried about how strangers were snapping up prenatal pics.

The ban hit after a viral X post exposed Mercari listings hawking ultrasound images and photos of positive pregnancy tests.

User @Awakend_Citizen blasted the bizarre trend, writing, “Why are things like pregnancy ultrasound photos or positive pregnancy tests being listed on Mercari???” Fellow concerned X users weighed in, with some speculating that the photos would be used for sinister and manipulative reasons. “It seems like they’re gonna use it for some shady stuff,” one theorized, adding, “Like, “I’m pregnant with your child’ type of thing, y’know.” Someone else replied, “Is it for threatening my boyfriend?” Another appalled person noted, “That’s creepy. Using it for scams or for getting a divorce, how f—g rock-bottom of an idea is that.”

One other asked, clearly before the ban of selling these images was enacted, “This kind of thing should be subject to regulation, right?” According to a Reddit post in r/offbeat, one user explained that the idea of a woman committing “pregnancy fraud” in Japan is called “ninshin sagi.” In the recent post, they further clarified that this is “the act of a woman pretending to be pregnant in order to extort money from a man they had sex with.”

Plenty on X and Reddit are betting that the selling of these ultrasound snaps and positive-test pics were just for a scam cash grab —

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1 posted on 09/03/2025 10:44:10 AM PDT by equaviator
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To: equaviator

There are already hundreds (thousands?) of baby ultrasound images all over the internet.

Scammers and creeps are going to scam and creep.

Once again, El Rush-Bo comes to mind. As far as avoiding pregnancy, he would often state that “abstinence works every time it is tried.”


2 posted on 09/03/2025 11:24:01 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try )
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Agreed. This story is yet another example that doing things God’s way is the best way.


3 posted on 09/03/2025 11:38:08 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III; equaviator

“abstinence works every time it is tried.”

Actually, there’s a pretty well documented instance that abstinence did NOT work, and it was a divine miracle when it didn’t work.


4 posted on 09/03/2025 11:59:01 AM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Simple DNA swab and *poof* the real dad is either discovered or it’s ‘’not my kid!’’.


5 posted on 09/03/2025 1:14:27 PM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III
abstinence works every time it is tried.

Abstinence from consuming alcoholic beverages prevents all kinds of "accidents"!
6 posted on 09/03/2025 1:33:17 PM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: equaviator

We have pregnancy scams in the USA too. They are called “family courts”


7 posted on 09/03/2025 2:28:07 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. )
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To: jmacusa

“MPs have called for a ban on a new testing kit to check a child’s paternity.”

- BBC UK.


8 posted on 09/03/2025 2:29:32 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. )
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To: Organic Panic

For some guys the “fear of God” comes when they’re about to hear the judge’s decision. Who knew that “God” would be wearing a black robe?


9 posted on 09/03/2025 2:42:49 PM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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10 posted on 09/03/2025 9:52:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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