Adoption Agency Ratings

I wish we could give this agency a negative rating! My husband and I were contacted out of the blue by this agency and were asked to immediately send over $30,000 by wire in order to adopt a precious baby boy that had supposedly just been born in another state, because the mother didn't want him. They were so nice, and gave us all this information over the phone (we received nothing in writing except the contract) about how the mother was leaving the hospital without the baby and that she didnt care what happened to him or what kind of family adopted him. "Jackie" told us that we were contacted because this was an "emergency situation" and that there were no couples on their list that wanted this bi-racial baby boy. (Looking back now that sounds SO suspicious, and especially after reading posts here from people who have been waiting for a babt years. Didn't ANY of these couple want this baby? Were they even OFFERED this situation?) Anyway, when we got off the phone we were so overjoyed that our baby was actually coming home! We wired the money and travelled over 1000 miles to the hospital. When we got there we got the shock of our lives. We were informed that not only was there no baby waiting for us, but that the "supposed" birthmother (we were only given her first name) had not signed any contracts or made ANY contact with Adoption Advantage except to call and request INFORMATION about adoption. By the time we got there, mother and baby were both gone and the hospital social worker was flabergasted that an agency would purport that this was a viable adoption situation. The people at the hospital treated us better than the agency has, at least they showed us concern and empathy. AA has not called, emailed, returned our phone calls or email, or attempted to contact us in any way concerning our situation or our $30,000! I have since been doing some digging and found out that not only are they in trouble with their local licensing board (in Arkansas) but that they owe money all over the country and are being sued by MULTIPLE parties that have gone through similiar situations. How could they be so callous and cruel to those of us who just want a precious baby to call our own? Why dont they answer the phone or return emails? What's REALLY going on with this company when they are taking in tens of thousands of dollars and not paying their bills? PLEASE PLEASE dont fall for the same "SCAM" that has broken our hearts! If you are contacted by this agency, our advice is the same as the earlier poster's, "RUN THE OTHER WAY!"