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What is an "unwanted gift" though?
Probably just looking for deals on new stuff that people dont care about having been gifted.
I could definitely see "unwanted gift" being a code word for trafficking :(
Not necessarily trafficking, but could be trafficking-adjacent.
There used to be "child rehoming" 'services' on Facebook and the like, for people who regret adopting a kid, and pass them to others. Here's a fairly in-depth article on the whole affair. Unsurprisingly, it didn't go well.
EDIT: In hindsight, "unwanted gift" could also be about people getting unexpectedly pregnant, and putting the resulting child up for adoption, but not wanting to go through legal means for one reason or another, which seems a more likely answer.
Lol makes sense. Meta being really meta here, but if thats needed... better too much than too little
Do you really think human traffickers are listing people under secret codes on accounts obviously linked to their real identity with their real face? Remember the ikea thing where vendors who didn't specify a price received an absurd default price for their goods eg 9999.99 and people that furniture that was listed at that price corresponded to kids being sold?
On Facebook marketplace just after Christmas? A potential bargain on unopened merch, of course!