Florida law enforcement officials are investigating a Craigslist post purporting to advertise the sale of a child.

The ad's author, who claimed to be a state employee with the Florida Department of Children and Families, wrote in the post that the child was a newborn while not specifying the child's parents or gender, according to the Miami Herald. The author requested $500 in the ad for the purchase.

“Baby is 2weeks old. It sleeps, don’t make noise at night,” the ad reads, according to the Herald. “Formula and clothes will give it to you. Can give you the baby 4 year old sister for free.”

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A spokesperson for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement told the Herald that an active investigation was ongoing but shared no other details.

“We do have an active investigation that started last Friday,” the spokesperson said.

Sale of a minor is considered a felony adoption violation in the state of Florida, though it is not clear whether the Craigslist post itself constituted a separate crime.

Police are leaving open the possibility of the ad being a hoax, according to the Herald, though one woman has already been interviewed by law enforcement over the post.