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Tonight? >> no, not really. i mean, i -- no definite plan. she kept saying something about sex or whatever and i told her i wasn't coming up to hook up. i just wanted to hang out, talk with her. >> that's hard to believe especially when you go back and look at the chat logs and the fact that they talked about bringing certain kind of alcoholic beverage and here he is with that exact type of wine cooler. what do you got in the bag there? >> she asked me to bring some of that for her mom. she said she was drinking some of her mom's coolers. or something. >> for her mom? you know, i have the tran...

I don't know. oh, my god. >> have you ever seen the stories where -- >> yes, yes, yes. >> -- men come to the house, trying to meet teens? >> but i wasn't trying to do that. i promise. >> well, i've got to tell you something. i'm chris hansen with "dateline nbc" and we are doing a story. on guys, men trying to meet teens on the internet. >> this is stupid. i'm a stupid man. but i would like to leave. >> he's free to leave, but he won't get very far. perverted-justice has joined forces with the harris county sheriff's office, providing chat logs and phone records, evidence needed to make an arre...

The polly klaas tragedy is capable of happening in anywhere, usa. >> sergeant matthew stapleton of the petaluma police department says law enforcement here is acutely aware of the dangers posed by sex predators. >> that's one of the reasons it wanted to set up a sting. >> we wanted to make sure that people around us got the message crystal clear that we have resources dedicated to this. and we will continue to dedicate resources to this as much as we can. >> and that's why the petaluma police reached out to perverted justice. sergeant stapleton and his men worked out a plan with the online wat...

Department of law enforcement, and we had attorneys from the state attorney's office directing the takedowns. >> and it was the interrogations, according to chief daniels, that proved to be their best evidence. >> they confessed to exactly what was read to them off the chat logs. >> hello? >> remember this man, michael willis, screen name generic white male? he's the 49-year-old who came to meet a girl who said she's 15. he was the one who threw the cookie. >> you know what, i don't want this cookie -- >> and left. >> i have some more questions for you. while he could walk away from "dateline'...

You might be more vulnerable now because royou recognize this as trusted brand. >> reporter: while things could have been worse, it should be a wake-up call to people about listing their personal information. >> what if someone managed to compromise a large fraction of google services or of yahoo services and gained access to everything from, you know, as i mentioned, spread sheets to photos to your e-mail to your chat logs? all that's sitting in one place. >> reporter: that won a worst case scenario that hopefully doesn't happen. security expert are saying it's important to be careful of the ...