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>> we're about to turn the tables. our chance comes when the thieves send this e-mail saying the money transfer is finally ready but the bank is asking for more money than ever before. >> ten percent? that's a staggering fee. $1.5 million. "dateline" is answering the e-mails now and we say we will pay the upfront money on one condition. the scammers have to meet me face to face. i am posing as a businessman who is supposedly loaning shireen the million dollars she needs to close the deal. at first, the thieves refuse to meet. we keep dangling the offer to pay the million dollar fee if only i c...

They are just too embarrassed. they do not want to let their families know. these scammers realize this and they use that very fair against them. >> but the connecticut woman who lost nearly a quarter of a million dollars in an internet scam was not only brave enough to tell police, now she's helping "dateline" as we try to turn the tables on her scammer. we have met face to face with the so-called diplomat. jeffrey grant who is supposed to be delivering the $15 million inheritance. to our surprise the meeting is happening right here in the u.s. in a hotel room we rented in greenville, south c...

"dateline" show on scams. >> shireen had seen one of our previous investigations? >> that's correct. >> my name is chris hansen and you have just been caught. you have seen one of my shows and you actually confronted them about these con men and said are you one of these guys? >> yes. >> what did he say? >> he was very angry. he said you better apologize. >> you better apologize? >> yes. he said i am not like that. >> she didn't realize she was being conned until it was too late. >> why didn't you just walk away from it? >> i was going to and they kept saying that you already invested so much ...

And "dateline" has not given up ether. we have taken over shireen's e-mail and are trying to lure the thieves into a face to face meeting. so we write back that she's found a new friend with lots of money. the barrister takes the bait again agreeing to a face to face money. but where will this meeting be? over the years we have tracked the internet thieves all over the world. to africa, london, amsterdam and switzerland. here is what i suspect. i suspect that you are part of a scam. authorities say most internet crimes are based overseas and they are on the rise. did you or did you not lie to ...

Shireen has been helping date line for more than a year. trying to lure one of the thieves out of the shadows. finally it's time to turn the tables on the man who is ready to take more of her money. >> there is something you need to know. >> okay. >> i am chris hansen with "dateline" nbc and we have been taking a look at this group that you are apparently affiliated with. a group that has taken $200,000 of her money. >> i didn't take any of her money. >> you were about to take $36,700 from me. >> i am not. >> what do you say to this woman? the people you work with and know took her for $200,00...