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>> after shireen contacted local police, they contacted federal authorities but international scams over the internet are tough to prosecute so shireen asked "dateline" to help. could we crack the case and lure the thieves out from behind their computer key boards into plain sight? >> mr. davis i received your e-mail and noted the content. >> the first step, taking over her e-mail. remember, the thieves have already taken more than $200,000 from her. but it doesn't take long to discover that their greed has no limit. they want even more. >> authorities say the thieves are master manipulators. ...

Really is and how far the crime ring stretches is just beginning. >> we have criminal history here in greenville that dates back to 1996. >> detective rick floyd has discovered his real name. originally from nigeria, he has lived in the united states for 14 years and it turns out this isn't the first time he has been arrested. records show that in 2007, he allegedly tried a similar scam on a doctor from texas. "dateline" watched as an investigator from a local sheriff's department opened the evidence they seized in that case three years ago. >> this is the great book. >> including a logbook fr...

It comes to a total of $165,000. just to be able to reach out and grab tp money, because it's right there. >> little by little 350, 500, 1,700, now this is the big score. >> this is it. >> in the end shireen lost her life savings more than $200,000 and chances are she will never get a dime back. but believe it or not, the scammers still think they've got her on the hook for even more. what they don't know is she has agreed to let "dateline" step in and try to turn the tables. coming up, we start by setting a trap of our own. >> i need to do a face to face meeting before i give anybody any mone...

>> this so-called diplomat can't even give us a receipt we are about to hand over in return for the supposed fortune. >> do you have any paper work for us or a receipt? >> from them? >> for the money that you want us to give you now. do you have a receipt with you? >> what's a receipt? >> a receipt for $37,600. >> no. >> if there was any doubt that this was more of a part of a scam to take more money from a woman who has lost her life savings, there is certainly none now. there is no way this is a legitimate deal. so it's about time for me to tell mr. grant who i really am. coming up -- >> the...

Knowledge of watching movies and "csi" come across the bleach. i remember dismembering things makes them dissolve faster. >> finally, what police needed to know was why. what motive did michael lane have for killing ginger candela. >> he offered no explanation. that was the worst part of the interview. although he admitted everything, he had no reason for it. >> which is why we wanted to talk to michael lane ourselves. why would anyone commit such a crime? three months after his interrogation, michael lane agreed to speak to a "date line" producer. we met lane with his attorneys dan silverstei...