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>> from paris? >> from paris, yeah. >> mr. basille seems charming. he shows me his so-called credentials. >> that's my passport. that's my passports. two passports. >> he decides it's time to get me on the phone with one of his business associates, maybe because he wants to convince me he's part of something big, something real. >> hello, yeah, hello, sir, this is basille. please, can i -- i'm here with a jim e. dimoni. please talk to him, please. >> hello. this man seems sure he's going to get 14,000 bucks for a sucker. but he wants more. he even suggests gifts for his associates. i offer jew...

Clearance. >> for a diplomat, anthony isn't very diplomatic. he's glued to a cell phone and doesn't like it when i ask when i get my money. >> do you think we can finish today? >> i can finish it today. depends on you. instead of standing here. >> diplomat anthony wants $5,800. if i pay, he says he'll release a big pile of cash that's being stored at the airport and i'll get my $3 million bucks. i would love to bait him more, but i sense he's getting antsy and suspicious. so i decide to tell him who i really am. >> i'm not really jim dimoni. i'm an investigative reporter from the united states...

In london in our rented pub equipped with hidden cameras we're meeting mr. amoa, who says he's a diplomat. i'm supposed to give him $12,000, a fee for him to expedite my receiving $2 million as a reward for helping a poor, sick widow. of course, we know this is all a major league scam, but i want to appear to be a diligent businessman. so i ask for some identification and some proof this is all real. right, so the document, your diplomatic documents are kept at the airport so you can't carry them with you. >> no, no, no. you don't do that. >> what if you get stopped and you have to prove to so...

>> we're not giving this guy the thousands of dollars he wants, but we are giving him the runaround, some big time scam-baiting. and we want to stall him as long as we can. it's a little early, but i think we should toast this with just a little sip of champagne. my clock's a little messed up here from all the travel. but always good to have a touch of champagne. so, now, do you have kids? >> yeah. >> how old? >> the first one is 8, and then we have twins. >> twins? >> yeah. 16 months. >> wow. that must be a handful. >> there's no way to know if those are really pictures of his kids, but the s...

Opportunity. who wouldn't be? i'm told i can earn millions. i ask my overseas friend, paul, to help me understand. he explains i'll get my millions if i help in the transfer of another huge amount of cash. so this money is just kind of floating around and you just need a place to park it so you can get at your share and then i will get my share? >> exactly. exactly. >> of course, the whole thing has to be kept strictly confidential. >> i don't want you to discuss this with any persons, even with your wife. >> i'd find out a lot more about that later. in the meantime, paul and i even have our o...