county. you're a bad man. jason scott, sentenced today to 100 years in jail. jason thomas scott described as one of the meanest men in the history of prince georges county crime. >> hands down, one of the most dangerous people i've come across, he's not committing these crimes for money. he's not committing these crimes as part of a gang initiation or any type of criminal enterprise. he was just a sociopath who basically got off -- was excited about committing these acts. >> david chetlack is one of the atf agents who has been on this since the beginning. jason thomas scott convicted of nine home invasions and a vile sexual exploitation of a 17-year-old girl. in addition to that, he's

charged in a mother/daughter murder and being investigated in connection with another mother/daughter killing. jason thomas scott. he worked at the ups distribution center. he was a computer witneshiz and used the database to research his victims before he made his move. the big break in the case came at this parking lot when someone told agents that scott was selling weapons out of the trunk of his car. >> it was simply a case of what we called a concerned citizen at the time. he walked in and said, i bought stolen goods from this guy before, it's wrong, all of a sudden he has silencers, machine guns, semiautomatic weapons, and there's something wrong about it, and i wanted to tell the police. >> reporter: scott had stolen 30 weapons when jc arms in woodbine maryland. in a raid on scott's home in upper marlboro, they found a treasure trove of evidence linking him to all sorts of

burglaries and home invasions. >> 48 different weapons were recovered in the jason scott investigation. >> these are flex cuffs he utilized to secure his victims along with some burglary tools he utilized to gain entry into the houses. >> had we not stopped him that day, had he not broken into that gun store, decided to be greedy and sell those guns, i have no doubt he wouldn't have been caught and continuing his reign of terror throughout prince georges county. >> she says because of what happened, she feels like a prisoner in her own home. metro's calling for a hike in bus and traen fares. it means a lot of folks are going to be paying a lot more.

this proposal calls for a 5% increase in bus and rail fairs, and eliminates the peak of the peak surcharge. the biggest change is for those of who use paper fare cards, no matter how long you ride, you're going to pay a one flat fare, that means riders will pay $6 during rush hour and $4 in offpeak times. for smart trip cardholders, the max it's going to cost you is $5.75 and 3.50 for offpeak hours. bus fares are going to increase, go up a dime to $1.60. under the same plan, the cost to park is going to go up by a quarter. better is not free. that's what richard charles said today about why these fares have to go up. where is this money going to go? >> well, as we just heard, metro

faces a 1$116 million deficit while trying to pay for renovations and upgrades recommended by the ntsb after that crash in 2009 that killed 9 people. escalators and elevators are in chronic need of repair, and recently metro has had equipment malfunctions on moving trains that have caused disruptions of service. the proposed metro fare increase would raise revenue for repairs and maintenance. last week a friction ring fell off a train, causing hundreds of cars to undergo safety inspections. in december a brake assembly malfunction created a commuter nightmare. not a general manager explained the need for a fare hike in an appearance on news 4 today. >> after years of not investing in the system, we have to make those investments. this is what this budget allows

us to do. not only invest in existing systems but provide more service to our customers. >> reporter: you will have to pay $6 during peak hours whether they travel one stop or the entire route. the base fare would increase from 160 to 170. metro would increase from $1.50 to $1.60 using smart trip. the editor in chief of greatergreaterwashington.org says the burden of maintaining metro should be shared. >> it's very important for congress and local governments to step up their contributions to metro as well. riders will have to shoulder some of the costs. and among the options, this is some of the better or at least less unpleasant options. >> commuters are not confident that increased fares will mean better service. >> in this economy when people are just trying to work hard and

do what they need to do, having extra burdens on top of that makes it even more frustrating. especially when the metro isn't as reliable as they could be. >> i don't think they should raise the fares all at one time arbitrarily. for service improvement, i think that's necessary. >> metro will hold a public hearing on the proposed fare increases next month. that's the latest from the king street station in alexandria. back to you in the studio. >> chris gordon, thank you, chris. voters in new hampshire are taking part in the first primary of the 2012 presidential race. if the polls hold true, mitt romney will become the first nonincumbent republican ever to wenham ham after winning the iowa caucuses. meet the press moderator david gregory joins us with analysis of this race. it's primary day, but is there really about who's going to be number two? who's going to take on mitt

romney? >> reporter: yeah, i think that's really the question. this being new hampshire, i always look to think before where the surprises could be. the independent vote is so important here, jon huntsman has had a good couple days here. the independent vote moves toward him. could he have a big night. a second place finish would qualify. have you to keep your eyes on ron paul. polling here as well. with the independent voters and other -- maybe even democrats who can have same day party registrations. >> there's been a lot of controversy over the last 24 hours with that statement that is now being taken out of context. romney was talking to business leaders, talking about health care and being able to switch insurance companies. we're going to take a listen to the whole bite, and then i want you to give me your response. let's listen. >> i want individuals to have their own insurance. that means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep

you healthy. if you don't like what they do, can you fire them. i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. if someone doesn't give me the good service i need, i want to say i'm going to get somebody else to provide that service to me. >> david, how many times are we going to hear that quote? i like being able to fire people? >> i think quite a lot. it was out of context. you heard the entire piece of tape. this is politics. and the romney campaign has done this to president obama in terms of taking certain things he said, and taking one particular isolated sound to use it against him. that's the nature of politics. the reality is, it feeds into a narrative of his role at bain capital, his real world experience and how he handled that. whether he participated in a system that rigged the game this is now an issue in the

republican primary. you know it's going to be an issue when president obama takes on the republican nominee if it's mitt romney. >> thank you, david. dwa david and the entire political news team will have more right avenues 4 at 6:oonchs in virginia. absentee ballots cannot be mailed right now, because several candidates are fighting to have their named added to the ballot. a court hearing is set for friday, for four candidates who did not make the deadline. rules require candidates to submit 6,000 signatures, at least 400 from each of the congressional districts. only mitt romney and ron paul made that deadline. perry says the rules are unconstitutional. yesterday a federal judge blocked the absentee ballots from being distributed until after friday's court hearing. the ballots have to be printed by next tuesday so they can be mailed 45 days before the

election. turning now to the weather, it's been a nice recovery after all that snow. >> it's like a whole new place we're in a whole new hemisphere, doug? >> we were that way over the weekend too, temperatures close to 70 degrees, we saw our snow yesterday. and today right back to the warm temperatures with temperatures about 10 degrees above average across the area. and any snow you saw develop yesterday is out of here. it quickly melted during the day today. current temperature, 51 degrees, around the rest of the region we're at 48 in manassas, 45 down toward culpepper, over toward the east, along the chesapeake bay, we're talking about 52 degrees toward annapolis. live storm 4 doppler radar, not showing any rain across the area right now. that's not going to be the case this time tomorrow. yesterday it was the snow, tomorrow it will be the rain, not early tomorrow.

good night wakeup forecast showing 42 degrees for a temperature at 9:00. waking up to temperatures around 34 or 35 degrees in the city. most of you will see temperatures in the upper 20s tomorrow. it will not be what happens tomorrow mourning that will affect you greatly, it's tomorrow afternoon and evening. we'll talk about that coming up in a full forecast. >> thanks, doug. still ahead, all must pay. the district brings in hundreds of new parking meters and changes its policy on disabled parking spaces. angelina jolie is here in washington. she's talking about her latest venture and what she likes to do in d.c. the dog owner gets to the bottom of why her dog was

we are getting ready for the 19th annual health and physician expo. >> doreen has more on the screenings weil be offering this year. >> testing for kidney disease. and that's especially important here in washington because d.c. hassed highest rate of kidney disease in the country. tonight we'll meet one woman who's been suffering from this

condition for a long time. she tells us why prevention is so important to fighting this devastating disease. >> for me, dialysis is three and a half hours on the machine. by the time you get here, set up, come back off and everything else, you're spending four and a half to five hours here. >> three days a week, 63-year-old edye comes to this dialysis center in bethesda. each time she's connected to this machine which cleans her blood. it's because she has kidney disease and those organs no longer function. >> i'm tethered. the ability to roam around and do what i want when i want, it doesn't exist any more. >> reporter: she's not alone with this struggle. not by any means, 25 million americans are suffering in chronic kidney disease. the only cure is a kidney transplant but there just aren't enough kidneys to go around. there are just 17,000 transplants done every year.

>> there's a lot of patients who require replacement of their kidneys who have no means other than getting dialysis. >> reporter: the medical director of this renal care i a facility says those sobering statistics are the reason why screening is so important. >> you need to screen for the disease if it's caught at a very early stage. and undergo measures to slow down the progression of the disease if not reverse it or prevent it from progressing at all. >> reporter: that means keeping track of risk factors like hypertension, high blood pressure, smoking and obesity. >> these are need to be discussed now and ways that you can at least minimize your risk of going into renal failure. it's no fun sitting in this chair. >> reporter: for edye, after 10

years, dialysis has become a part of life. now there's new hope for her, she's recently learned she's eligible to get on o the kidney transplant waiting list. >> my hope is that one day i'll get a kidney and return to what might be a more normal type of life. >> she would tell you that early identification of a problem can prevent a whole lot bigger problems further down the road. the sooner you identify the problem, the better off you are. you can get a free screening for kidney disease this weekend at the nbc 4 health and fitness expo. saturday and sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the washington convention center. we hope a lot of people will come down and join us this weekend. >> it's free. >> why not? >> it's free. we are all going to be there. it's going to be cold outside. so come inside, because pat has made everybody some brownies, she's going to pass out, all

10,000 people. >> no, it's going to be chicken and broccoli over pasta. >> close enough. >> anyway. it's going to be nasty this weekend? >> it's going to be chilly. nasty, not exactly, some of the coldest air we've seen this reason. we did see a cold snap, that was only two days with temperatures in the 30s. i think we'll see temperatures in the 30s this time around for three days. >> we're wading into it. >> we're moving slowly into it, exactly. >> but beautiful today. i mean, it was really just gorgeous today coming off a fantastic weekend, we saw snow during the day yesterday. today we ended up with temperatures into the 50s. 54 at the airport. 54 in lees burg, and culpepper and fredricks burg coming in at 53 degrees. it was a gorgeous day across the area, and a nice night right now. 51 degrees the current temperature out there this evening. winds out of the southwest at

nine miles per hour. we have a storm out there. not picking it up right now, we're all clear right now. watch what happens when we move to the south and west. out there right now a pretty big storm. here's the main storm itself, a lot of moisture coming out of the gulf of mexico here, this is all going to make its way to us in the next 24 hours or so. 51 right now in washington. 58 in lees burg, here's the cold area down toward culpepper, 43 degrees. we're going to see a cool night tonight. then we'll see those areas of rain by tomorrow afternoon. so we have the nice weather right now moving our way. here comes that area of low pressure making its way right across the area. tomorrow afternoon we're going to see the rain move in around 11:00 or 12:00. very heavy rain potentially tomorrow afternoon, right around rush hour, some of us could see a pretty good amount of rain. that storm system moves out, we

get mild on thursday, we're on the dry side on thursday. and then friday. here comes the cold air. friday is going to be chilly. temperatures in the upper 30s. that's going to put windchills in the 20s to lower 30s all day long. you may as well repeat that as you make your way into the weekend. it's going to be a chilly one. partly cloudy, a cool start tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon, we'll see rain moving in, heavier late. and again, maybe possible inch or more across the area. some areas i don't expect any flooding. watch out for some of those heavier downpours, maybe even a rumble of thunder down to the east. 47 degrees, here's the next four days, showing 57 on thursday. i think we get a little break on thursday. pretty nice weather, and then friday, 37 degrees and 35 on saturday. i wouldn't be surprised either, that cold front comes through late thursday into early friday morning. we could see some rain changing over to snow early on friday

morning. i don't think it would amount to too much. i wouldn't be surprised to see some flakes out there. >> not a bad january so far? >> not a bad winter so far. i love snow, but i can get used to this. >> still to come. virginia churches are targeted by burglars, they managed to get away with something valuable to one congregation. a cable company's fee many consumers didn't know about. find out what it is, and what the company says it will do to better inform consumers. my story is coming up. maryland lawmakers will consider dozen of issues this session, including whether betting on fantasy football ♪

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a cable company is promising to tell customers about a fee many didn't know they were being charged. plus,ed end of an era. light bulbs as we know them are phasing out. one virginia lawmaker is fighting to keep those bulbs. >> turn the lights on. we want to see, wendy and pat. we begin with a fee many consumers did not know they were being charged by a popular cable company. today an announcement was made

with an agreement with comcast. a service technician comes out to the home to make a repair, comcast is accused of not disclosing the fee to consumers. comcast has agreed to tell consumers about the fee in two separate phone calls. comcast has not admitted to any wrongdoing, it has agreed to paying $25,000 toward consumer education. comcast was the parent company of nbc universal. tax season is right around the corner. and the nation's largest retailer is offering tax help and filing in its stores. this week, walmart opened kiosk s for tax services in walmart stores nationwide. the new year is a start to

many new things, including a change in how we buy our light bulbs. new energy standards took effect january 1st. that means the phaseout has begun. traditional 100 watt incandescent light bulbs can no longer be manufactured, not everybody's happy about that. bob marshall announced a bill that would allow the manufacture of incandescent bulbs in virginia to distribute the bulbs only in the commonwealth. marshall told us today he's worried about the environmental impact of compact fluorescent bulbs since they do contain mercury. marshall wants to bring back jobs to virginia. more than 200 people lost their jobs after the light bulb factory closed in winchester. if he turns the factory brac on, he can maybe sell them within the state. >> interesting. >> a little light bulb fight

going on. >> thanks, liz. coming up, a mother and her daughters together again. >> i'm darcie spencer in gaithersburg. this air force captain surprised her daughters by coming home early from afghanistan. there are more special twists to this family reunion. paying to park in handicap spaces. meters are going up on hundreds of handicapped spots across the district. they bounced my family to the sixth floor. >> once jay-z and beyonce go back to their fabulous lifestyles, we're still going to be the parents going to the nicu to

in upper marlboro, a man was sentenced to 100 years in jail today for being a serial criminal. his crimes include more than 550 burglaries, home invasions and carjackings. scott is a suspect in two double murders. >> voters are still at the polls in the nation's first primary. mitt romney had a strong lead going into the polls. it could cost you more to

ride metro. a 5% rate hike for bus and rail fares. the increases are 23450eded for continued safety and rehabilitation projects. there will be public hearings to discuss the proposal in february and march. and now, let's fast forward to the weather. >> if it helps those escalators to work from time to time i'm on board with that. not a lot going on over our immediate area. watch what happens down here, when we move down to the south and west. we have a lot of rain that's going to make our way toward our region. some of us coo see an inch of rain during the day tomorrow. you will need the umbrellas tomorrow, something different on thursday, and then something else on friday. topsy-turvy weather coming in. >> thank you, doug. authorities in stafford, virginia want to know who's behind three church burglaries in the past week. the churches are all within 8 miles of each other.

the first break-in reported january 3rd. the second the very next day at a baptist church. the third at ebenezer united methodist many someone broke a window and kicked down an office door and made off with a safe that contained $9,000 in gift cards. nothing like this has happened in his 17 years with this church. >> we try to be as careful and diligent as we can be in terms of security and safety. we recognize that as much as you would like to think a church wouldn't be broken into. it happens sometimes. >> thousands of dollars in televisions and computers were stolen from the raymond baptist and north stafford church of christ. investigators have no suspects. there's a big change coming in the way the district handles parking spaces to reduce what it says can be widespread cheating. the city is going to begin

reserving specific meters for the disabled. those motorists will have to feed the meters and no longer park for free. tom sherwood is in our news wood now with more. downtown city streets can be a battleground for parking. the new plan changes some of the rules. those rearview mirror hanging handicap placards can be a real help to those who need help. parking at city meters for free. there are dozens and dozens and dozens of spots like this all over town with these free park spaces. the city has no idea which ones are real and which ones are not. >> really, there is fraud. there is abuse of the system. and the real incentive for that is that you can park for free. >> beginning this month. d.c.'s installing special red top meters downtown. and in parts of southwest. for the first time, to reserve

meter spaces on the streets for handicapped motorists. >> this is currently something we don't have in the district. >> reporter: the big change is handicapped motorists will have to pay the meters rather than parking for free. it's a move to cut down on the incentive to cheat. the red handicap meter will allow longer time to park. >> if it's two hour parking on a block, you'll be able to pay to park for four hours. >> reporter: the red meters are part of many efforts to modernize street parking and most like the ideas. >> i guess it's a good try to keep the hangdy capped places for the handicapped. >> reporter: it's similar to arlington, which requires everyone to pay at metered spaces, cutting way down on the use of fake placards. >> they said it was night and day. before it was difficult for anybody to find a space that was reserved for persons with disabilities. and afterward there's were spaces freed up. that's what we're hoping for.

>> reporter: there will be a grace period in february. then the city will start writing tickets on cheaters. >> thank you, tom. beyonce and jay-z are spending their first night at home with their baby girl blue ivg very carter. lenox hill hospital is fielding complaints from families upset with the heightened security surrounding the superstars. they were denied access to the nicu several times and bounced off their floor. they're not mad at the power couple but are demanding an apology from a hospital. >> they told us we couldn't travel any further. we said why? they said, we're moving hazardous materials. i said, really on the maternity floor? once jay-z and beyonce go back to their amazing lifestyles, we'll still be the parents going to the nicu to see our children.

>> the hospital says no security plan would have prevented or delayed families from gaining access to the nicu. angelina jolie can now add writer and director to her resume. she was in town today promoting her latest movie "in the land of blood and honey." she's not starring in this one, she wrote this one. our own doreen gentzler sat down with her today and got a chance to ask her about a much lighter topic. how she spends her time when she's here in d.c. >> you're no stranger to d.c., you've been here a lot. >> i've come here a bit. >> what do you like to do? >> if my kids are here i like to go to the air and space museum. it depends on what i'm here for.

what issue i'm here for. >> we'll have dear even's interview with angelina jolie coming up at 6:00 including what it was like directing her first movie. his house brought in thousands of dollars for vacationers looking for a beach house to stay. the only problem, he was living there. >> it's not for rent. it's absolutely not for rent. >> coming up, a scam that has complete strangers knock on the door. maryland lawmakers will why a fantasy football law about whether a friendly wager among

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there are some sobering new statistics regarding drinking in america. 1 in 6 americans is a binge drinker. for women, the that is four or more consecutive drinks for men, five or more. binge drinking accounts for more than half of the estimated 80,000 deaths a year from excessive drinking. an episode of nypd blue sparked the arguments heard today at the supreme court. abc was fined for showing a shot of a woman nude from behind in

2003. the fcc has also tightened rules on swearing. lawyers for the major broad cast networks argued that the correct rules are vague. they impose stricter standards. some justices indicated they were troubled by allowing certain words or images in some contexts but not others. fantasy football is an $800 million industry. if you play for money in maryland, you are technically breaking the law. maryland is one of four states that prohibits residents from playing in paid leagues. a baltimore county lawmaker is trying to change that. a delegate plans to reintroduce the bill. the bill would exempt fantasy

football from maryland's normal gambling laws. a dog in annapolis ate something that nearly cost himself life. vincent's owner recently noticed he wasn't eating. the owner took the dog to the vet. the x-ray real estate vealed a seven-inch spoon lodged in the labrador's stomach. the vet says vincent is very lucky to be alive because the spoon hadn't made a hole in the dog's stomach. the surgery to have the spoon removed cost the owner $2,500. >> dogs will vacuum up just about anything. >> you have to be careful. coming up, a mother's homecoming. >> twin teenaged girls reunited with their mom, and that was just the first surprise for them. and in sports, tonight is

the night the wizards finally -- will they finally get a first win. dan

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two montgomery county hsiig school students got a big surprise today. their mother returned home early from overseas. >> oh, my god. >> air force captain sharisa jackson came home early stunning her 17-year-old twin daughters. >> how does it feel to have them

back in your arms? >> it's wonderful. >> reporter: she hadn't seen the girls since she was deployed back in june. >> it's like we're three bandits together. when i'm not home it's hard. >> reporter: the reunion took place at a gaithersburg kfc. jackson is a single mom taking care of two girls while serving her country. the girls thought they were coming here to wrap care packages for their mother's platoon in afghanistan. it was all a ploy just to get them here for the reunion. >> you guys are mean, you tricked us. >> reporter: it wasn't just a surprise for the girls, was a surprise for the mom too. her parents and other relatives were flown in today for this reunion. and there was one more surprise for the twins who are seniors in rockville. >> we're here to award both of

you $20,000 college scholarship. >> reporter: jackson has now completed her fourth tour in afghanistan and plans to retire next year. >> the final question, do you ever plan to let your mom get out of your sight again? >> i hope not. >> it was hard for her to be gone. it's great to have her back. >> reporter: darcie spencer, news 4. >> that's lovely. that's so nice. doug are they going to have nice weather to celebrate her return? how am i supposed to follow that story? >> you can't. >> with some sunshine maybe? >> it was a beautiful sunny day today. i could watch those all day long. those are some of the best stories we do in our area. as far as the weather is concerned. we saw plenty of sunshine today. tomorrow it will turn to some rain. out there right now, a nice evening. 51 degrees, dewpoint of 29. humidity right now 23%. storm 4 doppler radar, no rain to talk about, at least not now.

watch what happens when we widen out here, you see the rain making its way into the region. now down toward portions of arkansas, memphis and atlanta. a lot of rain will make its way toward us overnight and tomorrow. 27 in gaithersburg, 26 in lee s burg. tomorrow, temperatures in the 40s with rain. some of that will be on the heavy sign. there even could be a rumble of thunder to the south and east. we're going to go to the verizon center where the wizards are going to be playing tonight. >> how does it look for tonight? maybe a win? >> we would love to see that tonight. this is a shorter season, but it's already proving to be a very long season for the wizards. an 0-8 start the worst in franchise history. the guys hoping to get their first win of the night against the raptors. we're joined by roger mason. a veteran on this time.

you're one of three guys on this team, roger who's over 30 years old. and you were brought in and you provide leadership to this young group. how can you explain what's happened so far and the slow start you guys have gotten off to? >> you never want to make excuses. this year we had a shortened training camp. any time you have as many young guys as we have, and new faces, it takes some time. there's been some games that have been out and had the lead and come back. time will tell but i think it's time for us to get a win. >> one of the youngest teams in the nba. is it harder when you are that young to get out of a rut? >> i think so. because you don't have many experiences to draw on. a lot of these guys, it's their first, second, third years in the league. they don't know what it takes to win. we've been on championship caliber teams. you keep working and good things will happen. >> john wall, the runner up for

rookie of the year last year, he's 2k3w09en off to a tough start this year, is that something you as a team leader just let him work through or do you try to advise him along the way? >> a guy like that, with so much talent, you try not to overwhelm him. but support him. he's our teammate, and we're trying to stick with him. he'll be fine. he got a tough start, he'll be okay. >> for you to be back home again playing in front of family and friends. i know you had opportunities to play other places. how important was that for you to play here, to live in your own house and be amongst people you know? >> it was important. but i really looked at the basketball situation. i knew i had a lot to give on the court. especially in the locker room, you know? obviously i grew up being a wizards fan, it's always nice to be home fp from a basketball standpoint, there's a lot of talent here. we haven't shown it yet, but hopefully we can breakthrough and start winning some games. >> growing up a wizards fan,

have you to love the old school unis? >> i love them. it reminds me of the old school uniforms, with the washington wizards name on there. i definitely approve the change. >> i always wonder what a coach says to a team that's struggling, and has struggled as long as you guys have in the pregame speech. do you wonder what flip is going to say to you before the game gets going? >> i've had a lot of coaches this is my ninth year, it's always interesting. flip is searching right now, he's trying to figure out the buttons to push, the words to say to get this young group going. hopefully we can turning this around. >> you're so confident you can do that soother rather than later with this group? >> yeah, it's all about confidence. we get one win, guys start feeling good about themselves and hopefully it's an effect that can last longer. >> roger mason, hoping for the snowball effect. it's the wizards looking for their first win in nine games

this season. we'll have more coming up at 6:00. >> all right. thanks, dan. >> also coming up at 6:00, air show safety. tonight the ntsb is considering new rules after some deadly accidents across the country. new legislation in the nation's capital. it could make it easier for gay couples to call it quits. we'll have more from angelina jolie. she's taking on a new role behind the camera. she'll be talking about her directorial debut at 6:00. a dream vacation rental. the only problem was, someone live there's. coming up, the sca

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joran van der sloot's murder trial resumes tomorrow in peru. he's charged with murdering 21-year-old stephany flores in 2010. the police strategy could significantly reduce his prison sentence. he's a dutch national and key suspect in the disappearance of american teen natalee holloway. she disappeared in 2005. imagine planning your big dream vacation only to discover that you've been scammed by a conartist.

that's what's happening to some vacationers in florida. they booked a beach house rental online. but the problem is, the renter doesn't own the house. kerry sanders has the rest of the story. >> reporter: it is one of ft. lauderdale's most desirable neighborhoods, only five blocks long, right on the beach. near the famed shopping district, where the rich live and play. for three generations, family and friends from quebec, it was the perfect spot for a girl's getaway. >> it looked just like what i want. perfect house. >> reporter: louise says she found the house's interior pictures included on a rental website. $5,700 for 24 days. a deal, especially when the cost for the five bedroom house was split among everyone. and this is the house they paid to rent. but in the window of the front door, a sign. >> it's not for rent. it is absolutely not for rent. >> reporter: in the last 12

months, steve chase the owner has had four families show up from quebec, montreal and south carolina all believing they rented his house for a vacation. his neighbors have had a dozen more families show up to rent their houses. >> there was a taxi in my drive way, and the taxicab driver was actually taking luggage out of the tax can i cab leaving on my front door. >> reporter: steve chase isn't technically a victim. he hasn't lost any money, but highs angry. he turned to the local police. since the scammed victims were not locals, he should call the secret service. he then contacted ic3 a partnership with the fbi and the national white collar crimes center, which led him to florida's attorney general who said, call the local police. >> i'm looking here at your dining room table which has turned into command central. and you're running into brick

walls? >> brick walls and just going in a vicious circle. >> reporter: we took that contract for steve's house that those women from quebec had and shared it with experts at dell secure works, an internet security company in atlanta. >> analyzing this document -- >> reporter: john ramsey found code hidden in the document. >> there's a name odige, which is a very common nigerian name. >> reporter: could it be a new nigerian scam. the women from quebec traced their check to a bank in lowell arg arc. other victims sent their checks to san bernardino, california. that's where we found anthony perevez. he said he would get 100 dwz for every check he cashed. he then wired the bulk of the money to someone he had never

met. >> i didn't get very much really. i get what's left of the -- what i call chump change. >> reporter: as for the women from quebec, a somewhat happy ending, they came to florida on vacation. found a legitimate house to rent and they're getting their money back from that phony rental thanks to a fast acting banker who froze their check when it was deposited. >> the next time, we're going to be more careful for sure. >> that was kerry sanders reporting. that's it for news 4 at 5:00. news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. decision day in new hampshire. can mitt romney maintain his lead as voters head to the polls for the nation's first presidential primary. police say he used his job as a cover to commit