>> chris and amy lemcool had known each other since high school. newly married they were excited to build a family close to where they had grown up in yuba city, california. but they were struggling. >> i was pregnant and had a miscarriage about a year after we got married. >> that must have been heart break ing. >> it was a terrible experience. >> after the miscarriage, ten more years of disappointment. doctors appointments and a failed round of ivf treatment didn't bring chris and amy the we'll be right back they longed for. >> did you find yourself wanting children more and more as you kept facing the this heartbreak? >> i didder for sure for sure. i never thought about my life without children, never. >> chris and amy decided to try adoption. they began looking for a pregnant woman interested in giving up her baby. you can do this a number of ways, through an agency or on your own. chris and amy hired an attorney who put them in touch with a 24-year-old pregnant woman living out of a michigan motel. her name was heather burgess. >> heshe'd talk

chris and amy lemcool, doesn't know it but they're watching our meeting from behind the scenes. >> how does it feel seeing them doing this again? >> it's sickening that know they're preying on people the way they are. >> reporter: the truth is we're not sure heather is even pregnant. look at this video of her in the car we sent to bring her to our meeting. she appears to be adjusting something under her sweater. >> my name is andrea canning i'm a correspondent for "dateline nbc." are you even pregnant? >> yeah. >> is that a pillow -- >> it looks like a pillow. do you have anything to say? >> are you going to call like -- i'm just -- >> how many heathers are out there? >> probably not the only one. >> no, she's not. i know of, a few others, that scam regularly. >> reporter: adoption professional sheila davis has tips for adoptive prospective parents to protect themselves. never send money to a birth mother directly and be suspicious of those who don't want to work with an official. heather got out of jail after a year for this and drug charges. >>> an easter sunday one family won't forg