miriam hernandez has more. >> i switched from being upset about it to i need to get this word out. >> reporter: she reads the e-mail that rocked her out. i will be short. i have gotten order to kill you. >> reporter: someone portraying himself as a hitman. >> i want you to pay the man of 28 usd. i accept bitcoin. >> extortion. >> reporter: a new spin on extortion. californians especially are being targeted. >> if you are online, the chances are you will be victimized by a scheme not once, not twice but multiple times. >> reporter: an e-mail like this can be traumaticizing. she found herself looking over her shoulder. she is no push over. she is an educated professional. the scammers are manipulators. >> we receive an average of 800 complaints a day in the united states at that site. we believe that represents about 15% of the scams that are actually taking place so heavily under reported. >> reporter: and remember what the scammer said about accepting bitcoin payment. it is virtual currency. >> transferred directly from person to person via the net. >> reporter: you can't track it or

miriam hernandez has more. >> i switched from being upset about it to i need to get this word out. >>she reads the e-mail that rocked her out. i will be short. i have gotten order to kill you. >> reporter: someone portraying himself as a hitman. >> i want you to pay the man of 28 usd. i accept bitcoin. >> extortion. >> reporter: a new spin on extortion. californians especially are being targeted. >> if you are online, the chances are you will be victimized by a scheme not once, not twice but multiple times. >> reporter: an e-mail like this can be traumaticizing. she found herself looking over her shoulder. she is no push over. she is an educated professional. the scammers are >> we receive an average of 800 complaints a day in the united states at that site. we believe that represents about 15% of the scams that are actually taking place so heavily under reported. >> reporter: and remember what the scammer said about accepting bitcoin payment. it is virtual currency. >> transferred directly from person to person via the net. >> reporter: you can't track it or stop payment. >> if only

here is abc news reporter miriam hernandez. >> the results of a pregnancy test. a double positive. these two fathering two boy was a surrogate mom. the couple at the time living temporarily in canada as they they show in the youtube video all happy until they applied if for the children u.s. passport little ayden accepted as a u.s. ciizen baby ethan rejected by the u.s. state department based on dna. >> the fact of the matter is that both of them are our kids. we are the parents both of us are parents of both kids. and again the jenn et he can connection, the composition shouldn't be a factor at all not for the state department, definitely not for us or anyone else. >> the conflict goes back to 2010, the defense of marriage appear one from israel and andrew a u.s. citizen unable to wed in the u.s. and married in canada. there ayden wab conceived with andrew'spe. ethan with ilad's sperm the boys sharing the same womb born four minutes apart what makes ethan so different? this letter to andrew spells it out. federal immigration law requires a blood relationship between the child and

miriam hernandez from our sister station in l.a.r: the results of a pregnancy test. a double positive. this couple fathering two boys with a surrogate mom. the couple at the time living temporarily in canada, as they show in this youtube video, all happy until they applied for the children's u.s. passports. little aiden accepted as a u.s. citizen, baby ethan, rejected by the u.s. state department based on dna. >> the fact of the matter is that both of them are our kids, we're the parents, both of us are parents of both kids and the genetic connection and the composition shouldn't be a factor at all, definitely not for the state department or for us or anyone else. >> reporter: going back to the defense of marriage act. they were unable to wed in the u.s., and instead married in canada, there aiden was conceive -- the boys sharing the same room, born four minutes apart. so what makes ethan so different? this letter to andrew spells it out. federal immigration law requires a blood relationship between the child and the u.s. citizen pa

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