she ended up being right. >> when you hear the name heather burgess, what goes through your mind? >> i need to get her in jail. she's hurt many families. >> sheilaeila davis says heather is a seeshl adoption scammer. she said heather took money from her parents, potential adoptive parents when she wasn't even pregnant. >> how was with it easy for her to take money? >> first off con artist. she makes you sympathize with her. she brings you into her world. >> sheila reported heather to the michigan police. she was arrested and pleaded guilty to larceny but skipped town before sentencing. it was while heather was on the lam she moved into that apartment rented for her by chris are and amy. >> for me that was a scary thought. did we just aid and abet a criminal? >> by the time she connected with chris and amy, heather was really pregnant. but it turns out though chris and awere the ones paying her bills, heather was shopping her baby to other adoption professionals, asking them for money, too. >> did you feel stupid? did you feel how could we have believed her and mott seen signs? >> i

. >> reporter: turns out michelle's real name is heather burgess including convictions for taking moneyrom perspective adoptive parents. she took $9,000 from this couple. she doesn't know it but they are watching our meeting from behind the scenes. >> it's sickening that you know they're preying on people the way that they are. >> reporter: we are not sure heather is even pregnant. look at the video of her in the car we sent to bring her to our meeting. she appears to be adjusting something under her sweater. >> i am a correspondent for date line nbc. are you pregnant? >> yeah. >> is that a pillow? >> it looks like a pillow. do you have anything to say? >> are you going to call like -- >> how many healthers are out there? >> she is probably not the only one. >> i know of a few others that scam regularly. >> reporter: a adoption professional has tips for perspective parents to protect themselves. she says never send money to a birth mother directly and be suspicious with someone who doesn't want to work with a professional. heather got out of prison after serving a little over a year on

. >> her real name is heather burgess. she has convictions for taking money from adoptive parents. she took $9,000 from this couple. she 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 you know they're preying on people the way that they are interest the truth is we're not sure heather is even pregnant. look at this video of her in the car we sent. she appears to be adjusting something. >> my name is andrea and i'm with 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 call -- i'm just going to go. >> how many heathers are out there? she's probably not the only one. >> no she's not. i knew a few others that scam regular. never send money to a birth mother directly and suspicious of anyone who doesn't want to work with a professionally. heather got out of jail just last week. >> very eye oepg. that's for sure. >> 50 games over 500, the warriors have done just about everything right in the season. >

. >> reporter: turns out michelle's real name is heather burgess, a criminal record including convictions for fraudulently taking money from perspective adoptive parents. she took $9,000 from this couple. 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

. >> reporter: turns out, michelle's real name is heather burgess. she has a criminal record that includes convictions for fraudulently taking money from prospective adoptive parents. she took $9,000 from this couple. she doesn't know it but they're watching our meeting from behind the scenes. >> how does it feel seeing them doing that again? >> it's sickening that they're preying on people the way that 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 in there? >> it looks like a pillow. do you have anything to say? >> are you going to call -- i'm just going to go. >> how many heathers are out there? she's probably not the only one. >> no she's not. i know of, you know, a few others that scam regularly. >> reporter: adoption professional sheila davis has some tips for adoptiv