Someone impersonated an FBI agent in Yahoo Messenger to me today

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This afternoon someone impersonated an FBI agent in Yahoo Messenger to me. He made numerous horrible misspellings during his conversation, as well, including spelling the words "bureau," "fraud," and "really." He spelled them bureu, fruad, and realy. And, he kept harrassing me for my personal information, but of course I gave him none. I did, however, report his Yahoo nickname to the real FBI's internet-crime web site. He had come to me with a different nick a while earlier, but I had blocked him. So, undaunted, he soon harrassed me with a new nick, and this time I reported him because I figured that he wasn't really a prankster but was really after my personal information. The creep had a rather authentic-looking FBI-agent badge that read: Federal Bureau of Investigation Department Of Evidence Investigation. And, he said that he was from Federal Bureu Of Investigation Of Fruad For Help. Those were his misspellings exactly. After I reported him to the FBI's Internet-crimes web site, then I blocked him again. Be warned: This type of thing is typical for identity thieves, and often times they impersonate FBI agents, CIA agents, and all kinds of other supposed governmental and other authority figures. Don't fall for it, don't give them ANY personal information whatsoever, and immediately report them to the FBI's internet-crimes web site, and copy and paste the entire transcript of the conversation on the report. The real FBI has ways of tracking criminal's IP addresses and whatnot. And, it is a federal offense to impersonate an FBI agent.