Is it illegal to impersonate an FBI agent in online chatrooms?

Question

Just wondering, it's fun pretending to be an underage girl, posting a bogus warning such as

NOTICE TO CHATTER: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has

logged a record of this chat along with the IP addresses

of the participants due to potential violations of U.S. law.

Violation: Solicitation of a minor.

Important warning: If you believe this chat session was logged in error,

please state your reasons to the F.B.I agent currently monitoring this chat.

Failure to do so within the next 60 seconds will result in your IP and address being entered into our criminal database and

legal action will be taken.

and watching the pedos flip out thinking the fbi is coming to their house the next day. ty ^-^

Answer 1

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04

Section 916. 4-H Club members or agents

      Whoever, falsely and with intent to defraud, holds himself out as

    or represents or pretends himself to be a member of, associated with, or an agent or representative for the 4-H clubs, an organization established by the Extension Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and the land grant colleges, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

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Six months for impersonating a 4 H member can you imagine the penalty for impersonating a G man?

Answer 2

Yes, it is illigal.

Yes, it can get your *** thrown in prison.

If you suspect an internet predator use this link to report them.

http://www.missingkids.com/cybertip/

Tipping them off by faking to be the FBI is only going to cause them to be sneakier and make it harder for the real officers to catch and actually bring them to real justice.

Answer 3

yes and it is a felony

Answer 4

yes, it's illegal to impersonate anyone on anywhere. especially government officer.

it's a felony.

Answer 5

Even if it's not illegal to to misrepresent yourself - it's immoral. What you're doing is of questionable ethical value. And yes, people have been charged with impersonating an FBI agent.