Reply #18: If Keith wanted to pursue this legally...

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While impersonating another person is not illegal per se, but doing the impersonation in order to harm, intimidate, threaten or defraud other people is considered to be a felony. Therefore, people who post fake profiles on social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook could be charged and sentenced if found guilty.

Emails impersonations are illegal under the US CAN-SPAM act, but it can be very difficult to catch the impersonator. Mainly because the impersonator would not receive the reply you send. However, looking at the email address, one can figure out whether it is authentic or not.

Laws Against Posing As Someone Else On The Internet