I'm curious if any of you have witnessed impersonation by a ham radio operator. In other words, someone was transmitting and claiming to be someone else, using an alternate name and/or callsign.

This curiosity came up because I had a brief ssb reception in the 80-meter band a few nights ago before going to bed. The people chatting were arguing about being lied to by the others, and the conversation included some not-very-convincing threats of lawsuits. Something along the lines of "I would testify in court that you called me on the phone and lied to me!"

I'm not a ham myself, just a shortwave listener. Regards, w.