I immediately started getting a chat from him asking if I had heard the news about Mark Zuckerberg and the government giving money away. Lots of typos.
Suspect something like Nigeria involved.
Resident Australian, proving being a grumpy old man is not just an American trait.
Yep, it looks like an impersonation attempt. (Why would they do that??) Several of my FB friends notified me, though I think all or most of them wisely ignored the friend requests. I was out hiking most of the day so I missed the excitement. I only caught wind of it in the evening. There's really very little I can do. It appears that the rogue account has already been removed.
Looks like they may also have cloned my LinkedIn profile. Good thing I'm retired, LinkedIn doesn't matter that much to me any more.