Take the 2-minute tour ×  While reading a news article on newly
observed TSA practices a commenter mentioned "How many people
know what a TSA badge is really supposed to look like?"  It's a
great question IMHO. If some official-looking stranger wants to
poke around in my stuff, I assume they will have some proof of
their position.  But how can I be sure such a person is genuine
and not a scammer for instance?  share|improve this question
HaLaBi's picture below is spot on, but this will not guarantee
that it is genuine. Many social engineers will either copy
uniforms or buy them from eBay (yes, even TSA uniforms:
google.co.uk/…) –  Rory Alsop Sep 6 '12 at 18:11 It's true that
a scammer intending to impersonate a TSA officer could fake
these based on images from the Internet, but there are also
scammers who sieze opportunities as they see them and might
flash any old card, badge, or star. This is pretty common at
least outside the TSA case. So while you won't be able to spot
everybody at least you can be prepar