Robert Mueller, the current director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, has promised to arduously fight online scammers. Unfortunately, we may have placed our faith in the wrong person. Mueller has been banned from internet banking by his wife after he himself almost fell for a phishing scam on the web.

That's right, the guy in charge of fighting online crime was nearly conned himself.

Mueller revealed to a San Francisco audience on Thursday that he once began to enter his personal information into a scammer's web form in response to what he deemed a "perfectly legitimate" email from his bank. After being asked for his password, the FBI chief realized he'd made a monumental mistake. He quickly changed all his passwords and turned to his wife, chuckling over what he called a "teachable moment".

His wife, however, replied:

"It is not my teachable moment. However, it is our money. No more internet banking for you!"

If Robert Mueller can be duped, what hope do we have for the rest of the population?