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Frank Abagnale Biography

Frank William Abagnale Jr. (/ˈæbəɡneɪl/; born April 27, 1948) is an American security consultant known for his history as a former confidence trickster, check forger, and impostor between the ages of 15 and 21 years old. He became one of the most famous impostors ever, claiming to have assumed no fewer than eight identities, including an airline pilot, a physician, a U.S. Bureau of Prisons agent, and a lawyer. He escaped from police custody twice (once from a taxiing airliner and once from a U.S. federal penitentiary), before he was 21 years old. He served less than five years in prison before starting to work for the federal government. He is currently a consultant and lecturer for the FBI academy and field offices. He also runs Abagnale & Associates, a financial fraud consultancy company.

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Every case involving cybercrime that I've been involved in, I've never found a master criminal sitting somewhere in Russia or Hong Kong or Beijing. It always ends up that somebody at the company did something they weren't supposed to do. They read an email, went to a website they weren't supposed to.

Email, Ends, Hong Kong, Russia, Sitting, Supposed

Former police chief of Houston once said of me: “Frank Abagnale could write a check on toilet paper, drawn on the Confederate States Treasury, sign it ‘U. R. Hooked’ and cash it at any bank in town, using a Hong Kong driver’s license for identification.

Cash, Former, Frank, Police, Town, Writing

Criminals look at identity theft and say only 1 in 700 criminals gets convicted of it. And they look at check forgery and they know that for every 1,400 forgers arrested, only about 123 get convicted and about 26 go to jail. So the rewards are great, but the risks are very slim. So that's one of the reasons that make it very popular.

Arrested, Identity, Jail, Risk, Risks, Say

In the old days, a con man would be good looking, suave, well dressed, well spoken and presented themselves real well. Those days are gone because it's not necessary. The people committing these crimes are doing them from hundreds of miles away.

Man, Men, Old, People, Real, Spoken

I made a lot of exits through side doors, down fire escapes or over rooftops. I abandoned more wardrobes in the course of five years than most men acquire in a lifetime. I was slipperier than a buttered escargot.

Acquire, Doors, Escapes, Fire, Men, Side

A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.

Fathers Day, Husband, Peace, Real

Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn't quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out. Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse.

Attitude, Crawled, Drowned, Giving Up, Mice, Perseverance

I was always in the right place at the right time, always willing to take advantage of an opportunity.

Advantage, Opportunity, Right, Right Time, Time, Willing

Remember what being an adult is: It has nothing to do with money or awards

Adults, Awards, Money, Nothing, Remember

I always tell people what I did 50 years ago as a teenager is now 4,000 times easier to do today than when I did it. Technology breeds crime - it always has and it always will. There's always going to be people willing to use technology in a negative, self-serving way. So today it's much easier, whether it's forging checks or getting information. People go on Facebook and tell you what car they drive, their mother's name, where you are going on vacation, where you've been on vacation. There's nothing you can't research in a matter of a couple of minutes and find out about someone.

Couple, Drive, Forging, Nothing, Technology, Teenager

I look at my life today at 69 and I think about all the things that have happened after all my imprisonment. We truly live in an amazing country, America is where you can do things and pay your debt back to society and literally change your life if you want to.

Country, Thinking, Today, Things, Pay, Change

If you believe you have a foolproof system, you've failed to take into consideration the creativity of fools.

Believe, Consideration, Creativity, Fool, Take

What bothered me most was their lack of style. I learned early that class is universally admired. Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved.

Class, Considered, Crime, Faults, Style, Universally

The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity.

Alone, Giving, Identity, Information, Steal

I stole every nickel and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes, and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and basked on all the world's most famous beaches.

Beach, Europe, Fine, Lodgings, Luxurious, Sensual

Im a true believer that you have a moral obligation to keep your employees honest, and that is why you have controls, so Im never tempted or put in a position where I could do something to defraud my employer.

Employees, Employers, Honest, Moral, True

Whether you're earning $7 an hour or $700,000 a year, it's very important to protect your credit rating.

Credit, Earning, Hour, Important, Years

My proudest moment was probably when my oldest boy finished law school and went on to become an FBI agent. It was just beyond my imagination that - with my background - my own son would become an FBI agent.

Become, Boys, Moment, School, Son

Banks are so protected from liability they would have to really do something that was their mistake in order for them to be liable for it. Banks don't look at signatures. They're processing millions of checks and they have very little liability.

Liable, Mistake, Order, Processing, Signatures

If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'.

Bad, Catch Me, Cbs, Documents, Forgery, Two

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