Frank Abagnale Quotes
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Every form of payment has some risk associated with it.
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I don't believe that a piece of paper will excuse my actions. In the end, only my actions will.
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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.
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Most people are fascinated by what I did as a teenager, but when I look back at my life, I don't think very much about those years. I was an opportunist and got away with things because I was very young, but I went to prison and came out and remade my life.
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We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely.
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At the FBI, very rarely do they investigate crime under $100,000.
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When I was 28 years old, I thought it would be great to have a movie about my life. I was egotistical and self-centered.
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The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity.
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I partied in every capital in Europe, basked on all the famous beaches, and good-timed it in South America, the South Seas, the Orient, and the more palatable portions of Africa.
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I served my time and came out of prison when I was just 26 and have worked with the government for 37 years. But people only remember me for what I did before that.
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I don't use a debit card. The safest thing is a credit card because you're using the bank's money. If someone accesses your information, they are stealing the bank's money, not yours.
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Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved.
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As the lawyer, I found most of it was a matter of research, which I was great at - that's what I did to death - and then basically persuading people that you're right, and they're wrong... I found that the easiest of all the professions to impersonate.
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While I was on an undercover assignment in Texas, I met my wife, Kelly.
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People care about others in their immediate network.
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It is amazing the information we give away. We make it easier and easier for criminals.
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I went from 198 pounds to 109 while I was in prison in France, and I had to tie my clothes on with rope.
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If you took a child in London and took their iPhone and took them somewhere else in the country, they'd probably not be able to find their way back. That's a shame.
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We should be very concerned: if identity theft is so simple to do, what's to stop me from entering this country and assuming the identity of someone else for the sole purpose of living here illegally for terrorist reasons? That alone would be a concern.
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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.
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You have to believe in what you do. Take something you truly believe in and go about it in an honest way.
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I was just a guy who ran away from home at 16 because my parents were getting a divorce and the judge was making me choose which parent to live with. I didn't want to make that choice. I ended up in New York City.
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The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little bit wiser, a little bit smarter and there's nothing wrong with being skeptical. We live in a time when if you make it easy for someone to steal from you, someone will.
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Too many of us are vulnerable, and I look forward to working with AARP to advise people about the safest ways to conduct their financial transactions and manage social media.