Frank Abagnale Quotes
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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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When 'Catch Me If You Can' was published back in 1980, I never dreamed that it would become a bestseller, much less a major motion picture and now a big Broadway musical. What's amazing about the book is that it has never gone out of print.
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I went to the library and learned how checks work. I found out that routing numbers are like zip codes: the checks are sent to the bank that correlates to the routing number. If I manipulate those numbers to a bank far away, it would take longer to get back to the bank, which gave me more time to write more bad checks.
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It is amazing the information we give away. We make it easier and easier for criminals.
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People care about others in their immediate network.
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While I was on an undercover assignment in Texas, I met my wife, Kelly.
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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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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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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 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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The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity.
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At the FBI, very rarely do they investigate crime under $100,000.
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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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You should know, whether you live in the U.S. or in the U.K., that your identity has already been stolen.
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I use a credit card for everything - and I choose one of the ones which gives you money back.
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I learned early that class is universally admired.
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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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You have to be very limited in who you give your social security number to.
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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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I was very blessed it was Steven Spielberg who made the movie. He was very much into the redemption side of the story. They asked him in an interview why he had owned the rights to this story for 20 years before he made the movie, and he said, 'I wanted to see what the real Frank Abagnale did with his life before I immortalised him on film.'
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I always knew I'd get caught sooner or later. And I knew I would end up going to prison.
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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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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.
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If you tell me your name and date of birth, that's all I need to steal your identity.