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I taught at the FBI for four decades - how to think outside of the box and deal with social engineering.
Frank Abagnale -
Every breach you look at occurred because somebody inside did something they weren't supposed to do. Sometimes there's an accomplice, but most of the time, it's innocent.
Frank Abagnale
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I spent five years of my youth in prison - some very bad prisons.
Frank Abagnale -
I wasn't a Pan Am pilot or any other kind of pilot.
Frank Abagnale -
If I had the uniform on, you didn't doubt for a moment I was a pilot. No one ever blinked an eye if I tried to cash a cheque wearing that uniform.
Frank Abagnale -
If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'.
Frank Abagnale -
You cannot rely on the police, you cannot rely on the government, you cannot rely on the bank to protect you.
Frank Abagnale -
If I had to place any blame for my future nefarious actions, I'd put it on the Ford. That Ford fractured every moral fiber in my body. It introduced me to girls, and I didn't come to my senses for six years. They were wonderful years.
Frank Abagnale
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One of the most popular scams is what they call account takeover. You write me a check, and I simply go online to a check-printing service and order 200 checks with your account information.
Frank Abagnale -
I didn't sit outside the bank and plan. I just went in and ad libbed because I was so young. But I was smart enough to know I would absolutely get caught.
Frank Abagnale -
If you happen to tell me where you were born, your date of birth and that kind of information, then I'm 98 percent of the way to stealing your identity.
Frank Abagnale -
He understood whatever those hidden mechanisms are that convince people to trust you. I kind of watched him and absorbed what I could from him.
Frank Abagnale