How Frank Abagnale Would Swindle You

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Joe

Whats check and identity left?

joe of NE @ Nov 09, 2009 00:07:44 AM

Hero or Not ???

I don't know if calling Frank a hero is accurate or not. Nor can we verify all the "stunts" he pulled, but it is likely that banks, airlines, and cops are not going to remember how he tricked them since they don't know how he did it half the time. There is no doubt that He had courage, and a very high IQ. I think we are better off having heard his story. I wish he would tell us more.

Bob of CA @ Nov 05, 2009 00:50:13 AM

Similarities

Frank seems to have a lot in common with the California "Jetman", and Robin Hood. They were all thieves but seem to be motivated differently than "Common" robbers. They help more than they hurt.

Don of CA @ Nov 05, 2009 00:36:50 AM

Rectify

That's what Frank did in repaying all money he swindled. Sure he was a thief. But that is not who is today. Can't really get down on someone that actually atoned for their wrong doings.

Glass houses j.r. of Ten, glass houses

Chad of MO @ Sep 13, 2009 23:20:12 PM

frank-

thief

j.r of TN @ Aug 23, 2009 18:36:31 PM

Reward, Repay

I am glad to know Frank paid back what was stolen.

In that aspect, he is my hero! Don't demand what you cannot

give to others in life.

shelly of LA @ Jun 07, 2009 13:54:39 PM

YOUR A HERO

u should educate the phillipne commutnity we believe in you!

JR PABLO @ May 31, 2009 11:24:08 AM

Heroe

Frank William Abagnale.... I don't even know what to say, all my respect is for him. He knows how to live i give him that much! He is just one of my heroes, i think what he has done was just so right. I think the best period of life is from the age of 14-25, and Frank knew it. He had the opportunity to live the best time of his life the way it should be, and he'd simply just gone for it, he would have been stupid if he didn't do it! It must be good to wake up one day knowing you are a man who actually lived life.

Matt of KY @ May 17, 2009 14:09:01 PM

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alot of companies print their own checks, check paper for a printer can literally be bought at office depot, maybe even at your bank its not protected just as Abignale said the check can be wrong the number can be wrong youre selling people the name and trust associated with it you could print it on any paper because ppl trust the mainstream company in their town because its familiar

got one of OH @ Mar 23, 2009 05:50:54 AM

airborne

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anthony dedo of IL @ Mar 19, 2009 01:45:22 AM

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Luke Mullins is an associate editor at U.S. News, covering banking, real estate, and white-collar crime. He came to the magazine from the American Banker, a financial services daily newspaper, after a stint in the Peace Corps in West Africa and 18 months coaching baseball in the Dominican Republic. Mullins earned a master's degree in journalism from Syracuse University in 2005 and now lives in Washington, D.C., where he grew up. He has written about white-collar criminals for the American magazine, and his work was included in 20 Something Essays by 20 Something Writers: The Best New Voices of 2006, a Random House anthology that appeared on the Boston Globe's bestseller list.

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