How Frank Abagnale Would Swindle You

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Frank A.:

Regular guy, just a kid??? Have any of you heard of Trilegiant, or perhaps Affinion Group, LLC? He works for them now... do a search on them, please, Frank W.

Frank Williams of MA @ Mar 08, 2009 22:15:16 PM

Sugestive

I found that this seem to sugest that it's very easy to make money this way, and it would be if you had a well done poker face. In all sirousness yeah you might make 500$ or 1000$ but you will be caught. Espicaly right now in a time of ecnomice crisi, were every one needs that extra 500 or 1000 dollars to pay for school, the house payents, to pay off the car or buy grocires at that kroger.

I'm sure in these towns like this that you mght possibly get away with this, that they would have large divison that work on the money magement. Who cashed what check were and when and if you livein this town then it would be even eayser to find out who did it. They would most defnitly have sucurtiy camras.

Allso when you makeing these check on your lil mac or dell what ever think about what your going to print it on. You'd have to have the same kind of paper that they print checks on and I don't think that that would be that easy to get.

Travis, of ME @ Mar 03, 2009 22:22:55 PM

Was just a kid

He was just a kid who was torn up by his parents divorce and ran away and because he needed the money he conned people cause he really needed the money and then he went out of control with it and got caught but he turned his life around and used the mistakes he made tricking people to help fight others who did what he did.

John smith of IL @ Mar 01, 2009 02:06:58 AM

Regular Guy

There is good and bad in every one of us. Mr. Abagnale is someone who in youth, for whatever circumstances in his life, took advantage of the vulnerbilities in the check cashing systems at that time for his own gain. He was basically a kid acting out, but justifying what he did in his mind in his attempt at self preservation. He wasn't a genius, he was just a regular guy who used what was in front of him. As far as what the one guy said about "..not someone I would trust as far as I could throw.", I think he really missed the point of Mr. Abagnale's success. Mr.Abagnale turned his life around in every way possible, productive citizen, responsible parent, and devoted husband. I work in security and I often think many times that the real reason something very bad hasn't happened yet is simply that overall, the good in people is still winning. Mr. Abagnale's story is proof that having a sense of morality is what makes us want to be better and choose what is right over what is easy. Have some faith, there are people out there that are trying to turn their lives around for the better, and not just for themselves.

C. Rokitski of CA @ Feb 28, 2009 18:17:01 PM

Genius

very nice

Luis Salado of FL @ Feb 16, 2009 10:51:26 AM

He is a crook

Yeah I guess over time this frank clown could change,but what he did is wrong. That clown In alcatraz did crimes,and got foregiven for it. What about copy cats? This guy is not someone I would trust as far as I could throw.

Anthony Dedo Wilmington ILLINOIS of IL @ Jan 24, 2009 20:08:00 PM

i want to be taught the ways of the old frank abagnale!

Billy bob thorton of AL @ Sep 25, 2008 10:32:41 AM

No Stopping Check Fraud Just Preventing It

Proactive not reactive

we will never stop these crimes we will only prevent them.

joebates123@msn.com of MN @ Jul 12, 2008 01:52:53 AM

CHECK CASHING

EVERY PLACE INCLUDING BANKS IN PALM COAST, FL ASK FOR TWO IDENTIFICATION WITH PHOTO AND A FINGER PRINT.

FINGER PRINT WOULD INDEED STOP CHECK LEFT AND IDENTITY LEFT.

A. RUSSO

of FL @ May 20, 2008 13:35:41 PM

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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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