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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. "

Frank Abagnale

Remember

Time

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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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" There are many ways to manipulate chip cards. For example, a number of years ago when American Express issued the first chip card, criminals would take a small hammer with a little device and bang the chip to destroy it without hurting the physical appearance of the card. "

" Had I been older - maybe 25 or 30 - I would have never tried half the things I did because I would have rationalized everything and never did it. "

" 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. "

" In all the years I've taught at the FBI Academy, I've only seen crime get easier, faster, and harder to detect. "

" Every form of payment has some risk associated with it. "

" What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime. "

" I make my home in Tulsa. "

Frank Abagnale

Make

Home

" I don't believe that a piece of paper will excuse my actions. In the end, only my actions will. "

" I have to be honest with you: When the FBI let me out of prison early to advise the agency on preventing fraud, I wasn't a changed person. I wasn't rehabilitated. But when I started working with the FBI, one of the most ethical groups of men and women in the world, I couldn't help but have some of that character rub off on me. "

" Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved. "

Frank Abagnale

Touch

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" The truth is, your identity already has been stolen. "

" There is no technology today that cannot be defeated by social engineering. "

" Everything I have today was because of the love of a woman. "

" A real man loves and respects his wife and is not only a good father but a man that his kids want to call 'Daddy.' "

" 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. "

" You get to a point in your life where you go, 'I don't remember what I did.' "

" 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. "

" I think my wife understood from the day I met her how important she was to me and how important it was for me becoming a husband and a father. "

" 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. "

" I never use debit cards. I only use credit cards. This way, if someone does get my account number... and charges $1 million, by federal law, my liability is zero. "

" Had I been older, I would've never been able to pull it off because I would've analyzed it to death. When I was 16, there was no such thing as 'what if.' "

" Most people don't recognize me, but they know my name. TSA people rarely recognize my name, ironically, and they are the security people. "

Frank Abagnale

Security

People

" I know that people are fascinated by what I did as a teenager, but what I did was immoral, illegal, unethical, and something that I am not proud of - nor will I ever be proud of. "

" It's amazing to me that we live in such a wonderful country where anyone can have a problem in life and get up, dust themselves off and start all over again. "

" You have to think a little smarter, be proactive, not reactive. "

" 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. "

" You have to be very limited in who you give your social security number to. "

" Technology breeds crime and we are constantly trying to develop technology to stay one step ahead of the person trying to use it negatively. "

" I don't do online banking. "

Frank Abagnale

Online

Banking