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" I speak at a lot of universities, and people are always worried about Facebook, and when I explain how to use it properly, they immediately go back and make those changes. "

Frank Abagnale

People

Always

Back

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" It is amazing the information we give away. We make it easier and easier for criminals. "

" 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. "

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

" We really need to get control over Social Security numbers. My children's generation, they're past it. But their children should be able to have a number that is secure. "

" One thing I've found is that if you educate and show people the risk, they will do something about it. "

" I think I was so successful, not because I was brilliant, but because I was so young. I had no fear of consequences. "

" 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. "

" You have to believe in what you do. Take something you truly believe in and go about it in an honest way. "

Frank Abagnale

Believe

Take

" 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. "

" The Internet is a wonderful thing, but it opens the door to many crimes, so you have to stay ahead of it. "

" While I was on an undercover assignment in Texas, I met my wife, Kelly. "

" It's about taking the time to research and think things out. Honest people and criminals do the same thing; just the direction, good or bad, is different. "

" I teach ethics at the FBI academy, which is ironic. "

" If you took a child in London and took their iPhone and took them somewhere else in the country, they'd probably not be able to find their way back. That's a shame. "

" We buy into the computer, and everything that comes from the computer, we believe to be the truth. "

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

Frank Abagnale

Touch

Crime

" When people ask me about being portrayed onscreen by Leonardo DiCaprio, I always say, 'I love it - no matter how old I get, people are going to think that's what I look like.' "

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

" I was a millionaire twice over and half again before I was twenty-one. I stole every nickel of it and blew the bulk of the bundle on fine threads, gourmet foods, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes, fine wheels, and other sensual goodies. "

" People care about others in their immediate network. "

" You cannot rely on the police, you cannot rely on the government, you cannot rely on the bank to protect you. "

" I would have thought technology would have made it harder to do what I did. "

" I went from 198 pounds to 109 while I was in prison in France, and I had to tie my clothes on with rope. "

" If I had walked into a dry cleaning store, and I had looked over, and the register drawer was open with money inside, I wouldn't have taken it. "

" We should be very concerned: if identity theft is so simple to do, what's to stop me from entering this country and assuming the identity of someone else for the sole purpose of living here illegally for terrorist reasons? That alone would be a concern. "

" Unlike most divorces, where the children were usually the first to know, my parents were very good about keeping that a secret. "

" The law sometimes sleeps; it never dies. "

" 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

" 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. "