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" I use a credit card for everything - and I choose one of the ones which gives you money back. "
Frank Abagnale
Use
Money
Back
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" You should know, whether you live in the U.S. or in the U.K., that your identity has already been stolen. "
Frank Abagnale
Live
Identity
Your
" In the old days, a con man would be good looking, suave, well dressed, well spoken and presented themselves real well. Those days are gone because it's not necessary. The people committing these crimes are doing them from hundreds of miles away. "
Frank Abagnale
Real
People
Good
" Criminals look at identity theft and say only 1 in 700 criminals gets convicted of it. And they look at check forgery and they know that for every 1,400 forgers arrested, only about 123 get convicted and about 26 go to jail. So the rewards are great, but the risks are very slim. So that's one of the reasons that make it very popular. "
Frank Abagnale
Great
Risks
Identity
" 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. "
Frank Abagnale
Will
Proud
I Am
" My proudest moment was probably when my oldest boy finished law school and went on to become an FBI agent. It was just beyond my imagination that - with my background - my own son would become an FBI agent. "
Frank Abagnale
Imagination
Son
School
" There is no technology today that cannot be defeated by social engineering. "
Frank Abagnale
Today
Defeated
Technology
" 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. "
Frank Abagnale
Library
Work
Time
" People care about others in their immediate network. "
Frank Abagnale
Others
Network
Care
" The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity. "
Frank Abagnale
Enough
Alone
Information
" Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved. "
Frank Abagnale
Touch
More
Crime
" When I was 28 years old, I thought it would be great to have a movie about my life. I was egotistical and self-centered. "
Frank Abagnale
My Life
Old
Life
" I always knew I'd get caught sooner or later. And I knew I would end up going to prison. "
Frank Abagnale
Always
Going
Up
" 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. "
Frank Abagnale
Child
Find
Shame
" 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
Smart
Know
Plan
" A lot of times, when I met somebody and took them out on a date, I obviously didn't tell them my background, because I didn't think I'd see them but once or twice. "
Frank Abagnale
Twice
Because
Date
" 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
Moment
Eye
Pilot
" It is amazing the information we give away. We make it easier and easier for criminals. "
Frank Abagnale
Information
Give
Easier
" I'm so different from the egotistical, self-centred person I was when I did those things. And to watch someone acting out your memories on the screen is like reliving it. Like someone taking you back and showing you what you did. "
Frank Abagnale
Memories
Back
You
" I think I was so successful, not because I was brilliant, but because I was so young. I had no fear of consequences. "
Frank Abagnale
Fear
Think
Successful
" A lot of people say I was brilliant. I wasn't. I was an opportunist: a young entrepreneur who saw things and took advantage. "
Frank Abagnale
People
Things
Say
" You have to be very limited in who you give your social security number to. "
Frank Abagnale
Number
Who
You
" It's quite flattering to have Leonardo DiCaprio play you in the movie. He's a great-looking young man. "
Frank Abagnale
Young Man
Young
Man
" I spent five years of my youth in prison - some very bad prisons. "
Frank Abagnale
Prison
Years
Prisons
" By the time I had reached the age of 16, in the 10th grade, my parents, after 22 years of marriage, one day decided to get a divorce. "
Frank Abagnale
Time
Age
Day
" Technology breeds crime and we are constantly trying to develop technology to stay one step ahead of the person trying to use it negatively. "
Frank Abagnale
Crime
Trying
Step
" 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
Innocent
Look
You
" We buy into the computer, and everything that comes from the computer, we believe to be the truth. "
Frank Abagnale
Believe
Truth
Everything
" If you tell me your name and date of birth, that's all I need to steal your identity. "
Frank Abagnale
Birth
You
Need
" I wasn't a Pan Am pilot or any other kind of pilot. "
Frank Abagnale
Am
Pan
Other
" I didn't like taking money from individuals. "
Frank Abagnale
Money
Taking
Individuals