Books by Frank W. Abagnale
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Catch Me if You Can
One of the New York cops who’d worked hardest to catch me read the report and snorted. “This head doctor’s gotta be kiddin‘ us,” he scoffed. “This phony rips off several hundred banks, hustles
half the hotels in the world for everything but the sheets, screws every airline in the skies, including most of their stewardesses, passes enough bad checks to paper the walls of the Pentagon, runs his own goddamned colleges and universities, makes half the cops in twenty countries look like dumbasses while he’s stealing over $2 million, and he has a low criminal threshold? What the hell would he have done if he’d had a high criminal threshold, looted Fort Knox?”
There is enchantment in a uniform, especially one that marks the wearer as a person of rare skills, courage or achievement.
A paratrooper’s wings tell of a special breed of soldier. A submariner’s dolphin denotes the
unusual sailor. A policeman’s blue symbolizes authority. A forest ranger’s raiment evokes wilderness lore. Even a doorman’s gaudy garb stirs vague thoughts of pomp and royalty.
I felt great in my Pan Am pilot’s uniform as I walked into La Guardia Airport. I obviously was
commanding
Frank Abagnale
| American fraudster, counterfeiter. Date of Birth: Country: USA |
Content:
- Frank Abagnale Jr.: The Notorious Con Artist
- The Con Artist's Journey
- The Chase and Capture
- Life After Crime
- Legacy of a Con Master
Frank Abagnale Jr.: The Notorious Con Artist
Early Life and InfluencesFrank Abagnale Jr. was born on April 27, , in Bronxville, New York. As the third of four children, Abagnale grew up in New York City. At the age of 12, his parents divorced, deeply affecting him. He attempted to reunite his parents but his efforts were unsuccessful.
Abagnale's father was a successful businessman, well-versed in finance and interpersonal skills. From his father, Frank gained valuable knowledge and experience that later proved instrumental in his criminal career. Ironically, his father became his first victim of fraud.
The Con Artist's Journey
Inspired by his early successes, Abagnale embarked on a career as a con artist. He mastered numerous professions, including doctor, airline pilot, and lawyer. Each profession provided him with valuable knowledge that he exploited in his schemes.
The Chase and Capture
Despite his cunning and elusivenes
Scene 1 (): The True Story of a Real Fake
Welcome to the steal! – The float – The basics: to tell the truth… on TV – Frame freeze: the odyssey of a movie – Michael Sabo: a sidetrack – Truth or fiction? – When the truth becomes fiction, the con is a con…
Welcome to the Steal!
“Catch Me If You Can” is the story of Frank Abagnale, who was widely recognized as the best con artist, check forger, impostor and escape artist in American history.
Scene 1 —
As his identity was unknown for a long period of time, the “unsub” (an “unknown subject” in F.B.I. speak, also called a “John Doe”) was called the “Skywayman” by the law and the press, because of his posing as an airline pilot. (In scene 11, Abagnale meets a Pan AmP.R. guy. He’s nervous, jumpy because there’s another piece about the “Skywayman” in the New York Times)
Scene 11 —
Abagnale himself puts it like this: “I had enjoyed a misguided and regrettable run as
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