You have to understand that in the 60s, airlines and other big and small businesses didn't really have the kind of security that would prevent this kind of fraud. It's a lot easier to fool and get by people 40-50 years ago than it is now -there just wasn't many people attempting big confidence cons. Of course, you'd have to be charming and very intelligent. I don't actually think Abagnale's a bad guy deep down.
@Rosette46 No, he actually expressed concern over some of his responsibilities of his chosen fraudulent professions. He was once given control of an airliner at 30,000 feet, not being able to fly anything, understanding he had control of 140 lives including his own. He almost killed an infant that was suffering oxygen deprivation as a doctor because he didn't understand a medical term.
Abagnale has one of those stories that although I know it's true I find it incredibly difficult to believe. It is absolutley incredible and I know he's not the best person to admire but I really do look up to him. He had to be so intellegent and confident to even get close to pulling off everything he did.
According to his book, he actually served less than a year in a French prison. It was a hellhole. Read "Catch Me..." to find out more... scary. Don't know if things are still that way there.
@Makinwaves02 That's why he went on to imposter someone else, after having ethical concerns his chosen fraudulent identity. Now hes a legitimate millionaire and heads a security and fraud consulting firm.
@RainbowManification Thats awesome that he went on to become a productive member of society in his own right...and on the right side of the law lol Also, do you think he may have been one of the first successful social engineers? I think he was an expert at reading body language and non verbal clues. The people with the most conscious awareness of, and capabilities to read, body language tend to have an advantage over those whose appreciation is limited largely to the unconscious.
@Makinwaves02 I believe he was. He's also a lecturer and motivational speaker, and started consulting with the FBI as a condition of his parole, he married about a year after his parole started and has had 3 children. He continued to consult with the FBI after his parole was finished and has taught courses at the FBI Academy, and one of his sons ( I think his oldest son) is an FBI Agent.
The more talks I watch of this guy the more inconsistencies i see in his story. For instance, here he says he worked as a medical doctor for 1 year, in another speech he says 2 weeks. Here he says he diagnosed patients with minor conditions in another speech he says he merely supervised. I don't doubt his overall story but it makes you wonder how much he's exaggerating.
@toma123456781 Wow okay, I agree that what he did was pretty damn cool, but please don't say it wasn't bad. He was stealing money, and a LOT of it. Doesn't matter where it came from, it's not his and he defrauded others for his selfish reasons.
As a mother I feel torn. The scene in the movie where he pretended to be a French teacher. I think I would have been proud that my son could convince people he was a teacher.
@ThomsonAirwaysStaff Yeah they did. But I noticed that the real Frank W. Abagnale didn't have on a uniform like the "Frank" character played by DiCaprio.
i always know who it is even without hearing their answers to the questions. i can just tell by the way they look even if i hav never heard of the person.
i would applaud people offenders like him and i would recommend these people second chances in life and throw away all the money they stole... all of that to give up suicide bombers and terrorists .. wish we have more people like him, people we can learn from
Its the same for the top hackers that get arrested, they do a short time in prison just to cross the t's and dot the i's and then they get a consultants job for a cybercrime unit. The authorities aren't stupid, regardless of the crime they don't let talent go to waste for long. Unless you have murdered people as your talent of course, but if your crime outsmarts the security set in place to prevent you, then its probably the fastest way to a great job...lol.
If you disregard the movie ( which was amazing) ---technically this guy is a pure SCUMBAG for the lying and screwing over of so many people. IF some one did that today we would condem them as evil SOBs.
On the other hand he shows you what this country truly isgood for .... IF you stay under the radar- you can get away with anything in AMERICA. While people who follow the rules get screwed over every day.
USA is a shit country unless you are slick like this guy was.
@masonTganes u know.. what he did was bad ! but do u think really the time matters I mean if somebody did it in our days and not in the U.S.A I`d lough at the matter and I wont hold a grudge on the guy coz the banks are as scumbags as he is .. and what America did was smart .. they used this guy`s brains for their own good , i guess every country should start using smart criminals for their good , and why wont u think of it as if they gave em another chance instead of letting him rot in jail
The amazing thing here is not what this guy did, It is that he started doing this at 16. How many 10th graders do you know that would be smart enough to pull something like this off. Out smart and make a fool out of the FBI and all of the adults, then keeo it going for five years. Yes he is a criminal but the kid was a genius.
Which i could scam those big fat banks like this man did and live my life at large. Man, i would feel no guilt whatsoever. To study for 25 years sometimes even 30 just to get by in life seems to me like it's unfair and life it's taken away from you in a heart beat.
@akeemak22 haha no that's not what I mean man! of course what he did was wrong, and he is a BIG-TIME criminal and that's why he got sentenced to 76 years in prison... But don't forget he ran away from home at age 16 and he started imposting just to have enough to eat, then he got really good at it (too good) and he just got caught in his lies... He couldn't stop if he wanted to or else he would go to jail. So his situation was really unique...
@akeemak22 It was not like he STOLE just to steal, and he never RAPED nobody or hurt anybody intentionally... The reason he got a probation was that he had so much to offer and wasn't really a threat to society, and he could help protect the citizens of the world because he had stuff to offer nobody else could. He is a genius. It wouldn't have mattered if he was black... This was NOT because he was WHITE!!
they have their trousers half way down their backsides whilst waving guns in your face and listening to crappy music. and not to mention, they talk like absolute retards.
normally they get what they want through violence and they don't use their heads like Mr Abagnale Jr (because they don't have any brains the majority of the time)
@Cla900 Trust is the most important part of a con. This happened in the 60's. Society didn't trust black people. so if they wanted to rip somebody off, they would have to go in strong. Frank wouldn't have been able to do this if was black. He would have been check and verified at every place he went.
@Cla900 um that was pretty dang rude. tblack ppl at the time of mr. abegnal where gentlemen trying to fit in with society, especially northerners. They werent like hoodlums today, which describes only a fraction of black males, but also hispanic AND ASIAN. yes i see it quite often. i also see good, studious black men as well so to make a blanket statement such as that is racist and wrong.
the only thing is that this man got mind.n if anybody hav mind like that he can use it in different ways.like he did for cheats. anyhow he is a criminal, n i dont hav any respect for him sorry
We all do wrong things...what matters is what we do to redeeming ourselves. Paul, before his conversion, had Christians arrested to be killed. Just an example.
Each of us will stand before God...so it's best to focus on your faults instead of Frank's.
woah. he doesn't look like he have the confidence or "umph" that Leo portrayed in the movie. I mean, he doesn't look like he can sweet talk any woman or any old mature man can fall for any of his thoughts, his lisps...:|||
anyway just finished watching the movie and it was awesome, even though a lot was changed for the dramatic connection to the viewers.
Christ... I'm reading his book as I post this... I'm reading right now about how he got a license from pan am... So far it's FREAKING AMAZING... And I also saw the movie... It's so different. But that's okay cause Leonardo dicaprio is in it and Leo makes everything better. =]
I read his book. It was a judge in Sweden who saved him. He broke Swedish law and sent Frank back to America instead of sending him to life in prison in Europe, after Sweden he was going to France and other countries' prisons.
anyone else see this guy as a good old fashioned criminal who lived in times of adventure? not a murder of anything, a good ol' fashioned criminal, THAT'S WHAT IM TALKIN 'BOUT
I know he was a criminal, but man this guy is brilliant. He beat the system. For a while at least. Well, actually he beat it entirely considering he did a total of 5 years in prison. 6 months in France, 6 months in Sweden, and 4 years in the US. That's not a lot for someone who was being chased for cashing 2.5 mil over 5 years. He's a genius.
hes stopped for like 50 years and still is on parole i think, its not like the justice system failed here. society grabbed him and used him on their side
to be honest before it should that it was number 2 i was pretty sure. i read his book and it said he was 6 feet tall and a 180 pounds at 16 so i looked at the hight of all 3 and it was pretty obvious that number 2 was the tallest so i assumed it was him
snodly: It's not just a matter of his genius (which no one denies); he also did the legwork, brushing up on every "profession" in which he purported to work...but the biggest thing of all is that he had the confidence and cajones to actually put those ideas to practice. Good looking guy, too. I, for one, am glad that he was able to put that talent to good...and legal...use.
@Coheednmadness I'm not saying that.. we are all sinners, absolutely. All I am saying is he should not be glorified for what he did. He's a very intelligent man, no doubt about it.. it's just sad that he used his brain to deceive and steal for so long. I hope he regrets the way he chose to live his life at that time and not revel in it. I know he does a lot of good, now.
@luridhue I'm sorry I misunderstood. Your right but for some reason I can't help but to praise him for his bravery and genius. His crimes helped more in the long run.
@luridhue He's repaid every cent that he stole through his criminal career, and he's repeatedly apologized and basically worked his whole life towards making sure others can't do what he did. I'd say his debt to society is paid now... we all make mistakes.
@tpaladino Hmm, you have to allow people to redeem themselves, all of us need forgiving at one time or anther. he DID pass the bar exam after only 2 weeks of intense studying. The guy was a genius.
I just watched an interview with him on youtube a few seconds before this one and he said that he actually passed the bar in 8 weeks and not two weeks like the movie stated, but either way that's still VERY impressive. Would take me like 8 years lol
@luridhue I worked with a Sri Lankan who was employed by a big US oil company working in Iran during the revolution. The company evacuated the Western employees but abandoned the Asians. With a small group of friends they stole a VW van and drove out the country across India and sold the van to buy ferry tickets to reach Sri Lanka. It was that or die. Stealing is not always a sin, period.
@sfumato1002 yes we are, that still does NOT change the fact that this man should not be looked up to because he was a great thief.. what he did was wrong.
You have to understand that in the 60s, airlines and other big and small businesses didn't really have the kind of security that would prevent this kind of fraud. It's a lot easier to fool and get by people 40-50 years ago than it is now -there just wasn't many people attempting big confidence cons. Of course, you'd have to be charming and very intelligent. I don't actually think Abagnale's a bad guy deep down.
Rosette46 4 weeks ago
@Rosette46 No, he actually expressed concern over some of his responsibilities of his chosen fraudulent professions. He was once given control of an airliner at 30,000 feet, not being able to fly anything, understanding he had control of 140 lives including his own. He almost killed an infant that was suffering oxygen deprivation as a doctor because he didn't understand a medical term.
RainbowManification 4 weeks ago
@RainbowManification Alright, fine. I guess he was a pretty reckless guy.
Rosette46 3 weeks ago
Abagnale has one of those stories that although I know it's true I find it incredibly difficult to believe. It is absolutley incredible and I know he's not the best person to admire but I really do look up to him. He had to be so intellegent and confident to even get close to pulling off everything he did.
IAmTheGhostOfMyself 1 month ago
when I first saw the movie I was llike "wtf is there a random gameshow in the beginning?"
now i know.
roflmao0702 1 month ago
I didn't realize this actually happend! I'm watching the movie at this very moment, and i find this very cool x)
UglyKidMetallica81 1 month ago
eu gosto muito dele ele é muito inteligente admiro sua historia
4568Leila 1 month ago
According to his book, he actually served less than a year in a French prison. It was a hellhole. Read "Catch Me..." to find out more... scary. Don't know if things are still that way there.
QuietGuyFairbanks 1 month ago
If you're going to be late, I suggest you bring a note.
itakethesquare 1 month ago
Эта сцена прям, как в фильме)
AsK2010A 1 month ago
I think the man is smart, no doubt about it BUT...I wasnt impressed with the doctor thing. He nearly killed a baby and thats kinda fuckedup.
Makinwaves02 2 months ago
@Makinwaves02 That's why he went on to imposter someone else, after having ethical concerns his chosen fraudulent identity. Now hes a legitimate millionaire and heads a security and fraud consulting firm.
RainbowManification 4 weeks ago
@RainbowManification Thats awesome that he went on to become a productive member of society in his own right...and on the right side of the law lol Also, do you think he may have been one of the first successful social engineers? I think he was an expert at reading body language and non verbal clues. The people with the most conscious awareness of, and capabilities to read, body language tend to have an advantage over those whose appreciation is limited largely to the unconscious.
Makinwaves02 3 weeks ago
@Makinwaves02 I believe he was. He's also a lecturer and motivational speaker, and started consulting with the FBI as a condition of his parole, he married about a year after his parole started and has had 3 children. He continued to consult with the FBI after his parole was finished and has taught courses at the FBI Academy, and one of his sons ( I think his oldest son) is an FBI Agent.
RainbowManification 3 weeks ago
omg the other two look so ridiculous in their costumes. they made it so obvious.
flibnit1 2 months ago
LEGEND!!!!!!!! RESPECT!
DevilDS 2 months ago
i would like to hear number 1 and 3 speak
AfricanNaziJew 3 months ago
The more talks I watch of this guy the more inconsistencies i see in his story. For instance, here he says he worked as a medical doctor for 1 year, in another speech he says 2 weeks. Here he says he diagnosed patients with minor conditions in another speech he says he merely supervised. I don't doubt his overall story but it makes you wonder how much he's exaggerating.
kelevra8686 3 months ago
wat the hell is this show all about
sagrocket 3 months ago
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CMIYC is such an underrated fucking movie.
zeroeffects88 4 months ago
CMIYC is such an underrated fucking movie.
zeroeffects88 4 months ago
Leo DiCaprio should've won an Oscar for "Catch Me If You Can". That was a slick, well done movie!
DJKhrome 4 months ago 6
I look up to this guy so much. He is a living legend!!!
AustinMazenSafadi 4 months ago
WHOA I LOVE IN MARIETTTA GA!!!!
And1Li 4 months ago
Frank rocks!!....IDOL.
ViolatorMJ 4 months ago
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where can i go to see the whole episode?
LifeSUXAzzCrak 4 months ago
@ironclownfish
He didn't have a law degree, real or fake. The movie may show it that way but a law degree was not required to take the bar in Louisiana.
JamesJR93 4 months ago
My hero.
DsHacker14 4 months ago
he wasnt evil or bad he didnt stole from poor people he is just free spirited and a amazing person
toma123456781 4 months ago 7
@toma123456781 Wow okay, I agree that what he did was pretty damn cool, but please don't say it wasn't bad. He was stealing money, and a LOT of it. Doesn't matter where it came from, it's not his and he defrauded others for his selfish reasons.
finalcloud13 2 months ago
This man knows the Art of Theft.
Datelesswonders 4 months ago
WOW Just watch that movie catch Me If You Can.....what a MAN!
w314eva1 4 months ago
Genius! And love the movie catch me if you can!
malenadh 5 months ago
As a mother I feel torn. The scene in the movie where he pretended to be a French teacher. I think I would have been proud that my son could convince people he was a teacher.
nellgwen48 5 months ago 5
The two other guys look like dorks.
nellgwen48 5 months ago
Didn't he actually pass the bar exam? I mean, without scamming or cheating, but legit. If so, he was true lawyer, not a "bogus" one.
AsianLeader007 5 months ago
@AsianLeader007 He did actually pass the bar, but his law degree was fake.
ironclownfish 5 months ago
I love the fact that nobody on the panel guessed correctly. Thanks for posting!
hibob418 5 months ago
Please note that Nipsey Russell is in seat number one!
capcentre 6 months ago
@nwoalexjones
I must say, your knowledge about the current events in Libya amazes me, lol
Acoustic1234567 6 months ago
OMG...I've done clinical at that hospital!!!
brainards1 6 months ago
The guy in the prison suit looks like Muammar Gaddafi
Acoustic1234567 7 months ago 6
My uncle was on this with him. He was the one dressed up as the doctor.
Broadwayjr411 8 months ago 6
he is so polite and friendly i would never have believed he was a criminal. Just a misguided teenager in the 60s
lilsi93 8 months ago 7
@lilsi93 He was like one of the smart criminals, i guess. But still unbelievable what he did.
LiLPinoySteve 7 months ago
haha, then this guy became a legitimate millionaire.
Popteart 8 months ago 8
@Popteart To me, that's the best part of his story.
Broadwayjr411 8 months ago
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will the real slim shady please stand up ?
blachshiip 9 months ago
To tell the truth Leo
Supafongboon 9 months ago
They actually showed a remake of this at the start of Catch Me If You Can!
ThomsonAirwaysStaff 9 months ago 34
@ThomsonAirwaysStaff Yeah they did. But I noticed that the real Frank W. Abagnale didn't have on a uniform like the "Frank" character played by DiCaprio.
amuslima99 1 month ago
and apperently this is where eminem got the line in the real sim shady from. now we know what shows he watched when he was young lol
babyxkande 9 months ago
i always know who it is even without hearing their answers to the questions. i can just tell by the way they look even if i hav never heard of the person.
babyxkande 9 months ago
He is the MAN!!!!
milagros104 9 months ago 3
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This guy is LEGENDARY.
vikings2base11 10 months ago
freggin awesome
TWIZTTID 10 months ago
I KNEW IT WAS THE PRETTY ONE!
VioletBob 10 months ago
haha if you look at the end they were all wrong
Winslow09 10 months ago
"I'm the real Frank Abie, all you other Frank Abie's are just imitating, so won't the real Frank Abie please stand up, please stand up."
Qaddosh 10 months ago 7
This man has experienced more adventure in his life than most of us combined......I admire this man, what a legend
rhcp4565 10 months ago 82
he really was a very smart man ......very handsom too !!!
pornoslut 11 months ago
@pornoslut id like to talk to you about Frank abagnal jr
mattowens31069 10 months ago
@mattowens31069 ok ... I always like to learn new things ! I only know what I watched from the movie they did about him . enlighten me =)
pornoslut 10 months ago
damn he was good man
dazebhen1 11 months ago
i would applaud people offenders like him and i would recommend these people second chances in life and throw away all the money they stole... all of that to give up suicide bombers and terrorists .. wish we have more people like him, people we can learn from
kartikm24 11 months ago 3
cheers for the one that broke the system , not just once.
alesagui 11 months ago 2
LAD
hereistand2008 11 months ago 2
Its the same for the top hackers that get arrested, they do a short time in prison just to cross the t's and dot the i's and then they get a consultants job for a cybercrime unit. The authorities aren't stupid, regardless of the crime they don't let talent go to waste for long. Unless you have murdered people as your talent of course, but if your crime outsmarts the security set in place to prevent you, then its probably the fastest way to a great job...lol.
123backinyerface 1 year ago 3
If you disregard the movie ( which was amazing) ---technically this guy is a pure SCUMBAG for the lying and screwing over of so many people. IF some one did that today we would condem them as evil SOBs.
On the other hand he shows you what this country truly isgood for .... IF you stay under the radar- you can get away with anything in AMERICA. While people who follow the rules get screwed over every day.
USA is a shit country unless you are slick like this guy was.
masonTganes 1 year ago
@masonTganes u know.. what he did was bad ! but do u think really the time matters I mean if somebody did it in our days and not in the U.S.A I`d lough at the matter and I wont hold a grudge on the guy coz the banks are as scumbags as he is .. and what America did was smart .. they used this guy`s brains for their own good , i guess every country should start using smart criminals for their good , and why wont u think of it as if they gave em another chance instead of letting him rot in jail
sogino 1 year ago
The amazing thing here is not what this guy did, It is that he started doing this at 16. How many 10th graders do you know that would be smart enough to pull something like this off. Out smart and make a fool out of the FBI and all of the adults, then keeo it going for five years. Yes he is a criminal but the kid was a genius.
JcLeopard 1 year ago
Fucking love this guy. I look up to him.
pheeeeelip 1 year ago
that's funny.
I mean theft is theft, and if it was our money we wouldn't be laughing (and it always is someones) but he's a funny guy.
elenore9 1 year ago
he's a real character , isnt he , fair play to him , i bet hes not regreting those 6 years he spent locked up cuz now he's fucking loaded
mkjhagfv 1 year ago
Is anyone else getting that Clark Kent / Superman vibe from Frank?
Just sayin'...
4thel0ve 1 year ago 4
has got to be one of the most funniest crinimals of all time.
tommyfta1 1 year ago
Which i could scam those big fat banks like this man did and live my life at large. Man, i would feel no guilt whatsoever. To study for 25 years sometimes even 30 just to get by in life seems to me like it's unfair and life it's taken away from you in a heart beat.
GSpeedEmotion 1 year ago 3
just watched the film. so smart
naruto2710 1 year ago
No where near as cute as Leo <3
thexcoreissilent 1 year ago
He is great. Do you concur?
Denny2689 1 year ago 22
@Denny2689 hehehe I get it
MrPlumblord 2 months ago
@Denny2689 I Concur.
BuffaloTPU 2 months ago 2
He said FUCK YOU I WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME and I love him for it.
prkcity748 1 year ago
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akeemak22 1 year ago 2
@akeemak22 haha well it's not like he was just shoplifting or something! I mean, you have to be a genius to do what he did...
Mumsilius 1 year ago
@Mumsilius THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEFT,YOU MEAN TO TELL ME IT ONLY MATTER'S WHAT FASHION YOU DO IT?
SO IT'S OK TO BE A SUPER SNEAKY RAPIST?
SO IF A GUY STEEL'S MY CAR IN A REAL SMART WAY THAT IT'S OK?
akeemak22 1 year ago
@akeemak22 haha no that's not what I mean man! of course what he did was wrong, and he is a BIG-TIME criminal and that's why he got sentenced to 76 years in prison... But don't forget he ran away from home at age 16 and he started imposting just to have enough to eat, then he got really good at it (too good) and he just got caught in his lies... He couldn't stop if he wanted to or else he would go to jail. So his situation was really unique...
Mumsilius 1 year ago
@akeemak22 It was not like he STOLE just to steal, and he never RAPED nobody or hurt anybody intentionally... The reason he got a probation was that he had so much to offer and wasn't really a threat to society, and he could help protect the citizens of the world because he had stuff to offer nobody else could. He is a genius. It wouldn't have mattered if he was black... This was NOT because he was WHITE!!
Mumsilius 1 year ago
@akeemak22
that's because blacks don't do it with class.
they have their trousers half way down their backsides whilst waving guns in your face and listening to crappy music. and not to mention, they talk like absolute retards.
normally they get what they want through violence and they don't use their heads like Mr Abagnale Jr (because they don't have any brains the majority of the time)
they aren't allowed any respect!
Cla900 3 months ago
@Cla900 ok WHITE GIRL I WILL REMEBER TO ROB PEOPLE WITH CLASS!!!!!!!!!
HEY MAYBE MEN SHOULD START RAPPING WOMEN WITH CLASS ALSO,THAT WAY IT WILL BE OK ALSO RIGHT!
p.s stealing is stealing it's WRONG
akeemak22 3 months ago
@Cla900 Trust is the most important part of a con. This happened in the 60's. Society didn't trust black people. so if they wanted to rip somebody off, they would have to go in strong. Frank wouldn't have been able to do this if was black. He would have been check and verified at every place he went.
frasian78 3 months ago
@Cla900 um that was pretty dang rude. tblack ppl at the time of mr. abegnal where gentlemen trying to fit in with society, especially northerners. They werent like hoodlums today, which describes only a fraction of black males, but also hispanic AND ASIAN. yes i see it quite often. i also see good, studious black men as well so to make a blanket statement such as that is racist and wrong.
flibnit1 2 months ago
hahahaha, "this parole you have, is it real?" hahahahahh
travelsonic 1 year ago
I love this guy. Wat he did lol was bad ass haha made the government look like the dum idiots that they still are
acmilanfan1011 1 year ago
the only thing is that this man got mind.n if anybody hav mind like that he can use it in different ways.like he did for cheats. anyhow he is a criminal, n i dont hav any respect for him sorry
janokijan2003 1 year ago
we was smart but not smart enuf
chazragg 1 year ago
yall are dumb god doesnt even exist so why are you guys arguing?
imbarisaxy 1 year ago
he looks so innocent aww
but he is sure a genius
babehc 1 year ago
We all do wrong things...what matters is what we do to redeeming ourselves. Paul, before his conversion, had Christians arrested to be killed. Just an example.
Each of us will stand before God...so it's best to focus on your faults instead of Frank's.
sfumato1002 1 year ago
woah. he doesn't look like he have the confidence or "umph" that Leo portrayed in the movie. I mean, he doesn't look like he can sweet talk any woman or any old mature man can fall for any of his thoughts, his lisps...:|||
anyway just finished watching the movie and it was awesome, even though a lot was changed for the dramatic connection to the viewers.
uglybetty40891 1 year ago
the man is my hero.
LedZeppelin13k7 1 year ago 2
It was kind of dumb how they recreated this in the film Catch Me If You Can and never referred back to it.
darrellkaiser11285 1 year ago
Christ... I'm reading his book as I post this... I'm reading right now about how he got a license from pan am... So far it's FREAKING AMAZING... And I also saw the movie... It's so different. But that's okay cause Leonardo dicaprio is in it and Leo makes everything better. =]
Browneyes221996 1 year ago
everyone download this video so you can repost it if it gets deleted or whatever
cspj12 1 year ago
No votes? Wow.... he must be a good imposter.
MyPaperBleedsInk 1 year ago 3
I read his book. It was a judge in Sweden who saved him. He broke Swedish law and sent Frank back to America instead of sending him to life in prison in Europe, after Sweden he was going to France and other countries' prisons.
robertlaf 1 year ago
I love how they all get screwed in the show! They suck!
shylessness49 1 year ago
Why was he in this show??
Tibbex 1 year ago
loved the movie.... and yeah that teacher part was best in the movie... loved it...
tigerneedsblood 1 year ago
Shitman.
szentagostonka 1 year ago
What a ledgend!
PAUL21995 1 year ago 170
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@PAUL21995 Legend. You are smart.
xXGhilliedxSamuraiXx 6 months ago
will the real slim franky plz stand up plz stand up plz stand up
KennyParkz 1 year ago
@KennyParkz shady....slim shady
luke2thab 1 year ago
@luke2thab xD
KennyParkz 1 year ago
@KennyParkz What are you smiling at? STOP STARING AT ME!
luke2thab 1 year ago
@luke2thab O.O
KennyParkz 1 year ago
With a name like Abagnale, I wouldn't be take too seriously either.
capcentre 1 year ago
AWESOME MAN. He was so cleaver!!!
HanHan129 1 year ago
he is soo smart its unbelievable .
meethree3 1 year ago 3
Legend!!!
MrRobifan 1 year ago
anyone else see this guy as a good old fashioned criminal who lived in times of adventure? not a murder of anything, a good ol' fashioned criminal, THAT'S WHAT IM TALKIN 'BOUT
skillzdatkillz900 1 year ago 234
@skillzdatkillz900 I feel the same way. Sure, he was a criminal, but he never killed or raped anyone. He just used his wits to get ahead.
jbevan70 9 months ago 8
@skillzdatkillz900 I agree, he stole money but in all reality, he never really hurt anyone. What a great criminal.
xXGhilliedxSamuraiXx 6 months ago
I know he was a criminal, but man this guy is brilliant. He beat the system. For a while at least. Well, actually he beat it entirely considering he did a total of 5 years in prison. 6 months in France, 6 months in Sweden, and 4 years in the US. That's not a lot for someone who was being chased for cashing 2.5 mil over 5 years. He's a genius.
LaughterIsEvrything 1 year ago 4
hes stopped for like 50 years and still is on parole i think, its not like the justice system failed here. society grabbed him and used him on their side
Huzzawful 1 year ago
will the real slim shady please stand up
tunelesstune 1 year ago
You gotta at least kiss his ass!
windinhishair10 1 year ago
crime dosent pay hhhhhm well i think it might of for this guy
DuckSmuggler1 1 year ago
His story is a interesting one and now hes mad millions helping the fraud department
Vidx50 1 year ago
Kinda ironic he works for the fbi in the fraud dept.
xb0xher0 1 year ago 2
@xb0xher0 Well he was the best of the best.
thewho6507 1 year ago
I heard it got to a stage where he was so good that it stoped being cheque fraud and became a new crime because he was genuinky that gifted at it
recessionproof91 1 year ago
wow! what an amazing life story!
sk8trgrl87 1 year ago
It would've been better if you uploaded the entire episode.
CAvideoFAN 1 year ago
#2. I knew it was that dude, since I saw pics of him from the '70s on the Net.
phoneix91 1 year ago
Smart guy.
lovesexpistols134 1 year ago
he is a god!!! :D
Cms172 1 year ago
to be honest before it should that it was number 2 i was pretty sure. i read his book and it said he was 6 feet tall and a 180 pounds at 16 so i looked at the hight of all 3 and it was pretty obvious that number 2 was the tallest so i assumed it was him
eddyelm 1 year ago
just sow cat catch me if you can and all i can say is that this man is a genius
themightyjoseph 1 year ago
snodly: It's not just a matter of his genius (which no one denies); he also did the legwork, brushing up on every "profession" in which he purported to work...but the biggest thing of all is that he had the confidence and cajones to actually put those ideas to practice. Good looking guy, too. I, for one, am glad that he was able to put that talent to good...and legal...use.
TheSnodly 1 year ago
He was a thief, and stealing is a sin, period.
luridhue 1 year ago
fuck that. theres no such thing as a sin anymore
zjek17 1 year ago
@luridhue Just because you did something bad it doesn't make you a bad person. Look at him now
Coheednmadness 1 year ago
@Coheednmadness I'm not saying that.. we are all sinners, absolutely. All I am saying is he should not be glorified for what he did. He's a very intelligent man, no doubt about it.. it's just sad that he used his brain to deceive and steal for so long. I hope he regrets the way he chose to live his life at that time and not revel in it. I know he does a lot of good, now.
luridhue 1 year ago
@luridhue I'm sorry I misunderstood. Your right but for some reason I can't help but to praise him for his bravery and genius. His crimes helped more in the long run.
Coheednmadness 1 year ago
@luridhue He's repaid every cent that he stole through his criminal career, and he's repeatedly apologized and basically worked his whole life towards making sure others can't do what he did. I'd say his debt to society is paid now... we all make mistakes.
tpaladino 1 year ago
@tpaladino Hmm, you have to allow people to redeem themselves, all of us need forgiving at one time or anther. he DID pass the bar exam after only 2 weeks of intense studying. The guy was a genius.
vetb882 1 year ago
@vetb882
I just watched an interview with him on youtube a few seconds before this one and he said that he actually passed the bar in 8 weeks and not two weeks like the movie stated, but either way that's still VERY impressive. Would take me like 8 years lol
soulseeker12345 1 year ago 2
@soulseeker12345 Right on, prolly take me twice as long, I suffer from CRS, you know cant remember s***t...LOl
vetb882 1 year ago
@luridhue and people can repent
chinesecountryboy 1 year ago
@luridhue I worked with a Sri Lankan who was employed by a big US oil company working in Iran during the revolution. The company evacuated the Western employees but abandoned the Asians. With a small group of friends they stole a VW van and drove out the country across India and sold the van to buy ferry tickets to reach Sri Lanka. It was that or die. Stealing is not always a sin, period.
binaway 1 year ago
@binaway it is, period. "thou shall not steal." no exceptions.
luridhue 1 year ago
@luridhue , we are all sinners...let the man without sin throw the first rock.
sfumato1002 1 year ago
@sfumato1002 yes we are, that still does NOT change the fact that this man should not be looked up to because he was a great thief.. what he did was wrong.
luridhue 1 year ago
My late great-uncle is on this. He is the doctor. I was so excited when I found this out. Funny thing is, my uncle was a priest.
Broadwayjr411 1 year ago
the amazing thing is that this guy is making millions, even after he was caught. He won!!!
cdub71121 1 year ago
"Your parole, is it real?"
"M-my..." Got to love his reaction. <3
AmaraEmme 1 year ago
*O* I Love Catch me If You Can *-* :)
Dessas2gackt 1 year ago
please it cant be no other that number 2.. first time i saw the clip i could tell from the start without him even speaking.
kosselammm 1 year ago
I think its awesome that he faked everyone out again! No one thought it was number 2
truenorthcompass 1 year ago
You can tell with the way he holds himself. He is the only one there that looks like he is confident in the uniform.
highlands 1 year ago 3
fuck, wish the clip wasn't cut at 1:10
1981z28camaro 2 years ago
Life can be 20 yrs but 72 sounds like almost 3 life sentences
thedcrane 2 years ago
72 years! That's a life sentence, right?
tyrese3745 2 years ago
no a life sentence is a life sentence, 72 years is 72 years ;)
bigballbubblehead 2 years ago
Never mind.
tyrese3745 2 years ago
a life sentence is 20 years, that's why they say "6 consecutive life sentences" :-)
1981z28camaro 2 years ago
oh, well i got owned :P
bigballbubblehead 2 years ago
lol, it's all good, I can understand the confusion, being the word LIFE is in there :-)
1981z28camaro 2 years ago
Thank you very much.
tyrese3745 1 year ago
no problem :-)
1981z28camaro 1 year ago
Why did he spend time in a swedish prison too?
What did he do in Sweden?
americastan 2 years ago
He cheated em on money...?
StupidDroid 2 years ago
wow that scene in the movie happened for real? that's awesome
biglooneytic 2 years ago
he was the most handsome of the three candidates
MissNasentier 2 years ago 3
@MissNasentier Yes, although that wasn't a very high hurdle.
floooky1 2 years ago 2
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magicienroulios 2 years ago
all I can say he was very smart and lucky
maniijeh 2 years ago 61