To Tell the Truth: Frank William Abagnale Jr. (1977)

Frank William Abagnale, Jr. Is an American former check confidence trickster, forger and impostor who, for five years in the 1960s, passed bad checks worth about $2.5 million in 26 countries. During this time, he used at least eight aliases to cash bad checks. Currently he runs Abagnale and Associates, a financial fraud consultancy company. His life story provided the inspiration for the feature film Catch Me if You Can, based on his ghostwritten biography of the same name.
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[rhcp4565]

This man has experienced more adventure in his life than most of us combined......I admire this man, what a legend

[ThomsonAirwaysStaff]

They actually showed a remake of this at the start of Catch Me If You Can!

[Rosette46]

@RainbowManification Alright, fine. I guess he was a pretty reckless guy. 

[RainbowManification]

@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.

[Makinwaves02]

@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.

[RainbowManification]

@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]

@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.

[Rosette46]

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.

[IAmTheGhostOfMyself]

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.

[amuslima99]

@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.

[roflmao0702]

when I first saw the movie I was llike "wtf is there a random gameshow in the beginning?"

now i know.

[UglyKidMetallica81]

I didn't realize this actually happend! I'm watching the movie at this very moment, and i find this very cool x)