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tk5800
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 Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject: frank william abagnale |
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most of us have seen the film catch me if you can, although it is a dramatized film it is pretty accurate
but how succesfull would frank be today, could he have stolen millions of dollars if he conned his way into american airways or jet star?
what about his check fraud, can he forge modern day checks?
i dont think he would be able to but what do you think? |
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EnglishInvader
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If you've ever read the book, he is quoted as saying that what he did back in the sixties would be ten times easier to do today. Technology is only as good as the hands behind it and there will always be a percentage of people willing to use technology in a self-serving way.
You should read the book. It's a fantastic read.
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tk5800
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| OH! i thought we were using tecknology in thew right way, does the book say how much money he can steal today? |
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pakled
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...as much as he can get away with. I think it'd be a little harder to fake some things (I read the book years before the movie came out)...it just amazed me someone could get away with it at all...
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