Frank Abagnale

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. ”

The Internet can be used to hurt many people. ”

The Internet is a wonderful thing, but it opens the door to many crimes, so you have to stay ahead of it. ”

One of the most popular scams is what they call account takeover. You write me a check, and I simply go online to a check-printing service and order 200 checks with your account information. ”

I don't do online banking. ”

What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime. ”

You fight technology with technology, so you have to stay one step ahead of the criminal. It's very much a chess game - they make a move, you have to make a move. ”

I would have thought technology would have made it harder to do what I did. ”

Technology breeds crime and we are constantly trying to develop technology to stay one step ahead of the person trying to use it negatively. ”

The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little bit wiser, a little bit smarter and there's nothing wrong with being skeptical. We live in a time when if you make it easy for someone to steal from you, someone will. ”