‘Catch Me if You Can’ Scam Artist Has a Warning for Today’s Consumers
‘Catch Me if You Can’ Scam Artist Has a Warning for Today’s Consumers
Frank Abagnale Jr., whose exploits inspired the Leonardo DiCaprio movie, says things have only gotten easier for swindlers.
By Henry Williams
Updated Sept. 21, 2017 1:32 p.m. ET
If you are still paying by check, you might be putting your life savings at risk. That’s the warning from Frank Abagnale Jr.
Anyone who has seen the face of a check you write from your checking account or wealth-management account could draft on that account tomorrow, he says.
His name might seem familiar. From 1965 to 1970, he ran a series of scams—posing as a lawyer, a doctor, a pilot—before getting arrested and spending five years in prison. In the 2002 biographical movie “Catch Me If You Can,” he was played by Leonardo DiCapri
READ MORE: https://www.wsj.com/articles/catch-me-if-y...
Frank Abagnale Jr., whose exploits inspired the Leonardo DiCaprio movie, says things have only gotten easier for swindlers.
By Henry Williams
Updated Sept. 21, 2017 1:32 p.m. ET
If you are still paying by check, you might be putting your life savings at risk. That’s the warning from Frank Abagnale Jr.
Anyone who has seen the face of a check you write from your checking account or wealth-management account could draft on that account tomorrow, he says.
His name might seem familiar. From 1965 to 1970, he ran a series of scams—posing as a lawyer, a doctor, a pilot—before getting arrested and spending five years in prison. In the 2002 biographical movie “Catch Me If You Can,” he was played by Leonardo DiCapri
READ MORE: https://www.wsj.com/articles/catch-me-if-y...
