Catch Me If You Can
by Frank Abagnale · first published 2005
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…this way without getting caught. People do abuse this all the time, look for the bad check writer program in your county. It's not switching over to ACH, that's how it has worked all along. I recommend Catch Me if you Can by Frank Abagnale.
on “Ask HN: Why hasn't the ACH system been more abused?” ↗…am a Strange Loop" - how mind works. - "Rework", "Zero to One", "Start Small, Stay Small" - insightful startup advice. - Fun autobiographies: Ghost in the Wires (Kevin Mitnick), iWoz (Steve Wozniak), Catch me if you can (Frank Abagnale), Just for Fun (Linus Torvalds), Elon Musk, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - How companies work: Creativity Inc (Pixar), In the Plex (Google) - On writing: Art of fiction/nonfiction…
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite non-fiction books of all time?” ↗…and explained it extremely well. Absolute best book to read in hectic/stressful situations, audio version is great too. - Fun autobiographies: Ghost in the Wires (Kevin Mitnick), iWoz (Steve Wozniak), Catch me if you can (Frank Abagnale), Just for Fun (Linus Torvalds), Elon Musk, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - How companies work: Creativity Inc (Pixar), In the Plex (Google) - On writing: Art of fiction/nonfiction…
on “Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?” ↗…very much worth reading. Many people here dislike Tim Ferris, but whatever, I think this book is cool. Autobiographies: - Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman - Ghost In The Wires by Kevin Mitnick - Catch me if you can by Abagnale - iWoz by Steve Wozniak - Losing my Virginity by Richard Branson All these are fantastic and very intelligent autobiographies by the very awesome people. Now I'm reading "Gödel, Escher,…
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?” ↗The book is also really good (didn't actually watch the movie) http://www.amazon.com/Catch-Me-If-You-Can/dp/0767905385 I also enjoyed Kevin Mitnick's book The Art of Deception, also on "Social Engineering"/con artists. http://www.amazon.com/Art-Deception-Controlling-Element-Secu...
on “How To Crash A Party” ↗The book by Frank Abagnale is a pageturner too. I've always liked reading those "social hacking" books, like Catch Me If You Can, or Kevin Mitnick's story The Art of Deception.
on “The Ultimate Counterfeiter Isn’t a Crook — He’s an Artist” ↗…think this is a great idea!! I would really love to see book suggestions from HN users, it is always very interesting and valuable to me. Here's the best books that I've read in the past few months: > Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale I remember disliking the movie, but the book is brilliant and hilarious. Autobiography of one of the boldest, horniest, and most brilliant con artists. > Ghost In The Wires by Kevin…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗Oh, that's my favorite subject, I love reading autobiographies of awesome people =) Here are my favorites: - Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman - Ghost In The Wires by Kevin Mitnick - Catch me if you can by Abagnale - iWoz by Steve Wozniak - Losing my Virginity by Richard Branson - Without their Permission by Alexis Ohanian All of them are absolutely awesome and enlightening and entertaining. Also…
on “Ask HN: Biographies for personal development and entrepreneurship?” ↗Abagnale says himself that "Catch Me If You Can" is mostly fiction: > I was interviewed by the co-writer only about four times. I believe he did a great job of telling the story, but he also over dramatized and exaggerated some of the story. That…
on “New book contends that Catch Me If You Can is mostly made up” ↗I always thought stories like "Clark Rockefeller" [0] or Frank Abagnale (of Catch Me If You Can) would become more or less extinct in the era of Internet and Google. Maybe such scams have become easier to perpetuate, whatwith the ability to fake your lifestyle and credentials with social media (and…
on “Fake sultan was scamming a Miami billionaire. Then he ate pork” ↗…also believe your conviction could be turned into your strong asset - you already have a unique and genuine story to tell I so love this. It reminds me of Frank Abagnale, Jr., whose story is told in “Catch me if you can“. He went from convicted felon to savior of the banking industry and implemented a ton of solutions to the very things he exploited. > you could get a speaker slot any any AML|Legal + tech related conference.…
on “Ask HN: Career change for elderly UK ex-convict?” ↗It was Sweden (with a similar system to Norway) where Frank Abagnale[1] (Catch Me If You Can) spent some time and spoke highly of the penal system of the Scandinavian countries. I think he mentioned they were paid a fair wage, able to take real college courses (not just correspondence) and made…
on “After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind ” ↗Frank Abagnale, the Catch Me If You Can guy, did exactly that. The whole book is made up. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a36338912/catch...
on “Ads Don't Work That Way (2014)” ↗Reminds me of Frank Abagnale, Jr. ('Catch me if you can') who despite making up the story of his life is actually a security consultant and has made millions out of his 'life story' https://whyy.org/segments/the-greatest-hoax-on-earth/
on “Norm Macdonald's story about the first time he met Bob Dylan” ↗…Robert Kerbeck’s true crime memoir, RUSE: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street is the story of how a wannabe actor became the world’s greatest corporate spy. Frank Abagnale, author of Catch Me If You Can, said, “Kerbeck has mastered the art of social engineering, or what he calls 'rusing', and taken it to a whole new level,” Frank Abagnale is now believed to have lied about most of the cons he supposedly…
on “My High-Flying Life as a Corporate Spy Who Lied His Way to the Top” ↗