Frank Abagnale on the comeback of check fraud
The Current powered by Kim Komando
WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc
4.6 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital and beyond. |
| 0:08.2 | And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. |
| 0:10.9 | You can make an appointment to speak with me. |
| 0:13.2 | Just head over to commando.com. |
| 0:14.7 | And on the top right, there's a button that says email Kim, fill that out. |
| 0:17.7 | And that's it. |
| 0:19.1 | So when it comes to scams, what comes to mind, right? |
| 0:22.0 | Of course, we have the romance scams. |
| 0:24.0 | I know, they've all been over. |
| 0:25.8 | The Nigerian print scams. |
| 0:27.4 | That's so old school. |
| 0:28.9 | Now we have pig butchering scams and AI deep fakes and voice cloning scams. |
| 0:34.1 | I mean, the list goes on and on. |
| 0:35.4 | So knowing all of that, if I ask you a question, |
| 0:38.3 | what scam has increased over 400% over the last year? What do you think that answer is? Are you |
| 0:43.5 | ready for it? I know. Pig, I'm sorry, are you ready for it? We're talking about check fraud. |
| 0:50.4 | Yes, check fraud has increased 400% over the last year. I know, it's such an old school type of crime. |
| 0:57.5 | Well, joining us here on Kim Commander today is my good friend, Frank Abagnall. |
| 1:02.0 | Now, you know Frank. He's the real-life inspiration behind Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can movie. |
| 1:07.3 | I mean, it's just an amazing movie. Leonardo DiCaprio played Frank, but I will tell you, |
| 1:11.9 | Frank, is a lot better looking. Hey, Frank, so glad to see you back with us. Always good to be |
| 1:18.6 | with you. Thank you. So, Frank, thanks for joining. So with Chick-Fraud making such a big comeback, |
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