Check Fraud Quotes

Many scammers are only using personal checks for payment because they can take the money and run.

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.

Timmy, who made a daring escape, also made a mistake of paying the taxi driver with a check made out of toilet paper.

The former police chief of Houston once said of me: "Frank Abagnale could write a check on toilet paper, drawn on the Confederate States Treasury, sign it 'U.R. Hooked' and cash it at any bank in town, using a Hong Kong driver's license for identification."

You know if you let me write $200 billion worth of hot checks, I could also give you the illusion of prosperity.

In 2005, attorneys general of 35 states urged the Federal Reserve to end the unsigned check system.

I went to the library and learned how checks work. I found out that routing numbers are like zip codes: the checks are sent to the bank that correlates to the routing number. If I manipulate those numbers to a bank far away, it would take longer to get back to the bank, which gave me more time to write more bad checks.

I did not make this film about Frank Abagnale because of what he did . . but because of what he has done with his life the past 30 years.

The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity.