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Scamming books
« on: May 05, 2007, 07:48:38 AM »
For information on how to avoid being scammed and to scam others read any of the books by Frank Abagnale (he was the main character in "Catch me if you can") His bes book is "The Art of the Steal", it details scams that he has done (besides check fraud) and scams that he has heard of. It is also a great read and includes many short stories about scamming adventures. Enjoy!
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Re: Scamming books
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2007, 04:11:23 PM »
For information on how to sling coke read BLOW: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All by Bruce Porter.

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Re: Scamming books
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2007, 10:47:57 PM »
I saw the Film, gave me a few ideas..........

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Re: Scamming books
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2007, 06:35:09 AM »
Catch me if you can was an awesome movie! reminded me of the Art of Deception book from Mitnick, but with Christopher Walken! :)

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Re: Scamming books
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2007, 06:30:40 PM »
It's like Social Engineering: The Movie!
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Re: Scamming books
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2007, 07:20:33 PM »
Catch me if you can was an awesome movie! reminded me of the Art of Deception book from Mitnick, but with Christopher Walken! :)

If you liked the movie then you should read the book.  There's so many more things in the book that weren't covered in the movie.  Like when he dressed as a security guard in an airport and stood next to the bank's night deposit box, telling everyone that it was out of order (or something like that) and collecting everyone's money.

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Re: Scamming books
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2007, 06:52:21 AM »
 :o ewe, i will! also "social engineering the movie" would be Fletch and Fletch Lives, the books also written by gregory macdonald have so much more to them, reading kicks movies' asses!