Identity Thieves and Credit Card Scammers Stalk U.S. Consumers
5 min readJul 1, 2022
Online crime is on the rise. Can the good guys with computers stop the bad guys with computers?
In the late 1960s, con man Frank Abagnale led the FBI and U.S. authorities on quite a merry chase. From impersonating a doctor to pretending to be an airline pilot, Abagnale enjoyed the jet set for years. He fleeced hotels, banks and businesses for millions and…