There are stories of conmen and then there is the story of Frank Abagnale. He was so skilled at being a con artist if we can take the liberty of calling him that, that a film was made on him, in which none other than Leonardo Di Caprio played his character and the real Frank was actually hired by the FBI to help them crack cases. Also, the movie was nominated for an Academy Award.

What was his age when he managed to commit frauds worth millions of dollars? Less than 19. Here is the story of the real Frank Abagnale, how he pulled off crimes that FBI did not even get a whiff of until people lost millions of dollars, how FBI brought him on board with them to solve crimes and how closely the movie resembles his life.

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The film Catch Me If You Can which release in 2002 garnered critical acclaim and was well received by the audiences. Caprio played a young international con man named Frank Abagnale Jr. who managed to fake multiple identities and deceive people of millions of dollars. Tom Hanks played Carl Hanratty, the FBI agent-in-charge of the case and Christopher Walken plays Frank Abagnale Sr. Surely, there could be no real con man who managed to fool the FBI for so long.But there actually was.