Mountebank

Do you know the movie “Catch Me if You Can?” DiCaprio stars as the perfect con man. His exploits of impersonation and fraud had me - as I watched the film - feeling awed. In this film, DiCaprio’s character is Frank, a teen who makes fake checks to cash at the bank. A pilot this young man pretended to be who worked for Pan Am. A montebank was he! Frank Abagnale also pretended to work as a doctor; when that job ended, he was a lawyer and with riches blessed. The FBI came; he evaded arrest. This movie (of Spielberg’s) made money I guess for Frank Abagnale. Nevertheless, more than a con man was Frank; it appears Frank was in jail during all those “con” years! He’s more than a charlatan and swindler. Now, Frank’s book as a movie has been a hit. Wow! But his best con of all – every claim that he made was all hype or big lies; and for that he got paid!