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Pickpockets in Action: How to Avoid Getting Ripped Off [Flashback]

by Mike Richard

One year ago today, we revealed a list (complete with videos!) of the best and most common pickpocket scams.

Videos were culled from the BBC’s The Real Hustle – a show geared towards:

… demonstrating confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on members of the public.

The show highlights ways in which money can be extracted, with a view to educating the viewer in how to avoid becoming a victim. Various terminology is explained, and the marks are fully informed of the cons/scams straight afterwards and repaid any money they’d lost.

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About the Author

Vagabondish editor, Mike Richard, lives in Rhode Island - a spit of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person.