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

Posted by Mike Richard on November 6, 2008
Filed under: Flashback, Sidelines

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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.

Check out the full post here and share your tips with us in the comments section!

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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.



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Tom
November 6th, 2008
6:26 pm

Almost all the videos are no longer available.


Mike Richard
November 7th, 2008
11:25 am

D’oh! That’s my bad, Tom. Sorry about that. I didn’t even think to test them out first.