My Mam, Dad and Sis are currrently in Paris on a short break.
They were pickpocketed on a bus, my father had €600 in his wallet, and his credit and debit crads were taken too.
I dunno why he carried so much cash around a city where he is so obviously a tourist…serves him right I suppose?
Murphy’s law, I guess. I was mugged in Spain once, shortly after changing money (this was back in the old days when people actually used traveler’s checks). I had the equivalent of US $350 in my purse – the most cash I have ever carried, or expect to carry, in my life.
Damned if I know why it always happens that way, but it does.
It hardly serves him right. That really sucks. I carry my wallet in my front pocket which makes it difficult to pickpocket me. Also, I am keenly aware of my sorroundings in any crowded area.
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I was pickpocketed in Times Square once when I first moved here - back before Times Square became Disneyland.
It happened while I was watching the guys play 3-card monte.
Damn! I knew where the red card was, too!
Someone stole my purse at a “religious place” – in the U. S. :mad:
Too bad about the Paris & Spain incidents.
On the train from Schipol to Centraal Station, Amsterdam…a couple were traveling with IMO too much luggage, when a man asked if he could help them, he helped himself to the woman’s wallet.
Again in Amsterdam, Mr. eenerms had a travel vest with the zippers and velcro, a swarming band of non-Dutch, tried to pickpocket him, didn’t happen! Too many zippers. (This was years ago before these travel vests were rarely seen on travelers.)