How to protect yourself from pickpockets

Survival / by admin / December 23, 2019

Tatiana Zakordonets

Journalist and criminologist.

How do I find a pickpocket

Unmistakably Shchipachev almost impossible to calculate. It is not always possible even for experienced operatives, because thieves are almost do not stand out from the crowd: the usual appearance, casual clothing. Yet some common features that are worth paying attention, they have:

Shifty eyes. The attacker is looking for potential victims, and at the same time looking out for, whether behind it sleuthing.
In the hands holding a "screen" - a bag or package to hide the hand.

Pickpocket can offer help to get closer. For example, to support a woman's hand, as if to help her out of the vehicle or hold the door at the entrance to the store, letting the lady forward.

Production thief pulls gently with two fingers or tweezers. If you can not open the bag quickly, use a piece of the blade broken off at an acute angle. Sometimes pickpockets work in pairs. One distracts the victim talking while the second clean out pockets or handbags.

instagram viewer

As pickpocket selected victim

Potential victims of such crimes - women, seniors and teens. In most cases, the pickpockets choose exactly them, because they are less careful and vigilant. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, they will not be able to provide decent resistance, because it is physically weaker than adult men.

If an attacker wielding transport, the victim usually chooses another street clothes. An experienced thief on the eye determines approximately how much money a person has in his purse.

Where pickpockets are operating

Favorite places of their work - markets, shopping centers, public transport, bus and railway stations. In the crowd is easiest to discreetly pull production of the bags and back pockets.

Public transport is of particular interest for Shchipachev at peak hours, when a huge number of people traveling to or from work and storms transport, not noticing anything around. Along with the crowd of passengers in buses, bus, trolley and subway pickpockets fall.

How to avoid becoming a victim of a pickpocket

When leaving the house count the money in your wallet. Do not take too much.
If you want to take a large amount, do not carry it in your wallet. It is better to spread out in different places. Large amounts of desirable wear in the inner pockets or bags of clothing.
Before you leave home make sure the purse and wallet are not visible through clothing.
Make sure that all the locks on the bag were always buttoned, and in a crowded place, try to press the bag to him. Avoid choices when she casually hangs behind.
Never put a purse with money in the shopping cart in supermarkets and do not keep it open for a long time. Also, make sure that no one was pressed to you.
Not counting money in your wallet and not publicly confirm whether all the amount on the spot. Such movements are a clue to the thief.
In public transport, pay special attention to the neighbor, a passenger who is at the door step below. It is easier to just put your hand in your pocket and pull out the wallet.
Money for travel cook in advance and not at the bus stop or in transport.
If you transport someone starts suddenly you push or press, do not forget that it can just be a maneuver to divert attention and steal your property.
Bag, hold the armpit or in the front, so that it is constantly in front of you. Do not carry your smartphone in the pockets of clothing.
If you still are a victim of a pickpocket, immediately call the police. Remember, the sooner you report the crime, the more chances to catch the attacker's hot on the trail and recover stolen.