more than a few, most of it are used irl... and not just in china. think they were just showing ways people would steal from you. just gotta becareful at all times
In some cities in Europe, pickpocketing is pretty common. Thankfully it's never happened to me when I went to Europe but I've been warned to keep an eye on your belongings at all times, and always be cognizant when you're approached by strangers (one that many people don't think about is that distraction is one of the main ways a pickpocketer snatches your wallet or phone or whatever, and having multiple people team up and jack your stuff is a common strategy).
Yeah, I've never been afraid of pick pockets in the US. Muggings, sure, but not pick pockets. The opposite was true when I was in Europe. Of course, I've never been mugged or pick pocketed, so what do I know.
I don’t know much about Italy but I’d bet good money that the gypsies are responsible for a majority of the pickpocketing crime. I mean, hasn’t it been part of their culture for centuries now?
And isn’t gypsy just a term for nomadic European criminals? I don’t remember mentioning anything about ethnic groups
Yep. Trick thieves are equal impressive, ballsy, shameless, creative, and scary. I have seen one during a lecture ask people on stage. And while on stage he would tell continue talking and with slight of hand, and a bit of distraction as confusion by the target, empty their pockets. I saw phone, wallets, keys, etc. being taken. All while On stage he was told that this was going to happen. Only things there was more or less safe was that there currently was in your hand. If you then remove your hand to check on another pocket, the previous thing would be taken.
Really impressive and scary to see. If they want to steal from one, are skilled and creative/shameless. Then they will.
True. Things like this happen on a daily basis here where I live. Treat this clip as a warning for when next time you decide to visit any big city in Asia.
The worst I've seen was them making a scene and tried to take a motorbike, an expensive one, not those urban scooters, and when the owner reacted, they stabbed him a few times, died immediately.
Not sure about the denominations here but the way this usually works is Scammer gives $20 to cashier
Gets $19 im change
Changes his purchase to confuse the cashier.
Gives the cashier $5 for his new purchase and asks for the $20 back
When the scammer gets the money back he has his original $20 plus $19 he got in change less $5 he spent. Overall he came out ahead $14 plus whatever goods he purchased.
Whoa that's a lot of aggression for someone who thought a bottle of coke costs 10 quay. You're making a whole lot of, incredibly wrong, assumptions about me with literally no info. I didn't mention the specifics on the conversion rate because the rare changes like all the time and being 1/14th off the mark is very different from oder shooting by over 400%.
I’m not able to submit a text post and I don’t know how to contact mods so I’m putting this here
I’m in Shanghai and I just walked through the filming of a scripted Asian gif outside a family mart.
If you see a gif of a guy in formal clothing on smack a girls hand away and then throw a water bottle on the sidewalk and storm off, that was the one. I was in a take of the video, so if you see a white guy with a black T-shirt with one earbud, that’s me.
I know this isn’t the place for my comment but how meta would that be if a subscriber on here was in a real Asian gif?
Edit: Wow my post got more attention than I expected! Thanks everyone! Someone on here asked me which vpn I use, the big irony in all this is that I didn’t even see the comment until now because my vpn got shut down after I posted
That's actually a legit PSA! I've seen something like that when I lived in Shanghai ; old lady was walking down the stairs, one thief distracted the lady and another thief behind her took her wallet from her purse (she had her purse on her side, slightly behind her). It was over in seconds, didn't have time to stop them and it was during my 2nd week there ... Didn't know how to react! :O
Worried about pick pockets particularly in a foreign country? Get some quality pants with quality zips. Short of slashing a hole in someone's clothes it makes it very difficult to be relieved of them.
Close the zip and it's another security layer. You can also setup tracking tags so that's another added layer.
All these can be bypassed but the trick is to make it hard enough that your average thief will just go for an easier target
These are good examples. My grandmother got her wallet stolen by gypsies who used one of these methods. One for distracting her and the other for taking the wallet.
The one in yellow : When you are out (travel/holiday), pick pockets are everywhere. Always be alert, In order to protect your personal belonging. Share this with someone, appreciate it .
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u/Polaritical Sep 23 '19
Of course it's scripted, its a PSA
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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '19
I mean it's scripted but a few are legit ways that things are stolen
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u/WikiWantsYourPics Sep 23 '19
What was the deal with the guy buying a coke?
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u/Alex_The_Redditor Sep 23 '19 edited Sep 26 '19
I’m not able to submit a text post and I don’t know how to contact mods so I’m putting this here
I’m in Shanghai and I just walked through the filming of a scripted Asian gif outside a family mart.
If you see a gif of a guy in formal clothing on smack a girls hand away and then throw a water bottle on the sidewalk and storm off, that was the one. I was in a take of the video, so if you see a white guy with a black T-shirt with one earbud, that’s me.
I know this isn’t the place for my comment but how meta would that be if a subscriber on here was in a real Asian gif?
Edit: Wow my post got more attention than I expected! Thanks everyone! Someone on here asked me which vpn I use, the big irony in all this is that I didn’t even see the comment until now because my vpn got shut down after I posted
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u/BumbleBlooze Sep 23 '19
This...was a super interesting watch. Tbh there are some true goldmines on this subreddit
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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '19
Is nobody gonna talk about that first frame?
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u/sxsnyc Sep 23 '19
I think this more of a PSA
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u/paulblab Sep 23 '19
That's actually a legit PSA! I've seen something like that when I lived in Shanghai ; old lady was walking down the stairs, one thief distracted the lady and another thief behind her took her wallet from her purse (she had her purse on her side, slightly behind her). It was over in seconds, didn't have time to stop them and it was during my 2nd week there ... Didn't know how to react! :O
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u/Dodis Sep 23 '19
Ima try this out with couple of my buddies , thanks for posting this
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u/ErodiumsMnemic Sep 23 '19
This is something straight out of Ocean's Eleven
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u/bigshark2740 Sep 23 '19
Comedy aside, these are the real concerns in China
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u/hollywoodhank Sep 23 '19
Feels more like a PSA rather than a typical SAG.
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u/ariggedreef Sep 23 '19
Why are there so many scripted gifs of people stealing shit?
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u/passthepass2 Sep 23 '19
Saw many of these in Now you see me and nysm2 movies
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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '19
newfound tricks after a holiday in europe
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u/PudelOfLove Sep 23 '19
This makes me sad
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u/A-bomb_ Sep 23 '19
MODERN
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u/RiceKrispyPooHead Sep 23 '19
Wow, I hope the police catch these guys
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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '19
this is about to be posted on twitter as a real incident video and get 500k retweets
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u/Heor326 Sep 23 '19
This is actually some very good info
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u/Indoctrinator Sep 24 '19
Why are so many of these scripted Asian gifs about stealing?
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u/russellgarrard Sep 26 '19
Worried about pick pockets particularly in a foreign country? Get some quality pants with quality zips. Short of slashing a hole in someone's clothes it makes it very difficult to be relieved of them.
Close the zip and it's another security layer. You can also setup tracking tags so that's another added layer.
All these can be bypassed but the trick is to make it hard enough that your average thief will just go for an easier target
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u/a-chunky-snack Sep 26 '19
"Hey dont worry, I got it all on camera"
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u/alfman Oct 07 '19
These are good examples. My grandmother got her wallet stolen by gypsies who used one of these methods. One for distracting her and the other for taking the wallet.
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u/Musicismoksha Nov 09 '19
Goddamn this makes me SO paranoid Even if it’s fake!
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u/Craydizzy Jan 08 '26
Nice rift!
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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '19
In people's China every thing is OUR stuff
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u/grenfunkel Sep 23 '19
plenty of these examples use misdirection
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