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Home » Remarkable » Bangkok tourist robbed in 5 seconds (video)
Bangkok tourist robbed in 5 seconds (video)
Although Thailand is a relatively safe country for tourists, especially when it comes to theft, you should of course always be on your guard. Tourists are often a sought-after object for the robbers' guild because there is usually something to get.
In this video you can see that robbery is often accompanied by distraction. The images were recorded with a security camera at a food court in Bangkok. The unsuspecting tourist stands at the cash register to pay.
After some time, she is distracted by a man while an accomplice takes her wallet from her purse. This happens in barely 5 seconds.
It is striking that several people are involved in the theft, all of whom have a task in distracting the victim and even the cashier.
Video: Bangkok tourist robbed in 5 seconds
Watch the video below:
Arghhh I recognize such a type, recently such a figure tried to rob one of my friends, he had exactly such a shoulder bag. Now I don't want to immediately accuse everyone with such a shoulder bag, but maybe extra caution is advised, they look neat, even a bit trendy.
The maid with the tray also hears about the plot.
You see her waiting for the man next to the victim to drop something.
Her job is to distract the person from the store so she can't watch the customer being robbed.
The victim was followed for a while after his purchase, I think.
watch out is the motto.
Unfortunately, I was also robbed of my wallet last year!
Debit card, credit card and a considerable amount of money gone!
Very bitter..my first bad Thailand experience in 14 years.
And...they were Russians who were in an open taxi with me at that time (Songteaw)
My gut says they did it.
It doesn't matter where you are...always be on the lookout!
Recently I read an article about how pickpockets work in Amsterdam, they also work with several people (gangs), this method from the video, was somewhat similar to the method in Amsterdam.
They are so crafty and work everything out to perfection, for example when you enter a bus or tram, one pickpocket ensures that he enters the bus in front of you and one behind you, the front one delays boarding, so that the one behind you is at ease your wallet can roll, and they also use that method at the top of an escalator, for example.
Signs have also been hung in Amsterdam, beware of pickpockets, and that is precisely where the pickpockets are located, because when a tourist reads that sign, he or she checks nine times out of ten whether he still has his or her wallet, so the thief therefore knows exactly in which pocket or bag, he has to be to steal it.
That distraction has been the trick for years.
Previously on Phuket as well.
A group of about 8 children aged 6 to 8 years.
All with a bunch of roses around a (preferably tipsy) tourist and pushing those roses against him.
And then one of the children (a girl) who rolled the wallet and then passed it on to a friend who walked by, the moment the wallet was rolled.
They were arrested a few times, but a few days later they were always there again.
Rolled twice, once JJ market diversion trick, once BTS, ditto, both times everything gone, 1x exchange got back via BTS with everything still in it except money. Damage was quite large in money.
My wallet is therefore always almost empty. There is only some money in it that I think I will use immediately, rarely more than 1.000 baht. Never a debit card. I put it in when I go to an ATM and take it out at home, in the safe. Credit cards ditto. Only Tesco's food pass is always included, sometimes handy.
I recently left my wallet in a restaurant. Maybe 500 baht in it. Didn't have a headache. Found again the next day.
I already have fun thinking about the surprised eyes of the thief who stole my wallet.
For example, I have my wallet with credit card on my bra strap. And a 2nd wallet in my bag or pocket. Then much is never stolen and when it is empty I fill it up again. Also, a "wrong" Thai does not become greedy and will light up because there is very little in it.
(Once impressed at night by an aggressive male who asked 1500 baht for a taxi ride, stupidly just pinned and 300 euros in money with us, he saw that)