One year ago today, we revealed a list (complete with videos!) of the best and most common pickpocket scams.
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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.
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