Here's a warning. Sat in a pub in Mayfair with some workmates, confused foreigner come over and spreads a large paper map over the table, he wanted directions to Buckingham palace, very poor English, while this was going on he put his hand under the map and took a colleagues phone that was on the table Edit: Can't believe I've attracted so many negative comments, including being called a liar for this message. Seems most people have decided it was his fault and deserved to lose his phone. Just like to add this this all happened 15 years ago. If it saves one person losing a phone, I think it was worth the post

@ro63rto

Ай бұрын

If you fall for that decades old trick and you've left valuables on the table, what do you expect? Sympathy?

@Phantom-mk4kp

Ай бұрын

​​@@ro63rtoNo I expect to be able to place my property on a table and not have it stolen. Who do you sympathize with, the thief I'm guessing

@BinnyBongBaron_AoE

Ай бұрын

@@ro63rto Well I've never heard of it and never had it happen to me, so this is great advice. I'd have sympathy were it to happen to someone, although maybe not someone like you.

@ritafairclough6470

Ай бұрын

@@ro63rto I'm to young to know that's an oldie.

@lesigh1749

Ай бұрын

@@Phantom-mk4kp What the other commentor misses is that we used to have a high trust society where you could be reasonably assured that someone wouldn't try to take your stuff right Infront of you. We imported vast numbers of people from less civil cultures who think that lying, conning and stealing are legitimate ways to earn a crust, and here we are. If we notice, we are called xenophobic or just outright racist. If they aren't trying to pick your pocket face to face, they are phoning your house and trying to scam you that they are your insurer or bank etc. Not all human societies are made equally.

And this is one of the ways in which we turned from a high trust society, to one, in which that no one, trusts anyone else.

@theondebray

Ай бұрын

Least of all our politicians, stealing from us all every day.

@GilbertdeClare0704

Ай бұрын

That is what is so sad, isn't it. OUR country slowly gets degenerated into the one they left

@davidioanhedges

Ай бұрын

It's been like this for only the last few hundred years ... none of the techniques are new

@merlin5476

Ай бұрын

@@davidioanhedges its far worse now than it ever was. Importing thousands of people who's culture is to steal & stab isn't helping.

@dougaldouglas8842

Ай бұрын

Foreigners, you know the type, are here to rip us off, in so many ways, if not begging it is dipping into our pockets

All 3 women on that bus were involved in that theft!

@rogerborg

Ай бұрын

Roma robbery gang. Same everywhere they go. It's inculcated in the crib.

@richardteale3217

Ай бұрын

Nationality? Headscarf ? Yeah thought so.

@Abc-li1ij

Ай бұрын

@@rogerborgwish they let the Austrian deal with that lot back in the days

@Lomie32

Ай бұрын

@@rogerborgactually they are more likely to be a Bulgarian trio putting in a bottleneck stop.

@jimfarrell4635

Ай бұрын

​@@Abc-li1ij Good god. I had to read that comment three times before I accepted it really said what it said. Are you seriously suggesting you wish Hitler had completed his genocide of the Roma? If that is your view I would very much like you to repeat it again and this time be absolutely specific who, and what, you are talking about.

I'm constantly amazed by the number of people who keep their phone in the back pocket of their trousers. Madness!

@rubusroo68

Ай бұрын

Women always do that, males not so often

@christracy2144

Ай бұрын

Yes. My husband included. Guess who also failed to check that pocket for HOLES. Now, guess where his phone is now? Left/lost on a bus and picked up by someone who immediately switched it off and kept it. I suspected this would happen. That's why I only gave the oblivious technophobe my old phone (cheap moto e20) with a throwaway Gmail address on it. I just hope I managed to wipe all my data off it as intended. I still had to sort out the ramifications though. Annoying doesn't even begin cover it.

@davidspear9790

Ай бұрын

​@@rubusroo68and the thing is, a lot of the time it's too big for the pocket so it's only half in! Some people have absolutely no security awareness whatsoever.

@Shaun137

Ай бұрын

@@davidspear9790 I notice the not so slim girls doing this and stand no chance of running after anyone to get it back or even attempt to. Why! Peoples lives are on their phones these days.

@dougaldouglas8842

Ай бұрын

I once pulled a young man up about this, and informed him that there were pick pockets around, and that he should put it in his inside pocket. He thanked me.

I was in a clothes shop, looking at the garment on the rack, when one lady came in very close to me, and then another at my other side, I stepped back, and went to another rack, they appeared again at either side of me, I left the shop, having seen your footage, and the uneasy feelings I had at time, I now know I'd done the right thing. Thank you.

@angelavonhalle5144

20 күн бұрын

You don't have to be paranoid when out shopping, restauranting, etc, but situational awareness (without stress) should be on at all times. If the long tram is almost empty, I am standing up waiting for a nearby stop, and somebody decides to stand close to me in the tram, I immediately think "pickpocket). It really happened, I guess it was a dumb pickpocket in training. You have to learn how to observe, react speedily, and then you might not be mugged in a bus . Absurd, but distracted people are oblivious to their surroundings. Hope your videao raises how people see their surroundings.

All 3 women in this scene are operating in concert. Each has face covered, and each helps control the victim.

@DuaneJasper

27 күн бұрын

Yes just mentioned this, glad it wasn't just me. I thought there were only 2 but you might be right. I suppose he must have had something worth stealing. Disgusting

We need a full ban on face coverings.... 🤔🤨🤔

@officialsimonharris

27 күн бұрын

would make no difference whatsoever

@johnmalcolm9980

6 күн бұрын

No more Santas, welders, or surgeons!! Bring on airborne disease! Why? Because FREEDOM! People must be free to be stupid!!

Anything of value that I carry in public is in a zipped pocket.

@katyb2793

Ай бұрын

Women need proper sized pockets with zips too. We simply don't have this option in most of our clothes options and it's ridiculous... Having said that, I know of a man in London who had his phone stolen from his front pocket in the supermarket. I'm not sure if it was zipped or not, but the pocket was on the inside of his jacket. He found out who did it and it was a wealthy fashionable looking young woman..

@riverdeep399

Ай бұрын

IKR. Some woman aren't into lugging around huge bags and would love decent pockets. 🙄

@alanclarke4646

Ай бұрын

Put mousetraps in your pockets!😂😂😂

@pmarmify

Ай бұрын

I always carry a fake wallet & fake coat incase I get robbed. in Londonistan as I feel so very unsafe there when I have to go there

@eckyx9019

Ай бұрын

​@@alanclarke4646 You mean rat traps.

Face coverings should be banned. In Spain several years ago a pick pocket tried to take my wallet, I was aware and grabbed her thumb and dislocated it. The two ladies were known for this. Just be aware of your surroundings. There are many good people around.

@christracy2144

Ай бұрын

I'm not going to say what happened to the man who tried to take my husband's bag off the bench next to him. Let's just say, my husbands kept the bag and the man regretted it, a lot.

@discostu9585

Ай бұрын

Gitanos.

@carlgreene538

Ай бұрын

They should but because of the plandemic when people were made to wear these silly things we cannot stop this silly proactive now!

@laurastuart3814

Ай бұрын

What does that have to do with face coverings?

@astragreen

Ай бұрын

Why don’t they show the phone thieves riding around on the pavement snapping phones out of peoples hands, instead of this dipping which I might add has been part of Londons life style for hundreds of years, they obviously don’t want to show the bike phone thieves, like the way they stopped showing ‘Crime Watch’ on the MSM it shows a picture the blob want to hide, how about it ‘black belt’ barrister!

Diversity is our strength

@MisterAndrewBuckley

Ай бұрын

Sarcasm is our truth 😂

@beatonthedonis

Ай бұрын

Certainly isn't your strength when it comes to commenting.

@theskidmarkoforion4829

Ай бұрын

@@beatonthedonisseems on point to most people. Sarcasm is also good

@beatonthedonis

Ай бұрын

@@theskidmarkoforion4829 Yeah, most British people can be found commenting on far-right KZread threads. That's why Labour aren't going to win the upcoming election in a landslide.

@ph8077

Ай бұрын

@@beatonthedonis Time after time this is an apposite piece of sarcasm & people like you turn a blind eye, effectively facilitating it. That poor old guy once lived in a nation where he could get on a bus without being robbed. You are despicable & a reason the country is becoming a total crap hole..

The Met Police are trying to raise awareness. Also the Met Police are not willing to press charges.

@synthnseq

Ай бұрын

In other words: 'we warned you this might happen...it's your own fault...no, we're not interested'

@eccosselion

Ай бұрын

Because they are under age ,and the amount of paper work involved,and the time it takes to bring them before the courts,for the police its like a revolving door between capture and release ,revolving doors can make you tired and dizzy 😵 so forget revolving doors,it helps them instead off hindering and deterring them and they know it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@TheChees1996

Ай бұрын

That's why it's up to you to administer justice yourself. All the laws are made to protect criminals anyways so better to be one.

@Blissblizzard

Ай бұрын

​@@TheChees1996Wonky logic, who wants to be a cowardly scumbag

@Lomie32

Ай бұрын

That’s simply not true, blame CPS

Remarkable statistics from France. Foreigners make up 8% of the population but account for 24% of prison inmates, 77% of 'solved' rapes in Paris, 54% of street crimes & 40% of vehicle thefts in Nice, & 38% of burglaries & 31% of muggings across France

@andrewpease3688

Ай бұрын

Ha,ha obviously the judicial system is structurally biased against dark skinned people!

@MatthewJBD

Ай бұрын

Viva La France

@CrazyCrone23

Ай бұрын

Illegals in US are killing and maiming so many! These aren’t legal immigrants these are the illegal border crossers!

@user-wl5ls6yy7s

Ай бұрын

Valinderbrook came out with some stats saying that some EU countries are now 60 - 70% African and middle eastern populations. Copenhagen has fallen.

@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood

Ай бұрын

Does that mean indigenous French are better at getting away with rape?

usual suspects

@northstar1690

Ай бұрын

You steal lives and countries.

@blurtam188

Ай бұрын

True - English criminals just become cops

@Shaggy-8392

Ай бұрын

White europeans.

@BonusHole

Ай бұрын

Religion of thief.

@xdoubt5487

Ай бұрын

You tried to take it?? Wow

Be careful out there Mr B they will take the sugar out of your tea.😒

2:21 what is that lady with a blue bag doing?! Is she also part of the scheme?! Isn't she seeing the pickpocketing?! Why is she shoving herself in front of the victim?

@ro63rto

Ай бұрын

To slow him down so her cohort can complete the theft ?

@lesigh1749

Ай бұрын

yep, I noticed that too, I think she is just of that culture and mindset. They don't wait for someone with mobility issues, they walk over them to get theirs.

@SurgeDashcam

Ай бұрын

She's probably in on it. She's a distraction it seem

@andrewgarner2224

Ай бұрын

She's blocking. Pops in front to stop him moving forward.

@stephengirling7859

Ай бұрын

They work in groups. All three are in on it.

I used to say to my kids…… “would you just leave £1000 laying about on a restaurant table or on a bar counter or hanging out of your pocket while out and about?!” Their obvious reply is then No! So I say then why do you do it with your phone? It’s worth even more than £1000 as it’s full of your data and photo memories and information of your friends. Hopefully that might help someone’s perspective for their kids. 🙏🏻

@wullieg7269

Ай бұрын

blue tooth star trek communicator is my solution

@beaulieuc8910

Ай бұрын

Get a cheaper phone

@richardmyers9323

Ай бұрын

@@beaulieuc8910 🙄 it was my old phone but the £1000 perspective was the point. YOU missed the point. My teenage daughter didn’t.

@user-wp9jj2qx7y

Ай бұрын

Probably because they were given it rather than having had to earn its value? Easy come, easy go.

@richardmyers9323

Ай бұрын

@@user-wp9jj2qx7y absolutely true. Now they buy their own phones they treat them with greater value. But they still repeat the original discussion back to me, so something clicked. I hope this helped someone else keep valuables safe when traveling. More valuable content from Daniel creating useful conversation.

Shock horror at the type of cultural enriching person pick pocketing in London. Guess that makes me far right for pointing it out.

@blazednlovinit

Ай бұрын

You know that extremist behaviour such as noticing patterns, being able to identify what a woman is, and wanting your people to have a homeland and continue to exist makes you an enemy of the state, Stevvie.

@morris8398

Ай бұрын

In that case it makes me far right as well exactly what I thought ​@@blazednlovinit

@stevvieb

Ай бұрын

@@blazednlovinit ARGGHHHH😉

@Zara_Brown

Ай бұрын

This happens in ALL large towns and cities in all countries around the world by all different people. Grow up.

@blurtam188

Ай бұрын

Yes, there were no pickpockets in the UK in the good ol' days huh!! LOL

Another thing I'll add, sometimes pick pockets might be working in pairs/groups. The person distracting you isn't necessarily going to be the person that tries to take your stuff. I had a couple of guys try this on me. Was after a concert, the artist is known for coming out and doing a kind of meet and great thing after the show, so a handful of people were hanging around to see if that'd happen on this occasion. While waiting, a couple of young-ish guys (not that it really matters) crossed the street and came over. One of them started asking me who'd been playing, and generally discussing that. Now, like yourself I am somewhat paranoid, especially around crowds/groups of people, so I was acutely aware that the second of the pair that had crossed the street was making his best attempt at moving around behind me unnoticed. I can't be 100% sure what they were planning, but I stepped around him to ensure that both of them were in front of me again where I could see what was going on, and when they realized I was onto them they suddenly became a lot less interested in discussing the concert or anything and instead skulled off.

It's getting tougher out there, because there are a lot of new citizens that stand very, very close to us, unaware of our British personal space requirements. I've knocked a few people over when I turn & my rucksack slams into them. Also, when cueing sometimes, I've confronted people that are standing so close, I can feel them against me & I have to have it out with them because only pickpockets get that close in the UK. Once I've explained this to them very loudly, they back away like I've attacked them. Being over 6'2" it might be easier for me, but it really, really pishes me off.

@davemac1648

Ай бұрын

In addition, the amount of people walking on pavements watching TV/KZread while holding there phone in front of them is an insane amount.. I can't help thinking that it will be snatched out of their hand one day.. I just don't understand the stupidity.

I notice in the bus scene as well as getting pick pocketed the old man then gets queue jumped by the Asian lady with the blue shopping bag who cuts around him as he is waiting to get a ticket and steps up to the driver. I've noticed this a lot at buses and lifts since we became culturally enriched.

@gmo4250

Ай бұрын

Probably part of the distraction as well.

@lesigh1749

Ай бұрын

@@gmo4250 I don't know if she is involved as she seems to be boarding the bus, but Asian women have a mindset of getting in and getting theirs even if there is a queue and even if there's someone elderly or with a walking stick already waiting. I've been waiting for a lift at work and had to wait again for the next lift as such people push in around me as if I was just standing to press the button for them.

@gmo4250

Ай бұрын

@@lesigh1749 I'm not the only suggesting this, other comments agree with me.

@lesigh1749

Ай бұрын

@@gmo4250 Well she does look over as if she is seeing the other woman taking something from the bag so she could be involved.

@ragsbiker7316

Ай бұрын

She is not entirely Asian , she is a Eastern European Gypsy

In 2012 an MP Anthony Steen warned that thousands of Roma gypsie children were brought to the UK to pickpocket. It appears all those children are all grown up!

@ph8077

Ай бұрын

I bet he was called sensationalist & another famous "ist." But as is so often the case when the Left have stopped their shrieking & wailing, all that remains is a realisation that they were facilitating the crimes & apologising for the criminals, as per.

@trevorsmith7753

Ай бұрын

Because the police had to let children go free.

@Foxy_ladyYTSL

Ай бұрын

These people dress like Muslims. A scarf and well covered up. They're not Muslim. They're roma Christians but by dressing as a Muslim, guess whose targeted for blame?

They ain't from England either.

@bumpkinrocks

Ай бұрын

Romanian I'd bet.

@majackson14

Ай бұрын

@@bumpkinrocks you're a racist gammon prick...I'd bet.

@stephfoxwell4620

Ай бұрын

Welsh was he?

@billyjo3648

Ай бұрын

Not Romanian but Romany gypsies. They come from all over Europe including Romania.

@ph8077

Ай бұрын

@@bumpkinrocks Yep seen many vids of them doing the same.

Groups of street kids in Rome. They come at you with pieces of cardboard and newspapers then swarm you begging for money. Meanwhile one of them is pick pocketing. Two different boyfriends of mine had this happen in front of me. The second time I told him and he got his wallet back. Third time: walking along the Tiber. A group of kids diverted their path to head straight for us. I took my wallet out of my pocket and held it firmly in my hand. They diverted their path again and walked on by with no interaction.

I walk around semi paranoid and thanks to your video I will be even more so, so I thank you.

@sharonm8634

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣Me too! Better safe than sorry!

@katyb2793

Ай бұрын

I've always bought handbags with zips and keep my hand over where the zip opens. I'm beginning to wonder if this is not enough anymore. I don't know what kind of world we live in anymore...

@JillGalloway-lg7wh

29 күн бұрын

I’m full on paranoid. Had little trust before , but it’s all gone . I need therapy really but I’m too old , and can’t afford it . The NHS CANT HELP ME NO APPOINTMENTS. I just moved house to get away from them . HUGE THANK YOU to family members who got me out of there . That’s what it takes , it saved my life ❤

@user-eg7uw9ls4o

29 күн бұрын

@@JillGalloway-lg7wh the national health service could help but they don’t. The local Labour candidate advertised on utube every 5 minutes before during and after videos. She said she was born in this town and had lived here most of her life, she only looked 12. Said she would reduce the NHS waiting lists but didn’t say wether that would be do it by increasing the number of doctors or reduce the number of patients. Increasing doctors wouldn’t come on line for five years. And reducing the number of patients has of course been going for 5 years or so now, I know I am one

More cultural enrichment.

@stevvieb

Ай бұрын

So much cultural enrichment in this country now.

@GilbertdeClare0704

Ай бұрын

@@stevvieb Isn't it SO wonderful

@bob1234881

Ай бұрын

14 years of tories making the poor poorer.

@zak992

Ай бұрын

which is a great thing for where would you be without your chicken masala

@stevvieb

Ай бұрын

@@bob1234881 Now 5 years of Labour making the poop even poorer

Trust nobody and you'll be ok

@LiterallyMark1

Ай бұрын

Some people are statistically less trust worthy than others

@DonPablo2011

Ай бұрын

Totally agree,

@tadghsmith1457

Ай бұрын

That’s sad but true. This is how mass immigration creates less social trust.

@GilbertdeClare0704

Ай бұрын

and gradually end up with a culture where we are ALL suspicious of everyone else, even people holding a door open for you. It is SO sad the damage being done to our culture which had taken HUNDREDS of years to evolve

@ph8077

Ай бұрын

@@GilbertdeClare0704 Woke is creating a divisive society...we're pretty much there already.

Filthy pickpockets!😡

It's not victim blaming, it's situational awareness. There are crappy people out there that will take your stuff, so it's just sensible to take precautions.

Paranoia keeps you alive. I don't use my phone on public transport or in public places, I keep valuables in places harder to reach and I make eye contact with everyone around. If I put down a larger bag, it will be always squeezed between my legs Normally if they see that you are vigilent, they will not risk. I am a bit of a weirdo, I don't like having people in close proximity, so I keep my legs, arms and elbows moving, to keep people away. If I ''accidentally'' hit anyone, I'll be very apologeting for being so clumsy. I try to go around groups of people, and not through., I also stay away from attraction points. Works for me, I never had anything stolen

@beaulieuc8910

Ай бұрын

Well said I'm the same. I also use luggage locks on my shoulder bags, I have a broken dummy phone. I have a cheap phone.

@katyb2793

Ай бұрын

I like your legs and elbows trick! 😂

@katyb2793

Ай бұрын

​@@beaulieuc8910I have a cheap phone too, but it's the identity theft that worries me, and the fact I would now not have a phone in an emergency if it was stolen. If it wasn't too costly to have 2 sim cards though, I think i would have a smart and non smart phone, and only use the smart phone if I need google maps etc. That way if one gets stolen I've got the other.

Don't Vote for politicians that create this society.

@chrisnewman7281

Ай бұрын

what specific about the society? pick pockets have been around since the 18 century all that’s happening today is that there are many more practitioners and it’s just not the poor doing it

@jake1173

Ай бұрын

@@chrisnewman7281 haha dont act like you dont know

@chrisnewman7281

Ай бұрын

@@jake1173 don’t act like you do know of jerk

@trevorsmith7753

Ай бұрын

The David I. view! Even Reform are complicit in the Deep-Pop Band. The world could survive without governments, on anarcho-capitalism and cryptocurrency.

@ianmason.

Ай бұрын

Why abrogate the responsibility to politicians? Society is made up of people who do or don't do the things that made society what it is, it isn't a construct dictated by politicians that we must passively live in.

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of people walking down the street with their phones out in front of them, chatting away on speaker phone. Just asking for them to be taken.

@jenlfpotter3870

Ай бұрын

I'm guilty of that in my local park, listening to the radio or other multimedia sources on loud speaker because I'm with other people at the time who are also listening to my phone or vice versa, I'm listening to some audio on their phone, but my phone is always very close.

@katyb2793

Ай бұрын

I heard of a lady who was struggling with her baby in a pram and shopping, she pulled her phone out to call her husband to pick her up, and someone simply swiped it out of her hand. I'm really not sure how that can be avoided...😔

@Nikalette100

Ай бұрын

And women leave purses in their shopping carts.

Daniel, mate you are knocking it out the park with these videos. Great content and advice. Stay vigilant folks.

A couple once tried to snatch my money at the ATM. After I took my card out, a lad asked me a question (I think it was for a light). As I'd looked to him, I realised I'd just seen him with a woman, and went to put my hand over the cash dispenser. As I did, I grabbed her hand. I pushed her away, and her boyfriend went to grab the money. He didn't get the money, but he did get something else...

@beaulieuc8910

Ай бұрын

Why goto get cash when some people behind u

@SmileyMack

Ай бұрын

@@beaulieuc8910 it was next to the door of a supermatket

@SmileyMack

Ай бұрын

​@@beaulieuc8910the ATM was next to the door of a supermarket.

@SmileyMack

Ай бұрын

It was at a supermarket​@@beaulieuc8910

@newgabe09

Ай бұрын

@@beaulieuc8910 it takes time to make an ATM transaction. People have plenty of time to notice and approach!

Thank you for bringing this to the forefront. Scary. We are living in desperate times

1500 quid for a phone? You've already been robbed!

@LeeEnfield-iw3qk

Ай бұрын

Lol...😂

@cedhome7945

Ай бұрын

How to milk sheep ....sell them a £1500 phone 😄

@_ulick

Ай бұрын

€80 used Google Pixel 👍

@Hitstirrer

Ай бұрын

It's OK. That's a couple of hours work for a barrister. Hmmm - where is the robbery happening?

@TestGearJunkie.

Ай бұрын

Absolutely. I've got better things to spend that sort of money on, and a mobile tracking device isn't one of them.

THANK YOU FOR RAISING OUR AWARENESS

Also while you are using your phone, it is unlocked. Very important point. Stealing a locked phone is only good for scrap / parts... but if it is stolen while unlocked... totally different story

@125brat

Ай бұрын

Not necessarily, if you've answered an incoming call while it's locked, it will still be locked when the call ends unless you unlock it mid call.

I remember once in London some friendly black lad came up to me and started asking about the food I was looking at. I thought it was odd but thankfully nothing was taking. Either he was genuinely being friendly or thought better of trying to rob me, but never suspected he might have been up to no good. I will be watching for this next time - thank you.

I was targeted in Glasgow city centre in a similar way. Before the RingGo parking meter payment app was introduced, I'd pumped about four or five pounds of loose change into the parking meter/payment point, and before I could hit the "pay" button to get my ticket, I was approached by a young couple who asked me directions to Central Station. While I was giving the girl directions, and unnoticed by me, her male accomplice hit the "reject" button and somehow quietly pocketed all the money that I'd just put into the machine. Conversation over, I went to hit the pay button only to discover that my money had disappeared, and so had they. They had both legged it with my dosh. Lesson learned.

I’m weary of anyone still wearing a face mask in 2024, especially if they are outside.

@dullaf4099

Ай бұрын

Especially when they are driving a vehicle, alone.

@onenote6619

Ай бұрын

If you have a cold, have just arrived from a another country or have health issues, wearing a mask is absolutely the right thing to do. Also, your weariness is irrelevant in the face of their personal choice.

@davidkennedy8929

Ай бұрын

Wearing a muzzle makes people more obvious anyway. Detestable things.

@BritishEngineer

Ай бұрын

It seems you’re desynchronised from current affairs. The KP5 variant is out there raging right now, your mindset of complacency and dependence on the government is also very prominent. With a dissolved parliament, we have no government to notify it’s citizens about the pandemic which has picked up. This leads the complacent to suffer, or at least remain ignorant until they are asked to wear a mask.

@ro63rto

Ай бұрын

If you have a cold/flu/cough, have the common decency to keep it to yourself by wearing a mask. Stop spreading your germs.

Keep phones and valuables in zipped pockets when not using them.

@jenlfpotter3870

Ай бұрын

Yes, underneath clothing as well, even if it means reaching into your pants or under your shirt to access them. This is how I operate most of the time, most places where I know I'll be walking around, whether it’s in town, in the park, on public transport, in cafes. I never, leave my phone unattended when I'm away from home.

@xdoubt5487

Ай бұрын

It's common sense. The old people will always be easier targets though

@maxinahunt8652

Ай бұрын

Even that won’t help. Inside under clothing cash belt type holder!

@christracy2144

Ай бұрын

Check those pockets for holes. Can’t stress that enough. My husband did not. Now somebody else has his phone.

@xdoubt5487

Ай бұрын

@@christracy2144 Seriously your husband needs to stay in doors 😂

How about we stop letting them in ?

@jenlfpotter3870

Ай бұрын

Maybe that will happen under a Lib Dem government. I voted thus.

@user-qv2pi7hk5c

Ай бұрын

@@jenlfpotter3870 🤣🤣🤣🤣 dream on .

And no doubt not British 🤔

@monstabitta

Ай бұрын

British are usually involved in violent crimes, not pretty ones.

@seefoghall

Ай бұрын

That's what it looked like to me too.

happened to my daughter in town, 3pm-ish and sat in Kfc whilst I was making the order. Immigrant came in and up to her and asked her questions to distract but she.didnt spot that he'd covered her phone on the table with a rag. He disappeared. It was an iPhone so I tracked it until it came to rest but the f%kker lived in a set of flats. Informed the police. Nothing came.of it. Tried to get her account setup on a new phone - apple are a hassle. Make nth later it turned up in China according to the tracker. Probably resold for parts.

@beaulieuc8910

Ай бұрын

Well known scam surprise you never educated her on this

@TheMSS1977

Ай бұрын

@@beaulieuc8910 of course I educated her on this and more. Sadly experience is also part of the education. The Mofo waited till I wasn't with her.

Friend of mine was on a beach with her dog, lots of dogs off lead, owners chatting as their dogs played. They were approached by a woman and a man (thieves) with a dog on a lead and an empty lead. They said they’d lost a dog and asked if anyone had seen it. The other owners started looking around for the missing dog, taking their attention off their own dogs. When they were all distracted the thieves’ accomplice, who had been standing further away, grabbed one of the loose dogs and made off with it, quickly getting into their car which was parked nearby and was gone. No-one suspected that these other apparently caring dog owners were thieves. I don’t know if they got their dog back.

"Diversity."

I was told by a professional pick pocket (magician/entertainer not criminal) that putting a elastic band around your phone that is in your pocket is the cheapest best pickpocket deterrent.

@brendandarkside1207

Ай бұрын

What does that do? Stop it slipping out so easily?

@ticthedog6095

Ай бұрын

@@brendandarkside1207 Exactly that, the elastic band just stops the phone/wallet sliding easily out of the pocket.

@jonwyatt3694

Ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to post this informative, yet simple, remedy. I'll make the effort to pass it on to others.

Happens fairly often on the bus We are told to call the cops so they can save the CCTV from the bus

@johnjephcote7636

Ай бұрын

I once had my pocket picked on a 'bus in Brixton. The womwn wriggled excessively next to me but I was not taking up much room and I politiely tried to ignore it. She got off and I discovered my pink Bolton Wanderers purse gone. It contained a fiver and I bemoaned the loss of the purse itself. I never thought to record the 'bus number and see whether the picker could be identified. I would never recover the puse so left it. I keep pockets button over now.

@therealdojj

Ай бұрын

@@johnjephcote7636 it's worth reporting, even if they don't find your stuff, the person gets recorded and nasty be picked up at another time

@TestGearJunkie.

Ай бұрын

I used to work for a bus company, doing CCTV retrievals. Believe it or not, we still had VHS tapes on some of the buses until very close to the time I retired 9 years ago..! The newer systems had more cameras, but they were still prone to failure, and very often we couldn't get usable footage off them. It also didn't help that half the time people didn't know the actual fleet number of the bus. I'd get cops coming to my office saying "We've had a robbery on the No.14 bus down such-and such a road yesterday afternoon." So I'd ask "Ok, what time..?" "Sometime between 2pm and half past five." Oh right, very helpful, there were 14 buses running on that service yesterday, it could have been any one of them; "ok leave it with me, it might take me a week or two." "But we need the footage this afternoon..!" Yeah, right 🙄

@HardcoreHokage-cw4uq

Ай бұрын

They won't catch them even if they had the CCTV

@TheChees1996

Ай бұрын

​@@TestGearJunkie.Stop being lazy and do your job. That takes only 3 hours to find not two weeks.

Your always trying to help us BBB your a credit to humanity 🙏

I went to Brighton a few weeks back, I needed my phone to Google my way to a shop so I had my phone out and I really felt vulnerable!

@Private-gy8nk

Ай бұрын

Im not sure if your being serious or sarcastic but it made me laugh.

@katyb2793

Ай бұрын

Yes this is the problem! The point of mobiles is safety in an emergency and we use them as maps. But now its dangerous to pull them out to use them.. it's ridiculous.

An ancient pastime that never went away, it just evolved. Basic precautions I learned as a child in the 70s. Wallets in zip up pockets, conceal valuables, likewise for car thefts. However, I didn’t have the luxury of holding up £1500 worth of anything back then, times change, technology changes, people don’t much.

This is so sad😢 why aren't the police doing anything about these people?

@xdoubt5487

Ай бұрын

Because they need evidence. They cannot ID people wearing masks

@davidspear9790

Ай бұрын

People need to take a bit more responsibility in taking care of their personal possessions.

@xdoubt5487

Ай бұрын

@@davidspear9790 Exactly. They want the police to literally witness the crime happen in real time 😂

@Beatlefan67

Ай бұрын

They're arresting someone who offended someone else...

@paulwiffin2452

Ай бұрын

They're too busy policing social media for hurty words

Just disguise a mouse-trap as your phone. 😁

@DavidFrankland

Ай бұрын

I was going to suggest keeping a couple in your back pockets

@randomnesspersonified

Ай бұрын

Now there's an idea for a product to sell on Amazon - if it doesn't already exist, that is. You'd probably get done for deliberately injuring the pickpocket's fingers though, knowing this country.

Brilliant, thank So much. Next time I am up visiting my friend in London I will be even more vigilant !

@fletchsrv

Ай бұрын

London is a shit-hole in so many ways. Get your friend to come and visit you.

Thank you for posting . I’ll be sharing this and talking about it to everyone I know which is what I’m sure you intended . Nice ending sentiment and I’ll be passing that on too . 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

The worse thing people do, just stand and watch, is that as soon as they step outside of the underground exit, out comes their phone. Clapham Common has so many thefts of phones from people mindlessly taking their phone out. A friend had it done years ago, soon as she had dialled the number. Her friend heard the entire snatch and chase.

Thanks for the warning. This should be broadcast more. Be especially carefully when you are on holiday and visiting busy places as your guard is down. They are so good at stealing things these days and sometimes work in gangs. One distracting you while the other does the theft.

Trainee barista to a lawyer in a year is pretty impressive.

That's an old trick. Another one is bumping into you while a second lifts from behind while you're distracted.

@CineSoar

Ай бұрын

Saw this one at the airport a few days ago. Woman, her husband and their son are riding the escalator with bags, purse, backpack, etc.. Two women and two young boys (about 12-ish) are walking up the escalator, on the left. The woman in the lead loses her balance a bit and falls against the travelling woman. The woman behind dips into one of her bags, and passes what she gets to one of the boys. The boys split what she hands them, duck and slip by everyone and b-line for the exit doors, as if they're playfully chasing each other. The travelers realize something has been taken, and stop the two women, before they can get out the door. The nearby security woman calls for police. At this point, I couldn't stick around to see what, if anything came of it. But, considering the valuables had gone out the door minutes before, the ladies were not 'caught red handed'. Besides which, if the take was worth less than the equivalent of $600, it would all be 'catch and release' anyway.

@Raven-flight

Ай бұрын

@CineSoar Yeah that sounds like the dip and pass, it's quite common for the dips to work in gangs. Eastern European Gypsies are notorious for it. Shoplifting too. We used to split the team and the fastest on the feet would follow the runners.

I would put the phone in a pocket and zip it up as well.

It makes me so angry, it happened to me many times when I lived in London. At least 3 phones, 1 was stolen on a bus, another on the tube.purse stolen in sale area of shop ect. I don’t let anyone get close to me or my belongings now, and keep my hand over the zip of my small bag, and sit with it on my lap. Don’t use my phone out in public, never put it on a restaurant table.

@beaulieuc8910

Ай бұрын

Well said leave plenty of space round you

@ph8077

Ай бұрын

Shame that the despicable left-wing loons think that this is a price worth paying...just like the huge increase in Nigerian & Indian scams.

@stephenwride5695

Ай бұрын

​@@ph8077Scum of the earth ay

Simples, never ever put a phone into your jeans back pocket or a wallet. Never walk around with a backpack with valuables inside those zipped pockets. Never walk around with an open handbag slung on your shoulder. Never go to an ATM and then walk to one side and count the cash. Never take cash from an ATM and place in a trouser side slant pocket.

@davidbnsmessex.5953

Ай бұрын

Basically never go out .

@katyb2793

Ай бұрын

Better yet, stop charging people to go into the bank to get money from a real person. Then we can carefully check our money, put it somewhere safe, have spoken to a real human being who won't malfunction, and who is actually watching behind us with security and security cameras everywhere. In some ways, this push to embrace technology and get rid of human jobs has aided people in stealing. It's only a tiny part of it, but I believe we have the right to get service from a person. Not be forced into relying on technology that doesn't always work and provides little to no security. And that's my whinge for today, sorry 😅

Had 3 scam calls today all Indian accents. Watching videos prior to going on holiday most warning about Romanian pick pockets. Shame that these countries reputations being trashed by criminals.

@stephenwride5695

Ай бұрын

Never trust any Indian phoning you up

Lad at work trying to bully, was standing behind me blowing on my ear, I scratched it with my fist. I drew blood 😂

Walking around with 2 suitcases and 7 bags, you’re never going to get done over. 😂

Some interesting and useful information I'll end up as paranoid as you. In the last couple of years it seems that the normal way of using a phone is to switch it to speaker and hold it at arms length and shout at it so we are all involved in the call and it becomes an easier target.

These people who walk around showing their phones without using them, I believe are just showing of 🤪😊👍

The thing I don’t understand people doing with their mobile phones is putting it in the back pocket of their jeans. When it’s in the back pocket it sticks out the top and it would be so easy for someone to grab it and be off down the street before you realise what has happened.

@user-pf3ye6yi9n

Ай бұрын

I don't understand when I see that how they don't just fall out or get broken.

@BarryFrancis

Ай бұрын

@@user-pf3ye6yi9n, I also wonder about that too, especially if they sit down with it still in the back pocket.

05:25 Yeah. I’ll be honest, I’m a nice guy, but if anyone came up and asked me for the time these days- I wouldn’t check my watch, or my phone, I tell them I had no idea and kind,y walk on. There’s no way a person can’t reasonably know the time these days. You’d have to be an alien or a tea leaf.

Thankyou for making people aware!! they are every where.

The bus was on its return journey, at one stop a woman came on asking the driver if he had found the phone she had left on the seat. A woman on the bus came forward and gave back the phone, proving that there are still some honest people.

It's not the phone they want, it's access to your banking apps on your device. Make sure to activate biometrics on your bank apps and not just have them log in automatically

@katyb2793

Ай бұрын

I just don't use my phone for banking. Period. There's such a push to do it, but really, if it can't wait till I'm at home on my more secure computer, how am I organising my life? Our phones don't even have proper virus protection. But strangely, it's the banks that seem to really push for using the app. And they put chips in our cards so they can be tapped and don't need a pin number. Making it easy for thieves to use them! I asked the bank if I can not have a chip, and they said no. It's ridiculous!

@bertbox69

Ай бұрын

None of them support logging in automatically and FYI biometrics is an utterly useless form of security. You can be forced to unlock your phone if they grab your hand but different story if they challenge you for your password

Mulder said it best "trust no one"

Hi,wow,that's choreographed and almost invisible with as you say "misdirection ",it's a wake up call,I also walk around bit paranoid, or very cautious of these crazy signs in these times,thankyou for sharing this, awareness is key,keep smiling, cheers,J.G

and nobody questioned the lady that cut in front of him on the bus? Not for cutting in but for what looks like her reaching into his jacket pocket before getting on the bus and working with the other lady. It also times perfect with when the lady in front blocks the door with her arm.

Yes Usual Suspects foreigners

Oh this was great! Thanks for making us aware of Pick pocketed techniques

A scarf-wearing thief. Such honest people

I always buy a jacket that has inside zip pocket.

Just to show the world isn'ta totally evil place, last year I had a day in London, went for an afternoon meal in Covent Garden and on my way back to Kings X realised my wallet was gone from my pocket. In a panic I checked every pocket in my coat and backpack, but no sign of it. Then a guy came over and asked if I'd dropped this wallet. And yes it was mine and nothing had been taken from it. Now normally I keep my wallet in a zipped pocket but I was hot and tired (and yes I'd had a couple of drinks too) and had completely let my guard drop. You can't imagine how grateful I was. I suppose it's possible that it was a scam and the Good Samaritan had quickly cloned my cards, but this was a year ago and I've not had any trouble yet.

@katyb2793

Ай бұрын

Perhaps next time tell the bank and get stops on them just in case? ❤ I had my wallet stolen in church years ago. These people will stoop to any level.

This is a great place for people to learn how to pick-pocket.

How not to get mugged in London is the same as any othed third world country . Dress down , carry a burner phone , money and valuables in a money belt .

The real pain with the whole concept of victim blaming is that we must deal with reality as it is, not as we would like it to be. No, it isn't the fault of the victim, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't learn from these experiences to better protect ourselves.

It's those Doctors and Nurses arriving on our beaches.

Yes I lived in Paris and London in the 90’s..have been mugged and pickpocket. However I have visited Japan 3 times..and I’m shocked that I saw people leaving their phones, laptops and handbags left on the coffee table and went to the bathroom. No one stole anything. Massive Starbucks in Tokyo, 30 million population. and no one stole anything. …we all know why.

Remember my mum in London, hand in her bag, she put her cigarettes on his hand and u heard the singe 😂

@jenlfpotter3870

Ай бұрын

Fantastic! Guess you would have heard the yelp or scream as well? Now, there's a weapon which isn't strictly, illegal, depending where it’s being smoked.

@randomnesspersonified

Ай бұрын

🤣

FYI: Kelly Jay Keen made a request to have a legal expert write a letter for her. (I was late to the stream so I don’t know what it was precisely) many people in the chat suggested you could help. 👍🙂

I use the mind set of "treat your phone like you would your wallet" Keep it safe and out of sight, unless you're using it.

@John-ob7dh

10 күн бұрын

Put a sim lock on it.

Dear daniel, oh you are so right, a recent tv channel interviewed a cp thief, he buys them from phone snatchers, he ships and sells them to dealers in Shanghai China, makes an admitted £15000 PER MONTH, Its huge business , kids on bicycles,mopeds, e scooters etc, people make it so EASY, holding phone or making a call in the street.

Get a bit sick of predators especially when travelling.

hands off at the elbow

@jenlfpotter3870

Ай бұрын

and legs. They'll need a pram to get around. ho ho bloody ho!

Another phone snatch hotspot is outside student residences. There are times when you'll see many students outside the main entrance with their phones while they are waiting for food delivery. Phone snatch gangs often hang around these areas on their bikes.

I had my phone taken from my pocket in Zaras in Kingston on Thames. I was looking at t-shirts on the table when a group of 4 women came and started knocking me, pretending to look as well. Minute later i went to ring my husband and realied my phone had gone. Security was as much help as a chocolate teapot. They said they looked at Security and couldn't see anything.

People sew fish hooks into there pockets in some far east country's. You can tell the pickpockets by the scream and bloody hand 😁

@ovidiuvirtosu105

Ай бұрын

When I was younger and going to clubs and concerts I used to carry razor blades in my back pockets. But still, the best thing is being aware and always scanning the environment. Not only for pickpockets, good also for avoiding accidents.

I don't call them victims; I call them idiots. Getting on a crowded bus, strangers all around, and they've got their phone out and are busy texting. Can't people just stop with the phone for one minute?

Beware of Romanians!!

@dannydee2668

Ай бұрын

Beware of everyone

@SB-hr5yr

Ай бұрын

Don't forget Albanians

@archivist17

Ай бұрын

Beware of people blaming foreigners...

@itsagoal182

Ай бұрын

@@archivist17 Remarkable statistics from France. Foreigners make up 8% of the population but account for 24% of prison inmates, 77% of 'solved' rapes in Paris, 54% of street crimes & 40% of vehicle thefts in Nice, & 38% of burglaries & 31% of muggings across France

@stephenwride5695

Ай бұрын

​@@archivist17 Hope you have teanage daughters. Come back in 5 years and tell us all about there experiences. LOL

About 15 yrs ago, my daughter had her phone stolen in a cafe. She realised very quickly and actually chased the guy down the precinct. When she caught up to him, she made such a scene, he showed her several phones (all stolen) and told her to take her phone in order to shut her up and get away. I was horrified when she relayed the story because she had no idea if the guy might have become violent. She said, all she could think of was all the information and photos she had on her phone and she didn't have the money to replace it. I couldnt decide whether she was brave, stupid or both!

I just can't believe how stupid some people are regarding their phones. Time and time again I see youngsters, mainly girls, walking around with their mobile stuck in their back pockets for all to see. Easy pickings for pickpockets. Some of these pickpocketers have been trained from children how to pick pockets. It's rife in some Eastern countries and they are coming over to the UK for easy pickings.

When having a drink of any kind in the town or city I try to sit in the corner or with a wall behind me, always being able to see who's approaching you and just be anti social if you sense something you're not obliged to talk to anyone. When taking cash out of machine if you have someone with you ask them to stand back to back that way you're covered. Get a cheap phone. keep valuables to a minimum and keep them in a zipped inside pocket of jacket. If you've got a wad on you go to toilet and take out what you need don't open the wallet for all to see.

@katyb2793

Ай бұрын

When I travelled I always kept a small amount in my wallet and cards and rest of money elsewhere. Using the bathroom is a great tip!

@deannagoldston4276

Ай бұрын

@@katyb2793 Also meant to say, if you are wearing socks then keep notes there no robber is going to ask you to take your shoes and socks off!

@katyb2793

Ай бұрын

@@deannagoldston4276 that's very true!! 😁

You missed the 'partner' in the first video stepping on the bus in front of the gent to distract him further while his carrier bag was being stolen from.