On 7/22/2010 9:33 PM, Michael Dillon wrote:
One moment of inattentiveness while
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This is likely a common style of picking pockets.
Seems to be the key to their success.
After my wallet was taken by a double-teamed effort at a Paris metro escalator,
some years ago, I put effort into re
Thanks for the warning. I just arrived in Maastricht (via train from Brussels),
and I did notice quite a few people, mostly middle aged men, standing around
looking idle in places where you would not expect people waiting for trains to
stand.
Your warning might very well have saved me or other
> One moment of inattentiveness while putting my roller bag up in the over
> seating racks on the train from Brussels to Aachen (where I am for a
> pre-IETF meeting). And they were middle-age men.
This is likely a common style of picking pockets. I ran across it in Simferopol,
Ukraine upon enteri
FYI:
The police in Schiphol airport and Amsterdam also warns
for pickpockets and not to leave your luggage unattended.
(it is holiday season here, so full time employment for
these characters).
Regards, Huub.
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