*Keep your valuables
(money, wallet, credit cards, phone, ipad, camera,
passport, ID, etc,
anything that you would definitely not want stolen) with out
AT ALL TIMES. Never leave any of these in your hotel room,
no matter what. Keep
them in a side purse
that is big enough or in a small backpack that you carry
with you always.
*Always be aware of your
surroundings when you are at an ATM.
Keep your hand
over the keypad. Do not withdraw money late at night or in
sketchy areas.
*Be aware of common
tourist scams. For instance, in Paris,
it is known that
scam artists will leave
a wallet somewhere and wait for a tourist to come by and
pick it up, trying to be
helpful and find its owner. Then they
attract a police
officer and say that you
stole it from them.
*Always be aware of your
surroundings and who is around you, especially in busy areas where
pick-pocketing is common.
*Keep your valuables
close by at all times and sealed tight in your purse.
*Do not take out your
entire wallet when getting money out to pay for something.
You do not want to show
others what you all have. Instead, keep
a smaller
amount of money in a
separate, more easily retrievable area of your purse or on
you so that you can
avoid doing that.
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