![]() Get into the habit of looking behind you whenever you get up to leave a place. ![]() Do not leave your bag at the side of the chair or at your feet. Even at a cafe or restaurant, keep things on your lap or wrap the bag strap around your leg. Mr David Chang, 64, who owns a textiles company, has been travelling three or four times annually for the last 30 years, but has never been a victim of theft. Thankfully, there are also careful - or just lucky - travellers who have never had anything stolen from them. Sling your crossbody pouch in front of you and stay away from strangers and crowded areas. Her advice? Do not keep all your valuables in one place. And when caught, minors also cannot be held by the authorities," she adds. "Victims are generally not as suspicious of children. Minors are sometimes involved in these syndicates as well, notes Ms Chang. The agents note that pickpockets sometimes operate in syndicates, with one person distracting the victim while another commits the crime. "We might leave our bag on the floor or on unoccupied seats - unattended - and it can be an easy target for theft." "Singaporeans can be easy prey for predatory pickpockets, especially because coming from Singapore, a 'safe haven', we can sometimes take safety for granted. ![]() ![]() Ms Alicia Seah, 51, director of public relations and communications at Dynasty Travel, says that from her understanding, about 300 pickpocket incidents are reported in the city of Barcelona every day. She soon found her passport and purse missing from her bag. While looking at her documents, she left her sling bag unzipped. In June this year, a Singaporean woman was queuing for tax refunds at Barcelona Airport. Within seconds, the bag - containing his passport and cash - was gone. Last year, a Singaporean man, while trying on a shirt in a factory outlet store in Madrid, placed his bag on the floor next to the display shelves. "They happen everywhere - from America to Europe to Asia - especially around tourist areas, town squares, bustling shopping districts and crowded trains."Ĭities in Spain, Italy and France are most frequently brought up as places where tourists need to be on their guard. Ms Jane Chang, 34, head of marketing communications at Chan Brothers Travel, says: "Theft is one of the more common crimes faced by Singaporeans abroad. He is among many Singaporeans who are victims of theft and pickpockets while travelling overseas.Īlthough figures are not available, travel companies say such incidents are rampant.Ĭommon items stolen include mobile phones, passports, cameras, wallets and purses. I didn't feel it because of the pressure from the bag." He says: "While pushing the bag onto me, the culprit picked my pocket. It was then that Mr Ng realised his $1,088 iPhone 5, which he kept in his front pocket, was gone. Just as suddenly as he began, the man stopped, hopped onto a motorcycle driven by a friend nearby and left. But the man persisted, continuously pushing the bag of prawn crackers towards him. In 2012, on the first night of engineer Ng Chee Keong's holiday in Bangkok, when he was walking back to his hotel, someone approached him with a bag of keropok. So there you go, Rogues - do you hanker for new toys and pets, or would you rather get a cold hard chunk of gold every week? Either way, patch 7.2.5 promises you a lot more fun with the pilfering of pockets.Travellers are easy prey for pickpockets, but being vigilant in a foreign land goes a long way to not losing your possessions (Note, the Barrel of Eyepatches wasn’t working as of the most recent PTR build.) Both Barrels go for 100,000 Coins of Air apiece, while the pets go for 10,000. The Sneaky Marmot and Dig Rat battle pets, the Barrel of Bandanas toy which allows you to gain the appearance of a host of face-covering cloths from the game, and the Barrel of Eyepatches which does the same thing, but for eyepatches. Our old friend Griftah is up to his old tricks, and as you progress through the quest pickpocking Coins of Air (think the Dingy Iron Coins from Warlords updated) which you can turn in a repeatable weekly quest that gives 4,999 gold in exchange for 10,000 coins.īut there’s more - Griftah offers a host of rewards for you pickpockets. Namely, a quest series available for level 100 and up Rogue players with some interesting new stuff if you do it. Okay, if you are a Rogue (or rather, if you play one in World of Warcraft) patch 7.2.5 has some new stuff coming for you.
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