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(215 votes) Published: Jul 31, 2004 12:00 a.m. In 1 Favorites Lists Viewed 1773 times
Never let it be said that I am sexist or unfair. While its true that women do make the best marks for a pickpocket’s probing hands, they can also make decent pickpockets themselves. Other women trust you and men want you to touch them. What else more could you want? In fact a few "female oriented" lifts and distractions could never be pulled off by a man. Beyond that women tend to be faster, mor agile, and have smaller hands...all important factors for a professional pickpocket. But that being said here are some tricks and scams for the ladies...
Remember the main three rules for pickpocketing:
- Be stealthy and blend in, try not to look suspicious
- Look for easy tragets who have left themselves open (ie: people asleep, drunk, with baggie pants or open purses)
- Carry a jacket, newspaper, or bag to hide the wallets
Let’s start out with the most obvious one...most women wear purses! Its a given! A just as it is a given, so is the fact that they well eventually place them somewhere while they shop, eat, etc. This is your striking point! Where as a guy would have to hide a pilfered purse over in a bag or under a jacket, who is going to coment on a woman carring a purse? If you find a woman who has left her purse in her cart while she shops just slide it over your shoulder and walk on, same goes for the back of chairs, in cars, etc. Whatever the case, if you don’t have the time to just take the wallet (or you want all the goodies in the purse) just pick up the bag and go. Simple opportunistic Pickpocketing yes, but it still works just as well.
If men are going to be your target I suggest the good old bump and lift, which works with our without a partner. In a crowded area slide up behind him and once you gently fan (feel for which pocket the wallet is in) bump into him while forcing the wallet up with your thumb or index finger. To open the lip of the back pocket, which is the hardest part of the lift, I usually gently grip it and pull back carefully. Too complicated for you? Then palm a sharp razor between your middle and index finger and slit the bottom of his pocket. This also works best for button pockets if you dont think you can get them open by unbuttoning them.
Grope and Grab
You’re at a bar and see a guy pay for his next drink, either revieling a fat wallet or a wad of cash from his pocket. Sit down beside of him, strike up a conversation, and pretend to get drunk as he most cetainly will be, then start touching him affectionately. This will distract him enough for you to dip his pocket for the cash or his wallet, and the combination of booze and lust will distract him from realising you just robbed him. You should work to time a touch and your dip to be at the same time. Try to find a guy alone for this, for as in many pickpocket situations the lone mark is the best.
Here is another bump and lift scam. In a tightly packed crowd position you and a buddy between your mark and then press up against him. Use singles like a faint cough to get your "bump" to slightly lean to the left which will force the mark to also. Most men carry their wallets in their back right pocket, so this will open the lip of the pocket slightly. After getting the mark in the right position give off another faint signal and have you friend lean back slightly. This will mask you gently dipping your fingers in the lip and pulling out the wallet.
You may not like this next though but women do trust each other more than men and wouldn’t nesccasarly move away or protect their purses from anthore female. Using that midn set female pickpockets can feed off women like sharks. And since it is true that women are the best marks ( their wallets are not in contact with there body nor even is there purse half the time) here is some more cenarios for you to dip your sister’s bag...
-Remember men usually have their wallets on them, women don’t
Purses: The best mark is a woman alone with a dangling purse from her shoulder, preferably with her purse flap open or unzipped. With the bag behind her gently feel for the snap (if it is still latched) and unfasten it, using your thumb to mask the click. The bag will drop slightly, but this is okay. Most women wont notice and the contents are now loser in the bag. After that slide your hand in and feel for the wallet, which should be easy since they are usually leather. Grab it with your index and thumb (the picking fingers. To strengthen them for a lift try putting tight rubber band around them and work opening and closing.) And gently slide the wallet out. If you have a partner pass it off, or just tuck it in your pocket and walk away.
Shoe store: Shes buying a new pair of shoes, but first has to try them on. She sits her bag down and begins to take of her shoes and put on the other shoes. This is your time to strike, either lift the wallet or grab the bag and make off with it.
Girls you see a lady walk into a rest room alone. Follow quickly and see which stall she is in. When she goes in walk up to the stall and watch her feet. This is what youll see: as she enters her feet face the wall towards the toilet. Next her feet turn around and are now facing the door. What she has just done was entered the stall, turned around, locked the door and placed her purse on the hook of the door. You will then see her feet turn around again. She will no spend up to 30 seconds or so fixing the seat cover on the toilet. When she turns to face the toilet, reach over the door and take her purse off of the hook. You see shell be momentarily distracted while she puts the seat cover on so that it will be a perfect fit and not fall in (or as a lead up sit all the toilet seats up so shell have to put it down, giving you more time). While she is doing this, her back is to the door and purse. Now think back about the last time you used the toilet in a public restroom. Where is the hook on the door? Right near the top of the door, making it very convenient for some enterprising soul to relive the lady or her wallet. With her purse in your hand, you can do one or two things. Either quickly pull out the wallet from her purse and toss the purse back over the door into her stall. Shell hear the noise, turn around, and see her purse on the floor. By the time she realizes what happened her wallet is gone. The other option for our nimble fingered thief is to take the entire purse and place it into an empty carry-on bag or shopping bag that she has with her and quickly walk out and blend into the crowd.
The Theater
The group of people in front of you set down and begin talking. While they are distracted look down while pretending to tie your shoe and see if any of the women put their purses on the floor. This is a comnon thing in theaters because the ladies dont wish to hold their bags. If so wait until the movie starts and then reach under her (or their if youre lucky) seat and grab the bag. Either take the bag and go, or empty the purse and leave it under their seat.
In the crocery store the best time to strike is either when she’s just come in or when she’s about to leave after checking out. When they are checking out women usually haphazrdly toss their wallets back in their purse, leaving them right at the top and unhendered by other objects. Not only that but these women seldomly refasten or rezipp their bags on the way to their car, making it even easier. If you decide to strike first, then the best place to do it is at the vegatable isle. In most stores the vegatable isle is right in fron and is usually the first stop for buyers. Women will leave there purses in the carts while they look for things, and that is when you should strike. Quickly nab the wallet then either go out the front door, or go into the store and buy things with the woman’s money.
In resuturants and food courst women place their purses on the floor or the back of their chairs. Here is what you do if its the latter, stand behind the your mark as if you are looking for something. While you are doing this carefully, but seemingly innocently drap your coat over the purse. When you go to leave all you got to do is grab the purse strap and tuck the bag under your coat.
There you go, if you want more tips check out "pickpocketing made easy" and "the purse".
This one is going out to all the ladies...
Jul 31, 2005 3:00 pm - nice one! Personally, i think that the idea of a female pickpocket and thief is pretty sexy. they can do more than us men can whn it comes to that
Jun 06, 2006 7:40 am - ya i like the old pretend to grab a guys ass and take his wallet. yous guys would get punched in the face if you tried that one 5*
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