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|a Vincent, Bambi,
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|a Travel advisory! :
|b how to avoid thefts, cons, and street scams while traveling /
|c Bambi Vincent and Bob Arno.
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|c c2003.
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|a xvi, 253 p. :
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|a Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- One High and Dry on the Streets of Elsewhere -- What we do, how, and why; Pickpockets defined, politics and -- technique overview; Our mission to teach awareness and share -- knowledge; Holiday headspace; Thieves' reaction to us. -- Two Research Before You Go -- "It couldn't happen to me"; Educate yourself: the Internet and the -- fabulous free information from the U.S. Department of State; "I -- thought I'd feel it"; Don't be self-ripped: know about currency, credit -- card strategy, money matters; Anatomy of a victim. -- Three Getting There; With All Your Marbles -- At the airport: diversion tactics, security checkpoint scams, roving -- gangs; Luggage considerations; Train travel and -- stations; Overnighters: scams, knockout gas, food- and drink- -- drugging; Trust; Driving foreign issues; Good samaritan -- scams; Smash-and-grab. -- Four Hotels: Have a Nice Stay --
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|a Lobby lifts; Breakfast thieves, Hotel rooms and security; In-room -- safes; Luggage as safe; Door pushers; Lobby luggage storage. -- Five Rip-offs: Introducing...The Opportunist -- Giving it away; Opportunist techniques: speed, seizure, stealth, -- motion, impedence, impact, assumption, -- pretense; Finesse; Tools; Travel safety products. -- Six Public Transportation: Talk about RiskyÉ -- Subway, buses, trams, and trains; The lure of credit cards as -- plunder; Seedy stations; Taxi hazards, taxi joys; Risks in real life. -- Seven Scams; by the Devious Strategist -- Flower gift lift; CafÄ set-up; Postcard pick; Pile-up pick; Pseudo -- cops; Pigeon poop practitioner; Gender exploiters; Shoulder -- surfers; Protect your sphere; Gentlemen thieves. -- Eight Con Artists and their Games of No Chance -- Bait-and-switch; Touts on the take; Pavement wagers: three-shell -- game, three-card monte; Pigeon drop; Nigerian scam. -- Nine Identity Theft: You've Got a Criminal Clone --
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|a Definitions and statistics; How thieves get private information: -- document theft, mail diversion, shoulder surfing, Dumpster diving, -- scamming, skimming, exchanging, check-writing, obtaining credit reports, -- via e-mail, false merchant Web sites, Internet searches; Making and -- using false ID documents: account takeover, fraudulent accounts, credit -- card fraud, criminal identity theft; Victim consequences; Personal -- information: availability, trafficking, sharing, abuse, theft, protection -- of; Responsibilities of businesses, credit issuers, credit -- bureaus; Biometric technology; Self help: guard documents, shred, -- withhold personal data, opt out, Internet precautions, credit card risks, -- check-writing risks; Victim assistance; Contacts and resources. -- Afterword -- Theft First Aid -- Glossary.
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