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Apr 19, 2019
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jamesjessestrang
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I got an email from my spouse asking me to wire a $1000...strange, they were nex
To me. Never trust an email saying they've been mugged and need cash.
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So my wife went to Paris on Sunday with my buddies wife for a girls week. On
mort
4/19/19 4:31pm
That's terrible, that's a lot of cash on hand.
coug almighty
4/19/19 4:35pm
I got an email from my spouse asking me to wire a $1000...strange, they were nex
jamesjessestrang
4/19/19 9:54pm
Eurotrash, that stinks.
pegushin
4/19/19 4:35pm
Exactly.
mort
4/19/19 4:36pm
Paris is known for pickpockets. You gotta watch out for them. I'm sorry for your
trom2foot3
4/19/19 4:39pm
I warned her about that, but these people were good!
mort
4/19/19 4:47pm
Well yeah. They are professionals
TNT
4/19/19 4:47pm
Hey, I’m a professional and I suck at my job.
IGlowInTheDark
4/19/19 4:54pm
Well you post on a message board all day
TNT
4/19/19 4:56pm
I missed this earlier! That's funny.
mort
4/19/19 5:46pm
That is a common Gypsy ploy all over Europe, and our neighbors fell victim
Longbow Cougar
4/19/19 4:47pm
They basically mugged my wife. She didn't stop for anything. She said they
mort
4/19/19 4:50pm
It totally is, they travel in packs.
IGlowInTheDark
4/19/19 4:52pm
Yeah that sucks. They usually aren’t as bold in Western Europe, but
Longbow Cougar
4/19/19 4:55pm
Did they look like this?
AZ Coug
4/19/19 6:40pm
When the “gypped” usage drama was going on here
IGlowInTheDark
4/19/19 4:50pm
Yeah, my wife’s family has some old Bohemian gypsy blood that they
Longbow Cougar
4/19/19 5:08pm
Ha!
mort
4/19/19 5:32pm
Gypsies really are the worst.
Virginia Ute
4/19/19 5:46pm
I did get stopped in London a couple of years ago by an older Gypsy
mort
4/19/19 5:02pm
i unknowingly rented 2 apartments to gypsies and tbey just quit paying rent for
Iman23
4/19/19 6:17pm
I read “petition” and knew the end of the story.
IGlowInTheDark
4/19/19 4:49pm
I am in Europe at least eight times a year and never heard the petition
mort
4/19/19 4:51pm
Totally saw it multiple times in mid 2000s
IGlowInTheDark
4/19/19 4:53pm
In Berlin they were always pretending to be deaf
Longbow Cougar
4/19/19 4:58pm
Was in Paris about 3 weeks ago and saw it
jes2332
4/19/19 7:07pm
Classic ploy. Large distraction while someone takes your stuff. Lessons here:
Medute
4/19/19 5:10pm
Agree! My wife is 5'2" and very pretty and her friend is also attractive. They
mort
4/19/19 5:36pm
Pics?
IGlowInTheDark
4/19/19 5:51pm
Anyone else go to Stupidity Briefings where they don't tell us this stuff?
spoxjox
4/19/19 7:14pm
Have to be careful in central London, too.
Sooner Cougar
4/19/19 5:15pm
I got my pocket picked in Paris
sanitarium
4/19/19 5:15pm
Two years ago I flew into Amsterdam and went to check into a four
mort
4/19/19 5:43pm
I haven’t had my wallet in my back pocket since before my first trip to France
LaserCoug
4/19/19 5:46pm
Trip to Paris for "Girls week?" Sheesh, I hope my wife doesn't read this. She's
777
4/19/19 5:36pm
LOL!
mort
4/19/19 5:43pm
So nobody messes with me around the world. I wear exotic cowboy boots and black
mort
4/19/19 5:52pm
This is why we have fanny packs.
mobomanjoe
4/19/19 5:56pm
I was also pickpocketed the last time I was in Paris, a couple of years ago. My
chilango
4/19/19 7:08pm
I don't donate to pick pockets.
CougarThug
4/19/19 7:15pm
John Haddow?
Gerald-DeGroot
4/19/19 7:28pm
I have traveled quite a bit in europe. Paris is the worst for this. Ruins
runnincoug
4/20/19 1:22am
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