So everyone`s screaming at you to watch out for crime while traveling, but nobody`s getting specific about how to protect yourself? Here`s help.
”Foiling Pickpockets & Purse Snatchers” is a free five-page reprint from Travel Companions, a newsletter published by Travel Companion Exchange Inc. The reprint is a superb roundup of what kinds of street crime you`re likely to run into, and how to anticipate or avoid it.
Many scams are based on distracting you momentarily, often so an accomplice can make a grab. A favorite is the ”coin drop scam,” in which somebody drops change, you bend over to help pick it up, and-whoosh!-there goes your purse or wallet.
To get the reprint, send a self-addressed, stamped business-size envelope to Travel Companion EXchange Inc., Reprint Desk, Box 833, Amityville, N.Y. 11701, and ask for the ”Foiling Pickpockets” article.
The exchange is a service that helps single people find a travel companion or partner. For $4 sent to the same address, you can get membership information and a sample copy of the newsletter.
