Pick Pocketing The Art of the Lift

A man takes his wallet out and pays for a newspaper. He puts his wallet back and turns toleave when someone brushes past him muttering "Excuse me". its a crowded place so the man thinks nothing of it...at least until he's about to get into his car and notices his wallet is missing. He looks back to where he had been bumped, but the man is long gone.

A woman stands on an esculator, watching the crowded mall below. Behind her on the next step is a young girl wearing a walkman. The music is up liud enough for the woman to hear it, and the girl is moving to the beat, occationally bumping up against her. The woman ignores this, thinking about kids these days and doesn't notice the girl's jacket is partally draped over her purse. The woman gets off the esculator thinking that the girl will go deaf with such loud music. She never realizes until she's about to pay for her purchase that her wallet is gone.

The young woman sets her bag down and then proceeds to stretch out on her beach towel. She notices a man watching her and puts a little wiggle in her movements. He's kinda cute and maybe he'll ask her out, which would be okay since she's on vacation and wants to have a little fun. She lays on the the towel and begins to sun tan, but the sun is bright and so she closes her eyes. After a few minutes she looks up to she if the man is still watching her. But he is gone...and so is, she now realises, her bag.

They can have hands as fast as a snake, or they can cleverly use distraction to stealthly  make their lift, or they can simply wait for someone to leave themselves vulnerable...who are they? They're pickpockets. Wither its smooth team work, or simple snatch of oppertunity its all about the art of the lift...

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