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Old 02-12-2019, 12:25 PM   #60
SionEwig
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Default Re: Skill for laying low in an urban area

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Originally Posted by Bruno View Post
Speaking of picking up some Streetwise via indirect contact - carry at least two wallets. One should have enough cash to pay for a days stay in your hotel, and some trivial cards that you can live without (fake ones, if you can manage it). The other has your ID, credit cards, travellers cheques, other cashmoney. This one should be quite inconvenient for you to get to when you need to pay for something (and also for pickpockets).

When you get mugged, you give the decoy wallet, which has enough cash in it that they go away happy.

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I hadn't thought about doing that with the wallet, but I have started carrying around an old flip phone for muggers to have if needed.
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