scams and pickpockets in Provence or Nice
Sep 21st, 2011, 01:52 AM
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http://www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/a.../scams2003.htm
Good info on all the scams...
Last year saw pickpockets at Nice Ville train station
working the crowds... they usually work in gangs
travel.state.gov good site to review
rarely rental cars fall to the fake flat tire get robbed scam
Scariest new thing for me is Debit Card "skimming"
where good internet thieves can clean out all accounts
Only travel with CREDIT cards 0% liability and always
check them for bogus charges... one time got $150 K put
on one of my cards after my identity was stolen when they
got my PIN from a skimming machine..
Eventually paid 0 because it was a CC still a giant hassle.
Happy Travels!
Good info on all the scams...
Last year saw pickpockets at Nice Ville train station
working the crowds... they usually work in gangs
travel.state.gov good site to review
rarely rental cars fall to the fake flat tire get robbed scam
Scariest new thing for me is Debit Card "skimming"
where good internet thieves can clean out all accounts
Only travel with CREDIT cards 0% liability and always
check them for bogus charges... one time got $150 K put
on one of my cards after my identity was stolen when they
got my PIN from a skimming machine..
Eventually paid 0 because it was a CC still a giant hassle.
Happy Travels!
Sep 21st, 2011, 01:59 AM
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•The same gas station had fallen victim to skimming a few months prior, costing victims thousands of ... such a station can bypass the risk of installing skimming machines ...
http://www.creditcards.com/credit-ca...s-station-card
Ran into this last year in the South... also only use big bank
ATMs to be safe... smaller ATMs in remote areas have them too.
http://www.creditcards.com/credit-ca...s-station-card
Ran into this last year in the South... also only use big bank
ATMs to be safe... smaller ATMs in remote areas have them too.
Sep 21st, 2011, 02:36 AM
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Rented a new Fiat Punto at Nice Airport in september 2011.
It did not have an automatic doorlocking system.
You need to push the button on the dash.
The car had a huge Europcar sticker on the back window. I was a Happy Driver indeed.
Fortunately nothing happened during this one week in the Provence.
Totally agree with Tulips to avoid unpopulated rest areas without petrol station, and at all cost after dawn.
It did not have an automatic doorlocking system.
You need to push the button on the dash.
The car had a huge Europcar sticker on the back window. I was a Happy Driver indeed.
Fortunately nothing happened during this one week in the Provence.
Totally agree with Tulips to avoid unpopulated rest areas without petrol station, and at all cost after dawn.
Sep 21st, 2011, 03:33 AM
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the advice here in Australia re credit card skimming at ATM's is this. If you are using your right hand to punch in your pin then hold your left hand over the right hand so that a hidden device can't see the pin.
Re locking car doors, I do that most days as a precaution. I live in the suburbs of Sydney where I am fairly safe, but I'm happier with the doors locked.
Re locking car doors, I do that most days as a precaution. I live in the suburbs of Sydney where I am fairly safe, but I'm happier with the doors locked.
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