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A Mobile Pos to Steal Money From Cards and Phones Kept in Your Pocket: Is the 2.00" Bag a Reality? and How to Protect Yourself?

The viral videos are back where thieves wander through the crowd with a mobile Pos and exploit contactless payments to collect small sums from unsuspecting passers-by (distracted by an accomplice): but is it possible or just a metropolitan legend? The case of a woman arrested in Sorrento

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It's called ?pickpocketing 2.0? and the new frontier of pickpockets using ?Post pirate? activate banking transactions approaching cards...

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Viral videos and real cases fuel suspicion: thieves 2.0 point to contact less cards, taking advantage of the 50 euro threshold and the absence of biometric controls

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The viral videos are back where thieves wander through the crowd with a mobile Pos and exploit contactless payments to collect small sums from unsuspecting passers-by (distracted by an accomplice): but is it possible or just a metropolitan legend? The case of a woman arrested in Sorrento

·Italy
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It is called "pickpocketing 2.0" and allows you to make a burst of micro theft by approaching a contactless device to the victim's pocket or bag. How it works and what to do to defend yourself

·Italy
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Corriere Della Sera broke the news in Italy on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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