Watch your credit card receipts and other London, United Kingdom Warning Or Danger Tips

I happened to look closely at one of my creidt card receipts after having been in London for a day or two. After seeing that my entire credit card number, as well as the expiration date on the card were a part of my receipt, I kept a closer watch on where those receipts went!

After I discovered this, I watched very carefully and only 2 places that I used plastic X'ed out all but the last 4 digits of my credit card numbers. I'm not sure about elsewhere, but here in the U.S., it is normal to have most of the credit card info represented as X's. with the whole number and the expiration date, anyone can use that card for online or mail order purchases!

Just be aware that most places leave your entire credit card information intact on the receipts.

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For some reason, the Bobby's don't like their picture taken.... :(

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Beware of pickpockets! When standing at a bus stop, I had a close encounter with a pickpocket. I felt him brush up against me and while the bus stop was crowded, it wasn't so crowded that people needed to be in contact with each other!

This particular would be thief was working with a couple of other people. There was an Italian sausage cart next to the building by the bus stop that had three middle eastern people at it. One of them was the aforementioned thief. At one point, he took over the sausage cart and another of his co-horts attempted to rob someone who was just getting on the bus. After a near miss with the intended victims fist, the obviously inept pickpocket was chased down an alley and didn't come back for about 10 minutes..... where he calmly took over the duties of cooking and selling sausages while his partner began circulating in the crowd again.

So just make sure you pay attention to what is going on around you!

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