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If you subscribe to my free newsletter, then you know I’ve written multiple posts about how easy it is for thieves to steal your luggage while you’re in a bar or restaurant — and what to wear to keep your valuables safe when traveling to a tourist hotspot:
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Video Shows How Easy It Is for Thieves to Steal Your Luggage While in a Bar or Restaurant
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Traveling to a Tourist Hotspot This Summer? Here’s What to Wear to Keep Your Valuables Safe
In a surprising turn of events, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is the latest to fall victim to theft while dining at a restaurant in downtown Washington, DC.
According to CNN, the thief made off with Noem’s driver’s license, medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, blank checks and around $3,000 in cash.
Noem’s Secret Service detail reviewed the restaurant’s security footage and reportedly saw “an unknown white male wearing a medical mask steal her bag and leave the restaurant.” Noem later confirmed the incident during the White House Easter Egg Roll, saying the matter is still unresolved.
What’s shocking is that if a high-ranking U.S. official with Secret Service protection can have her bag stolen, it really can happen to anyone.
Here are just a few of the reactions from social media:
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@electMikeHarvey: “All that cosplaying a badass and she cannot protect her own bag. How is she supposed to protect the Homeland? We laugh at the incompetence of this administration, but one day soon, it’s going to haunt us for the rest of our natural days.”
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@jeffgoldesq: “Who carries $3,000 in cash, except criminals?”
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@ChidiNwatu: “This person who can’t keep her purse secure is expected to ensure the security of the Homeland. I’d like to know more about the environment in which this took place.”
Who carries $3,000 in cash these days? I keep an emergency $100 bill and a few $2 bills for tips. Everything else I pay for with credit cards. It’s just not safe or wise to have large amounts of cash on your person.
Hopefully Noem gets her bag back. And I’d guess the thief had no idea who she was because if she doesn’t recover it, nobody will.
Let this be a valuable reminder to always guard your belongings. Never leave your purse or carry-on unattended and always strap it to your chair or your body when in public. The best way to keep your valuables safe is to use a crossbody bag like this anti-theft crossbody or a money belt. And as always, don’t forget to put Apple AirTags (or a similar tracker) in all of your bags so that you can locate them if they do get lost or stolen.
KEEP READING:
–The surprising reason baggage handlers warn passengers not to tie a ribbon to their suitcases
–American Airlines baggage handler video goes viral for showing how his job is like playing a real life game of Tetris
–Southwest Airlines baggage handlers play rock, paper, scissors with child on plane
–LOL: Airport baggage carousel breaks down and workers send bags through the roof
–A California airport baggage handler has an easy way to make sure your checked bag doesn’t get lost
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