Traveler Beware!
An Undercover Cops Guide to Avoiding Pickpockets, Laptop Theft, and Travel Scams.
By Detective Kevin Coffey
This is the only audio CD on the market that completely covers the topic of theft prevention while traveling. This information rich program providing advice and tips on how to outfox professional thieves and protect your luggage, laptops, briefcases or purses while on the road.
Without fail, all of the frequent travelers, who have listened to this tape have learned something and recommend it. If you are a high school graduate taking your first backpacking trip across Europe, or a serious road warrior who travels 100 times a year, you are guaranteed to learn something from Detective Coffey.
This program tells you how you can decrease your victim potential and reduce your chances of becoming a mark for professional thieves, pickpockets and con artists. It describes the latest scams that can occur in locations where there are many travelers are such as airports, taxi cabs, shuttle buses and even in public bathrooms!
Realistically, you have a much greater risk falling victim to a pickpocket than to a violent crime while traveling. Many travelers think of themselves as "travel wise" when it comes to avoiding crime while on the road. However, even the most savvy road warrior will learn something from this veteran detective.
The following is a list of the topics covered on this audio CD:
Here is a brief idea of the content covered within the some of the chapter in this CD.
Pickpockets
When it comes to crimes committed against travelers, the theft of property ranks number one, and usually pickpockets of street thieves are the culprits. Traveler Beware provides in-depth advice regarding this topic. You will learn about the various types of thieves you may come up against with and learn proactive strategies how to protect you and your property from hands of sneaky street thieves, gypsy kids, or professional distraction theft teams who make a living by targeting travelers property.
Laptop Theft Prevention
The topic of laptop theft is one that has been a growing problem facing both companies and travelers alike. With growing concern regarding numerous state “data breach” laws, along with the fact that man
y business travelers are devastated by the loss of their laptops because their data has not been backed up recently, travelers needs to have a better understanding of laptop theft prevention. Traveler Beware covers this topic and provides solid advice regarding protecting laptops in the office, rental cars, hotel, and other locations where they are susceptible to theft, so that your laptop will always be in the right hands (yours) while on the road.
Luggage Pilferage and Theft
Every traveler has either read about luggage being pilfered by dishonest airline or TSA employees, or have seen anyone of the countless TV programs that have covered this topic. Many of these thefts could have been avoided or mitigated, if the travelers had learned about these types of scams prior to checking their luggage. This section provides information about luggage security, TSA locks “do’s and don’ts”, along with tips on avoiding having your luggage falling into the wrong hands during the airport handling process.
Hotel Crime
You have seen the recent stories about hotels crimes covered on the recent TV networks. You will hear an insider's point of view on how and why professional thieves target you and your property while staying in hotels too. Detective Coffey provides solid advice on making sure your valuable property is in your hotel room when you get back.
Camera Theft Prevention
Do you travel with an expensive camera while traveling and are concerned about making sure your camera gear and images don’t end up in some street thief’s hands. Traveler Beware has a section which will provide you with the unique information about this subject, along with a discussion of the new camera security products that are on the market today.
After you hear this program you will want to make sure your loved ones hear it too before their very next trip.
About the Author
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Detective Kevin Coffey is a leading authority of travel crime. He has appeared on ABC’s 20/20, Oprah, CNN, CNBC, and is the host of the Travel Channel’s series “Travel Scams and Rip Off’s Revealed.” He is an active 27-year police veteran who holds the rank of Detective-Sergeant.
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Detective Coffey has investigated thousands of crimes committed against travelers at one of the countries largest international airports and was responsible for identifying the most common locations and methods used by professional thieves who target travelers at airports, hotels, and car rental agencies. He has also conducted thousands of interviews and interrogations of street robbers, luggage thieves, pickpockets, hotel burglars and other types of criminals who prey on the traveling public.
In his off-duty hours, Detective Coffey founded Corporate Travel Safety.com, a company that specializes in providing travel safety seminars and products. He has personally trained over 30,000 travelers in the area of travel safety, and has set up travel safety programs at several Fortune 100 companies. Some of his clients include Mattel, Motorola, Hewlett Packard, Toyota, Amgen, and Blue Cross, just to name a few.
He has become the Media's leading expert when it comes to travel safety. He has appeared on over 200 television stations both domestically and internationally. Most recently he made his second appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Other national programs which have featured him are, A
BC's 20/20, CNN, CNBC, The Today Show, C/Net, The Travel Channel, in addition to more than 100 local television news stations across the country.
Specifications
Media Type: Audio CD
Lenght: 75 mins
