a tip from this expert pickpocket. don't be distracted just because someone appears trustworthy. >> i just assume the best in people. i don't think people are out to get me or out to steal from me. so yeah, it's very surprising and shocking. >> reporter: another warning from bob. if it's easy for you to get to, it's easy for the crooks too. keep your valuables in the bottom of your bag, not the top. >> how do you not become a victim? show me your purse. >> it's high up under the armpit. most of mine are even higher, more like this. but this one is fairly safe. it's always hair. it's never behind me like this. never. and if i'm feeling at all threatened, it will be moved to the front. >> reporter: this bonnie and clyde on the right side of the law works in a pair, like many pickpockets in it for the wrong reasons. those thieves in san diego part of a team. one does the stealing. the others act as a decoy or lookout. >> i love this scene here because it is teamwork of three and each one in this team has a very precise du

we have video of pickpockets with new tricks. the experts take you frame by frame to show how to spot them. >>> tiny houses, the size of an suv. how your neighbors are beating high costs. and finding happiness. >>> a good evening to you on this wednesday night. we are coming on the air in the middle of a battle against the raging wildfire out in arizona. an army of firefighters charging to the rescue. this fire is growing by wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. abc's ryan owens is on the ground with the fight against the flames. >> reporter: there is something else red hot tonight near sedona arizona's iconic red rocks. a wildfire, 0% contained, is charring some of this country's most gorgeous landscape. >> the road is closed. >> reporter: tourists are being turned away in advance of the memorial day holiday. this couple owns a resort here. >> our livelihood is up there. all our guests got out safely. which is amazing, of course. >> reporter: hundreds of firefighters are battling the wind-whipped flames near slide rock state park

we always hear about pickpockets during christmastime but summer is primetime for pickpockets becaused often travel. >> abc's cecilia vega gets a play-by-play by the experts. >> reporter: surveillance video catches a pickpocket in action inside of this san diego whole foods. watch for a split second, the shopper turns away from the cart, and that's all the man in the checkered shirt needs, his hands covered by a shopping bag, hide what he is about to do. the woman has no idea this crook walked away with her wallet and handed it off to a partner. in the produce aisle, the man in the white shirt gets the attention of the clerk. now the clerk's back is turned, his partner in the row behind him swoops in as the woman in the hat looks away from her cart to pick the perfect apple, he picks up her wallet. surviellance videos to kgtv hoping they would lead to an arrest. theft rings run by sticky-finger crooks are making a killing. in philadelphia, investigators say this group has perfected the crime. this man sits directly behind his victim, hidden by his jacket he reaches right inside of her

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he showed gma verdicts how easy we can make it for pickpockets.e a look as he and his wife bambi distract these people. the woman on the right leaves her purse hanging on her chair. bob swoops in and steals her wallet. >> did you have any idea what he was doing behind you? >> no. >> watch on the right. he takes the other woman's purse. men's wallets are harder to swipe? think again. while i talk to this man, bob slides his wallet out of his front pocket and hands it over. >> how much of this is about your quick fingers and how much is about them not paying attention? >> i think it is more about them not paying attention. >> reporter: tip one, don't be distracted by nice conversation by someone who appears well dressed. how do you not become a victim. show me your purse. >> this is fairly safe. it is always here. never behind me like this. never. >> reporter: that's tip two. always keep your belongings in your line of sight. >> i think having as few credit cards as possible is important. >> reporter: keep your wallet and phone in the bottom of your

here is your warning about pickpockets. watch, this unsuspecting shopper turn as way from the cart. the man on the right sees his chance, takes her wallet then hides it under a tote bag. the woman has no idea the man hands off the wallet to his partner. these theech thieves play a game of double distraction. this woman is not looking at her cart. police released the videos to our san diego affiliate but they serve as a warning to us that when we're in towns like san diego, still stay alert. >> could there with a potential wage increase in your future? it's getting harder to find skilled workers and economists believe if approaching 6% they will be forced to pay more. to keep track, of then companies will hope those currently employed don't catch on. an american original is back. hydrox is a cookie that came on the market 19084 years before oreo and have been available in store shelves in nearly a decade but recently the rights have been acquired to the trademark. they're more crispy, a little less sugary and stand up bet twroer milk. >> there is a big debate. >> is that right? >> we

. ♪ ♪ >>> this morning "gma" investigates pickpockets.ng how they can swipe your stuff in just the blink of an eye. abc's cecilia vega on the tricks of their trade and what you can do to protect yourself. >> reporter: police say these san diego area surveillance videos show theft rings in action. watch as this unsuspecting shopper turns away from her cart. the man on the right sees his chance, takes her wallet and hides it under a tote bag. the woman has no idea as the man then hands off the wallet to his partner. watch again as these thieves play a game of double distraction. one talks to this store employee to get him to turn away as the other approaches this woman who's not looking at her cart. police released these surveillance videos to kgtv hoping they'd lead to an arrest. >> has to do it just when she's reaching. >> reporter: bob arneau knows the game. he's professional pickpocket. >> getting the, getting her purse -- he gives expert advice to law enforcement on how to catch crooks. he showed "gma" investigates just how easy we can

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. >>> think you are immune to pickpocketing? think again. it's on the rise in recent years.ing wallets while people don't even realize it. >> back on the show, we have the pick pocking expert. >> give them a chance to steal from me. i have two waugets and one phone. this is a fake one you manage to steal. it's not a real one. i have it in areas where there is a lot of foot traffic, and put it down and the newspaper besides, and i let them steal. the wallet, i lost 150 times, eilei lean in, and i say i do the same thing as you, and they get nervous. >> i have a wallet on me, and d. >> it's a little distraction, right. >> it could be a small excuse, like something a little small to get nearby in your space. >> but sometimes you can't help but be in somebody's face. if you are on the subway -- >> you have my glasses! >> it's like inviting. it's too easy -- >> no, my wallet is gone! >> here is what i want to tell you. if you have the wallet this way in your pocket, we call that standing. lying in the bed, that's a term for when the wallet is this way. that's what you want, this