It's late an she needs gas. To save time she'll just grab what she owes and run into the gas station, leaving her purse in the car. "I'll only be a mintue," she thinks. This is a pickpocket's dream come true, and a lift that shouldn't be passed. True its only oppurtinusitc pickpocketing, but that doesn't matter. Time permiting you should just grab the wallet and leave the purse, but if you are feeling rushed just grab the bag and go. Leaving the purse will give you more to get away before she realises her wallet is gone. Always keep an eye out for this because it happenes all the time. This works at post offices, sporting events, day care senters, libraries, and sometimes just on the street when she's "just going in for a minute". Trust me if you kep your eyes open it only takes a minute.
If you happen to see a woman get out of her car and go in some where sans purse, casually stroll over to the car and look in the windows. If you see a covered object on the passanger's side floor, there is your target. Most women keep their purses on the passanger's side, and if she's "only going in for a minute" she may cover it up with a coat or something. Just open the door, grab the purse or wallet, and beat feet. Don't let the covering up fool you.
She's buying a new pair of shoes, but first has to try them on. She sits her bag down and begins to take off her shoes and puts on the other shoes. This is your time to strike. While she is distracted, either lift the wallet or grab the bag and make off with it.
Here's a good one for the busy Christmas shopping season. Ladies (or guys with a female accomplice) you see a lady walk into a rest room alone. Follow quickly and see which stall she is in. When she goes in walk up to the stall and watch her feet. This is what you'll see: as she enters her feet face the wall towards the toliet. Next her feet turn around and are facing the door. What she has just done was enter the stall, turned around, locked the door and placed her purse on the hook of the door. You'll see her feet turn around again. She will now spend up to 30 seconds or so fixing the seat cover on the toilet. When she turns to face the toilet, reach over the door and take her purse off the hook. You see she'll be momentarily distracted while she pus the seat cover on so that it will be a perfect fit and not fall in (or as a lead up sit all the toliet seats up so she'll have to put it down, giving you more time). While she is doing this, her back is tothe door and her purse. Now think back to the last time you used the toilet in a public rest room. Where was the hook on the door. Right near the top of the door, making it very convient for some enterprising soul to relieve the lady of her wallet. With her purse in your hand, you can do one or two things. Either quickly pull the wallet out and toss the bag back over the door to her stall. She'll hear the noise, turn around and see her purse on the floor. By the time she realizes what happened her waller is gone. The other option for our nibble fingered thief is to take the entier purse and place it in an empty carry-on bag or shopping bag that she has with her and quickly walk out and blend into the crowd.