Here is a list of random tips and tricks I have found/come up with that will help you significantly.
1. Pick-pocketing:
Learn how to pick-pocket. With some practice, it is fairly easy to do. Start out doing it as a "prank" with your friends, and once you get good at it, branch out to other people. And remember that pick-pocketing doesn't only refer to reaching into someone's pockets and stealing their wallets. Pick-pocketing can also mean distracting someone while you steal their phones out of their bags, stealing their credit cards out of the ATM, or casually taking someone's purse from under their chair. Just be careful, because some people will take precautions against pick-pockets. One way is to keep the straps of their purse around their arms or their foot. If you are good enough, you will be able to just pull the straps off of their leg and take the bag.
2. Learn how to manually reset a phone without having the password.
This is a good skill to learn. I have learned how to do this, not because I stole someone's phone, but because I forgot my phone password and I couldn't get in to reset it from the settings app. If you manage to steal someone's phone, then you most likely won't have the password. There are many online tutorials on how to factory reset a phone without knowing the password. Most videos claim to be for someone who "forgot their password" or someone "changed the password" without them knowing. But you can use these videos/articles to reset a stolen phone. Most people (especially people who use prepaid phones or those who have had their phones for a while) don't remember the serial number, and most people keep their GPS turned off unless they are going somewhere. So in that case, don't steal from someone who looks like a typical "tourist", because they will likely still have their GPS on and then the cops can track where you take the phone until you reset it. You will most likely need Wifi to reset the phone, so make sure you do it at McD0n@ld's or something. DO NOT TAKE IT HOME TO RESET IT! If someone realizes it is missing soon enough and begins tracking it, you will lead the cops directly to your house. Do it in the bathroom at a fast food place that has free Wifi, so that if the cops do manage to track it to the location, you can hide it up in the toilet paper dispenser, or behind the toilet, or down in the trash can wrapped in toilet paper. Once the cops leave, you can go back in, finish the reset (if you haven't already), claim your prize, and get out before they figure out what you are up to. Once the phone is reset, you can either keep it for your own use, or sell it. Just be careful, especially if you sell it on F@ceb00k or something. Try to get a good look at the face of the person you stole the phone from, and if it's the same person in the profile picture, then don't sell it to them. If you do, they will get the phone, and they could realize that it is their stolen phone and call the cops on you. Creep on the profiles of everyone who makes an offer on the phone. If they are friends with the person you stole the phone from, they may tell the person that you took it. And beware of "new" profiles. If you look at the profile of someone and there's next to nothing on it, or else there is only their one picture and no friends, then they are likely an undercover cop, or a scammer who is trying to steal the phone from you. If someone asks to meet up to get the phone, DON'T DO IT. You could either be getting set up for an arrest, or someone could steal the phone from you. Ship the phone to the person from an anonymous address, like the house of a random person or a PO box that is in someone else's name. This will protect your identity from the authorities.
3. DON'T GET CONFIDENT!
I know I've said it many times before, but seriously, always question yourself. Let yourself be scared. Be paranoid that everyone is watching you. If you get too cocky and confident with your abilities, you will start to fuck up. You should be as cautious as you were the first time you stole. In most cases, you only took an item or two from a small store, and for weeks after you were expecting every knock at the door to be the cops coming to arrest you. Keep this mindset of fear and caution every time you steal. It's better to take 5 hours stealing from 5 stores and getting away with it than it is to hit 5 stores in 2 hours and get caught. Take your time. If you rush, you won't realize if you are being followed. If you are being followed in the mall and half a dozen items go missing from every store you go into, then there will be more than enough evidence to incriminate you.
4. Always have a scapegoat.
It sucks when someone gets caught and blames you. It benefits you more to be able to blame someone else than to be the one blamed. There's a chance that both of you will get caught, but in that case the charges will be split between the two of you, making the charges that would have been a felony theft split into two misdemeanor theft charges. Not only will you be charged with a lesser crime, but the fines and other costs will be a lot less than if it were just you. To prevent being the scapegoat, don't walk in with someone you are going to steal with. Come in different vehicles. If you ride in the same car or walk in together, then you will be charged with helping the person shoplift even if you didn't do anything. If you come in separately and in different vehicles, you can just say that it was a coincidence that you saw each other in the store and that you had no idea that they were shoplifting. Pretend that you are completely innocent. Cry if you have to, say that you had no idea they were "that kind" of person, act like you are so disappointed in them. You want to bring your own vehicle, because after bailing on someone like that, they most likely won't give you a ride home. Also, if you do get away with shoplifting but someone tries to chase you after you leave, it is harder to get a good description of two separate cars than it is with just one.
5. If you do get caught, don't worry about it too much, especially if it's your first time.
There is no point in getting worked up and upset, because it won't change the charges against you. At this point, when you are released from the store, just either go home or go to another store. On the drive to wherever you plan on going, think about what happened that you got caught. Did you rush? Did you forget to look around? Did you go with someone new who might have tattled? Did you do everything perfectly, but it just wasn't your lucky day? Think about what lead to you getting caught, and think about what you did differently before when you got away with it. If you think you can get away with it, go to another store and shoplift. Often, if you get a good haul from a different store, then you won't feel as worried about the charges from getting caught. Sometimes, getting caught is just what you need to tell you that you are getting too cocky. Also, if you carefully continue shoplifting even while on probation, it will be easier to get back into it once you are no longer being supervised. If you go from shoplifting every time you go out to not at all for almost a year, you will lose your hard earned skills. If you later choose to try shoplifting again, it will be much harder because you will forget all of the basic skills, and beginners get caught a lot easier than someone who knows what they are doing. Try to shoplift an item or two once in a while so you don't completely regress to a beginner level. Just don't go to stores around where you got caught. Often, if someone gets caught at one store, their picture will be distributed to all of the stores in the area so that you don't get away with it again. This is why you don't shoplift close to home. You don't want to have to drive mile and miles to get groceries just because you are banned from your local We!s store.
6. Have some connections in the system.
Are your parents prominent members of high-class groups in the area? Is your cousin the cop that comes to arrest you? Make sure you use these to your advantage. It is easier to try to talk your family/friends to let you go with a warning than it is to have some hard-ass random cop let you go. Also if the cop is some fat ass, don't make a run for it. You may think that the fat guy can't catch you if you take off, and you're right, but you most likely won't get away with it. If you try to run from a skinny cop, they will chase you and tackle you. But if you run from a fat cop, they will shoot you because they are well aware that their lard ass can't catch you by running. There's really no point in adding charges/risking your life just because you got caught.
7. Play the system.
If you live with someone else, use whoever has the lowest income as the main "breadwinner" when applying for assistance like food stamps. And make sure there is only one income listed. One person makes the money with taxes and everything taken off (you know, the taxes that pay to fund food stamps) and everyone else works under the table. Babysit, dog walk, clean houses, work on family farms, whatever. Just make sure all of the money is not taxed and untraceable. Make money off of simple things that no one would really question. If you already have kids of your own, then babysit. You can make money just by doing what you already do. If you have dogs, then walk other people's dogs when you take your's out. Just don't make an actual rate for your labor. If you have a specific charge (for example, $10 bucks per dog every day they are walked, etc), then you will be considered a "real" business and you will have to get insurance and pay taxes on your earnings. Instead, have an asked donation (like $20 or "however much they can pay"), so that if someone pays you, it is considered pretty much a gift, and gifts aren't taxable. Also, if you shoplift for groceries, your food stamps will go much farther. Why pay $5 for a little bag of shrimp when you could get it for free. Also, go to food pantries. You can get decent food for free. You can also list people who don't live with you so that you get more food. Just be careful; food banks don't usually check to make sure you are telling the truth, but if you claim that 20 people live in a 1 bedroom apartment, then they will most likely send someone to check.
Have fun, and fuck the authorities!
IllegalExpertGirl
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