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A Gypsy Robbery in Mendoza, Argentina

How we helped when this nomad got robbed in Argentina

March 19th, 13:00pm. I was robbed off calle Espana in Mendoza, Argentina. I was walking on this Sunday when approached by a blonde haired gypsy man who asked me to let him bless my money for safe travels.

After refusing, he insisted that I accept a plant he had in his hand and that I put the plant in my wallet where my money was. I told him that I would put it in my pocket, myself, not him.

I was then approached by two of his female accomplices from behind, telling me not to be scared. The two women were holding bottles of water, and repeated to me to not be scared that the water was to bless my money.

This made me start to have reason to be scared.

I was carrying a backpack, and in concern that they were trying to steal items I had inside the backpack, the man pulled my wallet and ipod out of my pocket. I grabbed my wallet because it had my credit cards in it and eventually got it back from the man, but he had taken 800 Argentine pesos. He then proceeded to show me that they were blessing the money with water and destroying it by pouring water onto the money and wodding it up until it was a wet worthless wod of paper.

I knew he had stashed the money and ipod somewhere on his person. I then fled the scene to where there were other people around. A police report was filed shortly after and they had heard of this happening to many tourist in Mendoza.

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