DELANCEY STREET'S INSECURITY SERVICE PRESENTS
THE SCIENCE OF SMALL-TIME SWINDLING.

You've heard the police talk about crime prevention. Now hear it from the other side... from the true experts: the swindlers, the con artists, and the hold-up men who have ripped you off. This seminar is designe Color d to alert you to how the felon sees you ... and what you can do to stop him. It's told by (reformed!) rip-off artists themselves.

Can you spot the shoplifter?

The man on the left -- the one with the coat over his arm -- is a professional booster. He earns hundreds of dollars a day pilfering merchandise from shops and department stores alike. He's a specialist ... adept at making himself invisible ... but if you can spot the clues, you can stop him before he rips you off and gets away.

The professional booster is a real threat to business. But he's not the only petty thief out to get you. Housewives, young kids, junkies, and thrill seekers are among the small-time swindlers that swarm into banks and retail organizations each day. They are successful because store personnel are ignorant in the ways of petty crime. They don't know what to look for.

Delancey Street's Insecurity Service is a unique organization designed to educate merchandising and banking companies on the modus operandi of smalltime swindlers.

The Insecurity Service operates on the premise that "it takes one to know one". Every member of the staff is a former petty criminal, and a graduate magna cum laude of such recognized crime schools as San Quentin, Sing Sing, and Attica.

Our staff will demonstrate such "seams" as the booster box, the three-man pickpocket team, and the short change transaction. Other subjects we'll touch on include:

How fitting rooms lose you a fortune each year ... and what to do about it.

Stolen or fraudulent credit cards. what are the signs to look for?

The inside dope behind fraudulent cheeks.

Check "kiting"

Diversionary techniques of the small-time swindler

What should you know about violent crime? What is in the mind of the bank robber? How should you act? What should you remember for proper identification?

How minor modifications in your store's layout or security measures can save you thousands of dollars a year.

Now you see it, now you don't.

Remember the man on the left? You saw him on the overleaf. Now see him in action. The entire transaction takes just a fraction of a second; yet his motions are so smooth that you'd smear that nothing out of the ordinary has taken place.

The rip-off artist is more than an excellent technician, however He is also a cunning psychologist. He knows how store personnel think. He knows their fears, their expectations, what they will probably say and do, and how they'll react if they spot what he's up to.

His gall is unbelievable. One of our demonstrators recalls the day he walked out with a tray of 200 Parker pens by simply passing himself off as a store carpenter.

You'll hear how another demonstrator was able to cash over $5,000 in stolen travelers cheeks at a large banking office, using only a library card for identification.

You'll also discover which preventative measures actually deterred our staff while they mere professional felons. It's a presentation designed to heighten your awareness. At the conclusion there m411 be ample time for questions and answers.

A glossary of terms.

• Booster: shoplifter
• Cannon: pickpocket
• Boosting box: a box designed to look like a wrapped package, but which has a hinged end-piece that can be snapped open so that merchandise can be clandestinely stuffed in.
• Boosting bloomers: loose fitting underwear worn by women that can be used to secret stolen merchandise
• Paper hanger: someone who passes bad checks
• Till tapper: a person who robs cash registers
• The stall: a person who diverts attention from his partner who's busy committing a crime
• The wire: while the "stall" is attracting attention, the "wire" does his slight of hand; he's often a pickpocket or a tilt tapper
• Michigan bankroll: a large wad of one dollar bills, topped by a bill of large denomination. Designed to establish the credentials of the swindler as a legitimate customer with lots of money to spend
• Kiting: Establishing quick credit in preparation for cashing bad checks.

This year the average store will lose 5% of fits profits to small-time swindling.

In 1995 the FBI estimated that there were approximately 140 million shop lifting thefts. Small-time swindling is clearly a big-time business.

The Delancey Street Insecurity Service offers a program that is designed to promote awareness among store and bank personnel. Programs can be conveniently scheduled at shopping malls, community centers, or any place where a sizable audience can assemble. These are often cooperative ventures by interested stores.

Special programs may also be set up at specific bank and store locations so that employees can see our staff operate in a real-life situation. Such on-site demonstrations also make it easier for the Insecurity Service to examine the location and recommend specific remedial procedures.