{"id":1860,"date":"2018-12-17T22:29:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2026-08-07T00:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T22:16:13","slug":"no-contactless-pickpocketing-deventer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/no-contactless-pickpocketing-deventer\/","title":{"rendered":"No contactless pickpocketing in Deventer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/Contactloos-betalen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hand holds debit card against POS terminal for contactless payment of a small amount, with visible NFC symbol.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/Contactloos-betalen.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/Contactloos-betalen-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/Contactloos-betalen-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports by the media and police that contactless pickpocketing had allegedly taken place at a busy event in Deventer in mid-December 2018 have fortunately been withdrawn. No mobile contactless payment terminals that could have been misused for this purpose were found, and no victims came forward.<br>Police in the eastern Netherlands have confirmed this as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not a single case of contactless pickpocketing has occurred since contactless payments became available in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pin.nl\/actueel\/nieuws\/geen-contactloos-zakkenrollen-in-deventer\/\">Read on PIN.NL why contactless pickpocketing is also extremely unlikely to occur in the future (in Dutch)\u2026 <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports of contactless pickpocketing at a busy event in Deventer were withdrawn: no misused terminals were found and no victims came forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"btv_subject_tax":[16],"class_list":["post-1860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","btv_subject_tax-card-payments"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Geen contactloos zakkenrollen: Wat U Moet Weten - Dutch Payments Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Geen contactloos zakkenrollen in Nederland. 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