<human>: Back in the summer of 2000, I went with a group of about 30 people from my school district to live in Spain for a month with families there to help work on our Spanish. Near the end of the trip, our whole group decided to go to dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe in Madrid. Since we were staying in the suburbs of Madrid, we had all gotten used to taking the train to get into downtown. 

Several times on the train, we encountered a group of about 3 or 4 women who we had seen at various times throughout the trip. We had noticed them before because they all smelled like they hadn't showered in weeks. They also liked to stand near our group because we probably looked like young, dumb Americans to them (which we pretty much were). They had been bumping into us and we figured they were trying to pick our pockets. Most of us were prepared and kept our valuables covered. 

On this particular time, we saw them again, and mostly everyone in our group knew what was up, so they took precautions. We all go to dinner at the Hard Rock and everything seemed fine. When the bill came however, one of the girls discovered her wallet was missing, which included her passport. She became hysterical because she also knew we were supposed to come back to the US in a couple days, and it would take a while to get a new passport. 

We were pretty sure we knew who did it, but figured they were long gone. While everyone was still hanging out, my friend Josh and I went back to the train station and rode back a few stops, looking everywhere, hoping the pickpockets may have taken the money and left the other stuff. 

Maybe one or two stops back, I started looking through the trash cans and lo and behold, I found the wallet and passport. The thieves took the cash, but left everything else. Her passport, other IDs, credit cards, everything was still there. She was so grateful and almost didn't care about the cash since she only had a minimum amount. So a crisis was averted. 

Anyone have anything like this happen to them?

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<bot>: Friend had her wallet & passport stolen in Spain. I found it all in a trash can at a train station, minus the cash.