American woman on vacation in Milan issues stark warning about sneaky SCAM Italian locals are using to prey on tourists in a bid to rob them

A manner and manner influencer has taken to TikTok to pass others of a scam she encountered while connected picnic successful Milan.

Hannah Chody, 31, heiress to nan Garrett Popcorn fortune, had a adjacent telephone connected a locomotion location from meal pinch her husband, investor Chad Milburn, successful nan fashionable Italian city.

'I don't cognize if anyone successful Milan has knowledgeable this,' she began.

'This feline approached my husband, and kept saying, "scarpa, scarpa, scarpa," which is shoes successful Italian.

'And I was for illustration looking astatine my husband's shoes, like, "What is going on?" And I was like, "No, let's support going." 

'Because Chad didn't cognize what scarpa meant,' she continued.

'This guy, each of nan sudden, conscionable starts hounding us, harassing us.' 

At that point, Hannah says nan man went to drawback Chad's hand, arsenic if trying to get to his watch - which, luckily, was covered by his suit jacket.

After a fewer moments, different group began to attack them and nan guys 'dispersed,' she went on.

In nan aftermath, Hannah and Chad discussed nan incident - and Chad realized he'd had thing akin hap to him earlier nan pandemic. 

Five years ago, successful Milan, successful nan aforesaid neighborhood, a man had travel up to Chad and started making nosy of his shoes, which had conscionable been 'normal Gucci loafers,' Hannah said.

'We deliberation it's for illustration a maneuver of pickpocketers, aliases guys trying to rob you. 

'Because what do you do? If personification comments connected your shoes, nan first point is you do is look down astatine your shoes, and you're not looking astatine thing else. 

She emphasized that they some were 'fine' - but it was very 'strange and shady, and this feline decidedly had immoderate motive, he conscionable sewage interrupted,' she went on.

'However, I will conscionable say, you know, I consciousness very secure successful Milan, 99 per cent of nan time,' she stressed.

'But, beryllium ace alert of your surroundings. If anyone's trying to distract you, I deliberation that's conscionable for illustration nan biggest reddish flag.'

Hannah and her hubby are nary strangers to Italian culture, having made regular trips to nan European state for years - moreover tying nan knot successful a lavish ceremonial held successful Lake Como backmost successful July 2022. 

In nan 2 years since, nan influencer has go a bona fide prima connected TikTok, wherever she regularly shares beauty and manner hacks, while besides documenting her jet-set lifestyle. 

Last week, Hannah revealed that she was jetting disconnected connected a three-week European picnic while documenting her packing process - kicking disconnected her travel successful Milan earlier heading connected to nan Dolomites.