Pickpocket

Pickpocketing

Pickpocketing is the act of stealing cash from the pockets of non-emergency players or NPCs, with players being the more profitable but riskier of the two.

How to Pickpocket players ?

To pickpocket a player, it’s pretty simple : get close to them while they are on foot, then press B / to steal their wallet:

If the pickpocket attempt was successful, you’ll receive a prompt in the top-left of your screen to leave the area to get your loot, and a yellow circle zone will also appear on your map, you need to escape from this area alive to receive the reward.

You can pickpocket up to $300,000 in cash from one player, with each pickpocket taking 20% of their cash balance : that means that at best you can pickpocket $300,000 from any player with more than $1,000,000 cash on them.

You can only pickpocket a player once per minute, and a pickpocketed player cannot be pickpocketed again for ≈2 to 3 minutes.

Danger

Pickpocketing a player gives them a right of revenge, even if you fail / steal a fake wallet instead!

You can only fight back if they assault you or show signs of assaulting you, you cannot attack them as a precaution.

Note

If a police officer is near the target player and is watching both of you while pickpocketing the target, you will get a “Pickpocketing” felony.

Pickpocketing can fail for multiple reasons :

• Being unlucky: pickpocketing is luck-dependant, so being successful depends entirely on your luck.
• The target player has no cash on them
• You stole a fake wallet: see fake wallets
• Target player is near a shop / inside a safe-zone: you cannot pickpocket a player while they are near a shop cashier, or if they are inside a safe zone.
• Target player an emergency services worker: you cannot pickpocket Police Officers or Paramedics players
• You are in the same party as your target: you won’t be able to pickpocket other players being in the same party as you. (see Party for more information)

How to pickpocket NPCs ?

Pickpocketing NPCs works the same as players. All you need to do is get close to them when they are on foot, then press B / to steal their wallet. Unlike with players, a successful pickpocket will immediately give you cash, ranging from $2,000 to $20,000 depending on your luck. 

A failed pickpocket will make the target NPC call the cops, which will give you a “Pickpocketing” felony.

Attention

Sometimes NPCs will start punching you or firing a weapon at you if you failed to pickpocket them.

You have to wait ≈15 seconds before pickpocketing another NPC.

Fake wallets

Civilian players can purchase Fake wallets from Convenience stores to protect their real wallet from being stolen: 90% of the time a fake wallet will be stolen, which means you’ll have to buy it again.

You can only own 2 fake wallets at once in your inventory.

Tips & Tricks

→ Target AFK players or drug dealers : AFK players won’t fight back if they are away, which in most cases makes them pretty safe targets. As for drug dealers, they stay in the same spot and always have cash on them while selling drugs, making them a risky, yet profitable pickpocket target.

→ Use a fast and/or bulletproof vehicle as getaway : To stay alive after pickpocketing a player, use a fast vehicle to get away quickly and dodge bullets (bikes, supercars) or a bulletproof vehicle for additional protection (no back windows vehicles, armored vehicles)

→ Don’t keep too much cash on you: to avoid losing too much money in case you get pickpocketed, always make sure to depost your cash money to bank at an ATM.

→ Pickpocket from the back: your chances of success are higher if you are not in the field-of-view of players / NPCs.