How to Keep From Being Followed

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: If you think that you are being followed

   Casually scan people behind you, possibly on the other side of the road-and make a rough note of anyone within distance, especially things such as height, color of clothes, type of coat, etc.; also look for anyone you recognize from earlier.
   
   Stop again after a few hundred meters and take a look around, is anyone there?
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   Step 2: occasionally stop as you walk around- maybe to tie a shoelace

   Use your ingenuity.
   
   Stop and look in store windows, or pause to admire a shiny car or van (Choose Dark Colored ones, because you can see the reflection of anyone behind you.
   
   Or pull out a comb and peer into the side mirror of a parked car or motorbike, as though about to comb your hair-is there someone that you recognize their reflection? , At the same time, make a plan for losing him or her. , If you have a blue cap on, stuff it in your coat pocket; if you have sunglasses on, put them away. , Do this not by quickening your pace, but by lengthening your strides.
   
   If your pace is 1 foot (0.3 m) long, and you lengthen it to 16 inches (40.6 cm), in 100 yards (91.4 m) you will have traveled an extra 33 1⁄3 yards (30.5 m). , Enter a large shop and immediately leave by another exit; go down a narrow alley and, while out of sight, sprint around a corner and double up your tracks.
   
   As a last resort, hide.
   
   Wait until you're out of your tail's sight.
   
   The moment you are, duck into a deep doorway crouch behind a parked car
   - in short, anywhere that he or she will hurry past hoping to catch up with you again.
   
   Remember, that your tail, in his/her state of mind, will probably miss something right under his/her nose. ,
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   Step 3: look for something in your pocket

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   Step 4: or admire something in a store window

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   Step 5: If there is

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   Step 6: continue walking.

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   Step 7: Once that you are certain that you are being followed

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   Step 8: make a note of what the person looks like.

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   Step 9: When you are out of sight

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    Step 10: quickly change your clothes

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    Step 11: or stash accessories in your clothes.

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    Step 12: Speed up.

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    Step 13: Try to shake off the tail.

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    Step 14: If you feel you are REALLY in danger

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    Step 15: contact the police or an adult.

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