Originally Posted by
chollie
And professional TSOs and baggage handlers don't steal from people's bags, checked or carry-on.
In the real world, TSOs and baggage handlers steal, largely with impunity, and naive travelers are too trusting.
It's still illegal to steal. It is not yet illegal to be naive or uninformed.
If this is not a scam or an insurance fraud scheme, I wouldn't call these travelers naive or trusting. They're just plain stupid. STU. PID.
Outside of politics, however, people that dense are pretty rare, so I think there's a good chance that this is a scam or fraud. They probably aren't expecting anything from the gubment, but are instead trying to perpetrate an insurance fraud by claiming $95 in theft. The missing bling either never existed, or has been sold by the owners themselves.