What to do if you were stranded in a foreign country and your passport, cell phone, credit cards and money were stolen?

Go to the local police to report the crime. Go to the embassy to get temporary travel documents. Call bank to cancel stolen cards and get emergency temporary credit card and cash (this service may vary from bank to bank).

…and call family or friends if there’s any.

Go to your country’s embassy. They’ll help you get it sorted out.

Call American Express.

I’d ask some people for help. At some point someone would help me out and get things fixed.

The embassy would be the best place to start.

I’d go to the embassy. I know my social security number, my ID number, my credit card number and several emergency phone numbers by heart. Also, I could call my job and more than one person there would be able to forward whatever documentation needed.

Advance preperation in this situation. I would carry my important papers in my billfold. BUT, I would(and have) carry a second set of identification and plastic cards, somewhere else on my body. A money belt is a necessity in foreign travel. Carry your travelers checks in your money belt or in a plastic bag in your crotch area. You can never be overly protected when traveling in a foreign country.

Being prepared is the name of the game.