• Location: Nosara, Costa Rica.
• Date Stolen: February 20, 2012
• Date Recovered: March 22, 2012
• Theft: House Broken into.
• Missing items: MacBook Pro
• Police reaction: They didn’t speak english, “fill out the form”.
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 2 weeks.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Once they had the information, 2 days.
• Final thoughts: I felt it was a lost cause, until i saw the info start to roll in once they started using the computer, their Facebook and gmail accounts!

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• Location: Los Angeles, California.
• Date Stolen: April 20, 2012
• Date Recovered: April 27, 2012
• Theft: Car window smashed.
• Missing items: Dell laptop + charger + usb mouse + zune mp3 player
• Police reaction: Not much, happy that I helped do their work
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 6 days.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: About a day.
• Final thoughts: Confident in Prey. This experience has made me more prepared with my much more valuable laptop.

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• Location: San José, Costa Rica.
• Date Stolen: March 9, 2012
• Date Recovered: March 16, 2012
• Theft: Two guys with guns.
• Missing items: Android phone
• Police reaction: They asked for the software!
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 6 hours.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Really fast.
• Final thoughts: Surprised!

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• Location: Texas, USA.
• Date Stolen: April 24, 2012
• Date Recovered: April 25, 2012
• Theft: Locker broken into.
• Missing items: Macbook Pro
• Police reaction: “Wow it can do that? Can I get the website for the program?”
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 20 hours.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: 1 hour.
• Final thoughts: Relieved!!

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• Location: Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
• Date Stolen: April 16, 2012
• Date Recovered: April 24, 2012
• Theft: Motorcycle robbery.
• Missing items: MacBook Pro
• Police reaction: Everyone should have Prey installed
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 6 days.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: 1 day.
• Final thoughts: Very happy and surprised!

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• Location: Rennes, France.
• Date Stolen: April 4, 2012
• Date Recovered: April 9, 2012
• Theft: Office break-in.
• Missing items: Macbook Pro + Dell Vostro
• Police reaction: They were very surprised by this kind of security
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 5 days.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Immediately after i receive the firsts reports.
• Final thoughts: Initially, I’ve installed Prey on 3 computers in my work…I think i’m gonna install it on ALL my computers because it’s a real life saver !

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• Location: Portsmouth, England.
• Date Stolen: August 8, 2012
• Date Recovered: August 9, 2012
• Theft: House Burglary.
• Missing items: 13″ Macbook
• Police reaction: They were very impressed that this app existed and worked. After telling them about it, I later heard the officer recommended it around the office!
• Time it took for first report to arrive: The first report arrived roughly 5 hours after the burglary.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Immediately! I was initially dubious as to whether they would take it seriously, or even be allowed to take action on this basis. When I phoned them with the information after receiving the first report, they sent an officer over to me, and a team over to the house the laptop was located at.
• Final thoughts: Ecstatic! I had hoped the laptop would be used and provide reports, but tried not to get my hopes up in case it didn’t work. However it surpassed all my expectations.

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• Location: Maringa, Brazil.
• Date Stolen: March 23, 2012
• Date Recovered: April 2, 2012
• Theft: Car stolen
• Missing items: Notebook + Car radio
• Police reaction: Look at the picture of the Mother…
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 5 days
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: 2 days
• Final thoughts: Relieved to have my notebook back!

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• Location: Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Date Stolen: March 21, 2012
• Date Recovered: March 21, 2012
• Theft: Office break-in.
• Missing items: 2 MacBooks, 2 pc’s
• Police reaction: How could you get all that info?.
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 4 hours
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Within 2 hours
• Final thoughts: See story!

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• Location: Stony Brook, NY
• Date Stolen: February 14, 2012
• Date Recovered: March 2, 2012
• Theft: Stolen out of dorm room.
• Missing items: MacBook
• Police reaction: It’s probably going to be sold in Manhattan.
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 10 days
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Immediately
• Final thoughts: This program is ridiculously amazing!

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