• Location: United States.
• Date Stolen: 2 April 2013.
• Date Recovered: 3 April 2013.
• Theft: Backpack at school.
• Missing items: Netbook.
• Police reaction: Never reported.
• Final thoughts: I was relieved. My netbook was stolen from my backpack. The person took it home, and I got a picture, and knew who it was. I went to the person the next day, told them I know the address, and I will report it to the police. He gave it back.

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• Location: United States.
• Date Stolen: 20 February 2013.
• Date Recovered: 11 March 2013.
• Theft: House burglary.
• Missing items: MacBook Pro.
• Police reaction: This is awesome.
• Final thoughts: Amazing program.

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• Location: Texas, USA.
• Date Stolen: 22 March 2013.
• Date Recovered: 22 March 2013.
• Theft: Lost.
• Missing items: Nexus 7.
• Public Transport customer service: Not contacted.
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 3 minutes.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: N/A.
• Final thoughts: Peace of mind.

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• Location: London, UK.
• Date Stolen: 14 February 2013.
• Date Recovered: 20 March 2013.
• Theft: Car window smashed.
• Missing items: MacBook Pro.
• Public Transport customer service: I did let them know I had installed Prey and they said if you do get any information let them know.
• Time it took for first report to arrive: One week.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Took them a bit of time.
• Final thoughts: Cannot thank the developers of the software enough.

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• Location: The Netherlands.
• Date Stolen: 22 October 2012.
• Date Recovered: 22 October 2012.
• Theft: Lost in the bus.
• Missing items: Samsung Galaxy Note
• Public Transport customer service: “Gotta watch your stuff”.
• Time it took for first report to arrive: Immediately.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Non available.
• Final thoughts: At first, panicked. Then relieved.

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• Location: Philadelphia, USA
• Date Stolen: 20 February 2013
• Date Recovered: 14 March 2013
• Theft: Stolen from my laboratory
• Missing items: MacBook Air
• Police reaction: “Wow! You should come work for us!”
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 2 weeks.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Immediate.
• Final thoughts: Justice prevailed!

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• Location: London, UK
• Date Stolen: 14 January 2013
• Date Recovered: 14 February 2013
• Theft: Flat burglary
• Missing items: MacBook Pro
• Police reaction: The police said that because there were no leads they would have to close the case, but they asked that if anything came up through Prey I contact them immediately. When I did this three weeks later they were very keen to re-open the case and use the information I gave them from the Prey reports.
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 3 weeks
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Immediately upon the first report coming in.
• Final thoughts: It’s pretty bloody awesome to get my lap top back!

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• Location: Denver, CO
• Date Stolen: 2 September 2012
• Date Recovered: 3 September 2012
• Theft: Lost somewhere between restaurant and vehicle
• Missing items: HTC Flyer Tablet
• Police reaction: Didn’t report
• Time it took for first report to arrive: Less than 10 minutes
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Police wasn’t involved
• Final thoughts: Relieved! Prey saved my device

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• Location: San Antonio, TX
• Date Stolen: 29 November 2012
• Date Recovered: 30 November 2012
• Theft: Left in classroom
• Missing items: MacBook Pro
• Police reaction: Interested in how I was pulling screenshots from my device
• Time it took for first report to arrive: The device first connected to the internet 3 PM the day after it was stolen
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: One day
• Final thoughts: I feel I am extremely lucky to have gotten my device back

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• Location: Santiago, Chile
• Date Stolen: 11 July 2012
• Date Recovered: 8 August 2012
• Theft: Broken into house
• Missing items: HP Pavilion dv4t-5100
• Police reaction: Hey, nice app!
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 1 hour
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: 2 hours
• Final thoughts: Good! Excellent product! I recommended Prey to my school mates

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