• 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: 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: 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: Berkeley, CA.
• Date Stolen: August 31, 2012.
• Date Recovered: September 20, 2012.
• Theft: Apartment Robbery.
• Missing items: Macbook, Roommate’s Macbook + DSLR.
• Police reaction: This is common, we can’t do much.
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 4 days – Received first and only report 12:40pm Tuesday 21th.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: A few days.
• Final thoughts: Grateful. Lucky. Fortunate.

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• Location: Frigate Bay, St. Kitts
• Date Stolen: August 17, 2012
• Date Recovered: August 21, 2012
• Theft: House broken into
• Missing items: Macbook Pro, Lenovo notebook, iPod Shuffle, two Lumix cameras, $500 cash, Kindle
• Police reaction: The initial detective wasn’t sure what Prey’s reports had to offer, but once more technical Inspectors and police got involved they knew they had a rare chance to actually catch the user, whether he be the actual thief or the recipient of stolen goods.
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 4 days – Received first and only report 12:40pm Tuesday 21th
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: 5 hours. Police were scouring the area immediately and we got word two suspects were in custody by 5:30pm Tuesday
• Final thoughts: Kind of felt like I was the Inspector Gadget for a while. Seeing the photo of someone using your stuff is unnerving!

  Tip: Don’t lock down your computer right away. If your first report shows that the user is accessible, allow the software to keep giving your updates. We were lucky that the screenshot I received contained so much information, because my locking the computer kept the user from staying and getting back online!

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• Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Date Stolen: August 20, 2012
• Date Recovered: August 21, 2012
• Theft: From car trunk
• Missing items: MacBook Air 13′ + New iPad 64GB
• Police reaction: The police would be still looking at the surveillance cameras if I wouldn’t have installed Prey on my MacBook.
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 24 hours
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: A few minutes. After I call them that I have photos of the burglar they came in minutes to help me get back the devices.
• Final thoughts: I am very happy.

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• Location: Netherlands
• Date Stolen: 12 October, 2012
• Date Recovered: 16 October, 2012
• Theft: From a Shop
• Missing items: MacBook Pro 13inch
• Police reaction: Thanks for the information we`ll look into it immediately
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 24 hours approx.
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Within 3 hours
• Final thoughts: I recovered my girlfriends laptop that ended up in Belgium. So I’m very relieved and thankful

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• Location: New York City
• Date Stolen: August 17, 2012
• Date Recovered: September 6, 2012
• Theft: Fell as sleep on the Train
• Missing items: Macbook Pro
• Police reaction: How are you tracking the computer are you using a key-logger?
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 30 minutes
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Immediately
• Final thoughts: I was stoked that I had installed prey on my laptop otherwise I would have never recovered it. Prey is an Awesome piece of software

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• Location: Melbourne, Australia
• Date Stolen: 19 July 2012
• Date Recovered: 22 July 2012
• Theft: Broken into house
• Missing items: Macbook Pro “19 and partners Compaq (the latter not being installed with Prey)
• Police reaction: Wow, did’t know this app existed!
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 2 days
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: Warrant made and arested the guy (either thief of guy who bought from thief) within 12 hours!
• Final thoughts: Happy as a pig in s**t!

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Matthew’s story is one of our best yet. This Expert Vagabond got robbed during a trip to Panama and recovered his computer that was sent back to the US, three months later, without even having to call the police. Matthew’s heart sank when he lost his unique source of income, but then he turned from a victim to a hunter thanks to Prey. He traced the possessors of his laptop, learned about their lives, discovered some disgusting details about them and with that information he had them to willingly give back the computer to avoid further public humiliation. That’s what we call a happy hunting!

• Location: Panama City, Panama
• Date Stolen: October 22, 2011
• Date Recovered: January 25, 2012
• Theft: Robbed in a bar
• Missing items: MacBook Pro
• Police reaction: They didn’t seem very optimistic. Panama City receives over 1,000 stolen property reports a month
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 3 months
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: They didn’t have to

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