• 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: 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: 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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• Location: Mobile, Alabama
• Date Stolen: 16 July, 2012
• Date Recovered: 20 July, 2012
• Theft: Home burglary
• Missing items: MacBook
• Police reaction: Best lead ever given to police
• Time it took for first report to arrive: 5 days
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: right away, recovered laptop 2 hours after first report.
• Final thoughts: Stoked!

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• Location: San Francisco, CA
• Date Stolen: September 9, 2011
• Date Recovered: October 29, 2012
• Theft: Stolen through my 2nd story window
• Missing items: Macbook 13″
• Police reaction: We had to search through about 100 potential suspects near the address, you are very lucky
• Time it took for first report to arrive: ~4 months
• Once received, time it took for police to recover it: 3 days, but it took 10 months total to get it back
• Final thoughts: Relieved and surprised. Never thought I’d see my laptop again

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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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