I have had my house broken into over the Easter break and about $5,000 worth of gear stolen. The worst of it is they took my laptop AND backup hard drive enclosure so I've lost 5 years worth of income data, GST data and invoices. I've managed to get the phone numbers that the person (theif) has been calling with my mobile (stolen as well). What would you do with those phone numbers? How would you go about getting your gear back? (Police already know about it, but probably can't do much).
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If the police know about it, they should be able to track the phone when they use it. Try to file an insurance claim if you don't recover the stolen items (make sure to have proof of ownership). Other than that, I don't know what else to do.
233870
hey Hun, trying to figure out what your crimes are again? lol If you get caught you would be in trouble for attempted murder and identity theft and fraud so I would advise not getting caught.
196840
e mail him see if you get a response call he poloce and put up a missing person add if it's that bad
638495
you should call the cops and tell them that you had some stuff stolen from your property they may or may not do something about it....
331840
This is not someone you want to go shopping with. \n\nWhen they are caught the authorities may take you also since you are with your friend. And if someone is dishonest enough to steal they may get scared and slip it to you somehow (backpack, purse, pocket, etc.) without you realizing it. Think security is really going to believe that 'you've never seen it before and don't know how it got there'?\n\nTalk to your friend about not stealing again. A friend of mine was security at a high end department store chain. A 22 year old guy stole something and was caught. It was for kicks. He had a rich family that was prominent in a nearby town. He was used to being bailed out and having everything handed to him. His formidable grandmother contacted the store manager who refused to drop charges. She went up the ladder all the way to the owner. They all refused. Grandma's money and influence couldn't save him, and this time he was forced to take responsibility (possibly the first time he had ever had to.) \n\nA criminal record is nothing to fool around with. And when you have a rep as a shoplifter it can spread.\n\nStealing is not only dishonest, it is a selfish, irresponsible act. Do you think the companies take the losses from theft? They pass the hundreds of thousands of dollars of loss back to the consumer. You and I literally pay for your friend's actions. Don't rationalize and say 'its a big company, they can afford it.' They don't afford it. You and I pay for it.\n\nShoplifting is no joke.
523310
I think it does help.  Just not all the time.  When my house was broken into, I gave the cops the descriptions of everything taken and less than a week later they called me because they thought they found my camcorder.  It turned out to belong to another family that got robbed, but yes I do think they recover things that get stolen.
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First of all i would call the police and make a report. I would also try finding your counties website they all have one.
488918
There's virtually no chance of you getting it back. Most of the garage sales I've been to only had crap for sale. Why did you have something expensive sitting around where it could be stolen?
521796
The landlord is not liable for stolen items. . . I would suggest getting renter's insurance.  It is very affordable and will cover any important property that is damaged or stolen.  Landlords who are living in the same building as the tenants can pretty much rent to whomever they want (I believe they can even discriminate in some states).  I get the feeling that you're renting a room out of a large house (sorry not sure what you meant by homestay) . . . if that is the case, I would confront the landlord and say something to the gist of "Hey, some of my things are missing and I would really like to protect my privacy.  Is there any way I can get a lock put on my door where you and I are the only keyholders?"  I'm so sorry to hear about your stuff that has gone missing!  I hope this is helpful!
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Here's a way to track a stolen laptop when it is connected to the internet\nhttp://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/track-stolen.html\n\nIf the laptop is not connected to the internet how were you intending to have it broadcast it's location to you when logged on?\nThere may well be Bluetooth or other solutions available but unless you can tell us what tool you are thinking of receiving the message on it's hard to help you.\n\n///
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It's not often that something renders me speechless but this completely blew me away!\n\nWhat a set of robbing bar-stewards! I'll bet that little fine will go some way to funding their Christmas p*ss up.\n\nHow on EARTH can they possibly justify clamping you?! Did the dumb a$$ that did the clamping not notice the car had been broken into?!\n\nPerhaps if they had been doing their jobs properly, your car wouldn't have been broken into in the first place - in fact how do you know that one of them didn't do it?!\n\nCan your company not intervene or at least reimburse you for the fine you had to pay? Does the car park have any CCTV? Is there not a manned gate that you have to show your pass to in order to access the car park? (in which case how would you have been able to park in the first instance if you had not shown someone your pass?)\n\nThey are being deliberately obtuse for the sake of it, I would complain to anyone and everyone until I got my money back.\n\nAbsolutely unbelievable!
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I almost don't want  to respond to this because you may not like the answer but have been in many similar circumstances myself.  First off I imagine that you do have a title, registartion and reciepts for any purchases regarding this matter?  Secondly you have to ask, what would you do in this situation, if you were trying to steal someones Bass boat.   First off I would not keep it at my house were a cop could show up and find it easily.  You need to figure out who their true friends are and check out their properties.  If you find it; do not confront that person, keep on driving and call the cops immediatly.  If that doesn't work you have to figure they may have already scratched off the serial number and tried to sell it filing for a lost title or something along the lines of that.  Depending how expensive it was and how much time you have to spend on this you might want to hire a private investigator they often times; if you find the right one, will have better luck than the police will in many matters.  Also you need to save all threatining e-mails and letters because freedoom of speach if one thing but a direct threat is not.  If all else fails you need to catch them on video breaking a law serious enough for bad consiquences and maybe a little black mail is in line.  Or just plant a bunch of drugs on them carefully and calll the cops.  The law is blind and really doesn't help that many people out, keep that in mind.  There is a reason why they did this it is because they figured they could get away with it.  If you do hire a private eye keep all bills and records for any time and money  lost because if they do find it you can go after the thieves for this money.  All I can say is hopefully your boat is in the same state still because if these people were smart they would have left behind no evidence and with no evidence you have nothing to stand on just like the cop said.  Good luck and if you get creative with these people and do something on your own be very carefull because remember the law is blind.
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Nothing. The people at the towing company stole everything. I had my car towed recently and they stole my CD player. When I confronted them they said that some one jumped the fence and stole it. Call the cops to make a report then call the Better Business Bureau. Unfortunately your stuff is gone.
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By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer 5 minutes ago \nWASHINGTON - \nPersonal data, including\nSocial Security numbers of 26.5 million U.S. veterans was stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee this month after he took the information home without authorization, the department said Monday. \nLast year, more than 260,000 veterans could not sign up for services because of cost-cutting. Audits also have shown the agency used misleading accounting methods and lacked documentation to prove its claimed savings."\n\nWell, this administration appears to have issues without having anything stolen.\n\nThose in the service 1975 and after are many military who were in quite a few skirmishes that the government had, including those in Iraq.\n\nI hope they have hard copies somewhere, which they probably don't. Proving a negative is going to be hard for a lot of men who are eligible for benefits. How do you get benefits if you can't prove you are eligible for them? It will be up to the serviceman to prove, Hate to be them.\n\n26.5 MILLION RECORDS from 1975 to present
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The other posters above are correct in that you should contact the police and give them every piece of evidence that you have. Also contact a civil attorney though, and get the ball rolling on a civil suit to collect the money owed to you.
602747
They found you because of the tax records,  My hubby got the same letter  and has been out of the service since 1985. A lot of my friends who are still  with the military are afraid of identity theft, I am glad we all were notified about the missing files from the laptop from the guys house. Any why he had the files at home is a big problem which needs to be looked into.
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You have a major problem.  He doesn't want to give it back.  It was a good free-bee when you had a relationship with him and now surely is giving clear signs he doesn't want to give it up.\n\nGet your paper work for the laptop ready, proof of ownership and such.  Then tell him:\n\n1) You will contact the police to find out the best way to proceed with his unwillingness to return the laptop.(set a date for this).\n2. You don't want excuses.  You want your laptop.\n\n3) You hold him responsible for anything missing or wrong with it.\n\nFind out what amounts are limited to small claims court.  The 2500 may or may not be over the amount allowed.  It is a lot of money.  If the amount qualifies, then you can take the pressure up a few notches and you will have an inexpensive but formal way of asking for your property.  In small claims you can represent yourself but you need to be prepared with relevant documents, witnesses and a coherent explanation. \n\nWhatever you do, have someone go with you when you go to pick it up and don’t feel uncomfortable about checking it out before leaving.  Later on, make sure that it is clean and that is doesn't have weird crap on it that may reflect on your person. \n\n\nGood Luck