Undercover theft prevention

[Roger Howard]

On Tue, November 14, 2006 5:49 am, Matt Johnston wrote:
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> On 14 Nov 2006, at 13:09, Jared Earle wrote:
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>> On 11/14/06, Matt Johnston <pelorus at mac.com> wrote:
>>> Sorry, I thought that laptop theft was a 'business' and people who do
>>> it were able to use Google?
>>
>> Every laptop theft I've dealt with was by an opportunist thief.
>
> Whereas my experience has been almost the opposite. Professional
> thieving bastards taking an opportunity.

Just because they're professional doesn't mean they are smart or careful.
The kid I posted about (see previous message) is still running his scam as
no one - not Apple, LAPD, FBI, etc - would bother even after having all
their work done for them (I tracked this kid down to his doorstep, with
every bit documented).