Help Needed Urgently Laptop And Jewellery Worth Thousands STOLEN!!!

teenage_Drama

Hi

today i was on a visit to east london and my laptop and gold jewellery have been taken out of my car boot!!!! :mad: :mad:

the laptop is dell make and i bought it for 600 pounds 2 years ago, and i have the service tag for it and all the papers too, is there anyway to track it down, i dont have insurance on it and i also dont have insurance on the gold jewellery worth 3000 pounds!!


HELP

teenage_Drama

Anyone Out There That Can Help Me Right Now Please?!?!?! I Have The Service Tag For The Laptop!

sco0ter

There is no way to track it down. Having all the paperwork in the world wont help you find it.

albertross_2

unfortunately not, but if you tell Dell, I think they have a stolen list, should someone ring them for support. Also tell the police, it may get recovered one day.

Don't you have any cover on belongings in the car insurance?

Just a thought, do you use messenger/skype?

teenage_Drama

i rang up the police station and they said that i will need the seriel number (which i do have) why are they asking for the seriel number?

sco0ter

In case its handed in

teenage_Drama

well i dont think it will be handed in! it was stolen from either leyton or chingford and leyton police were very unhelpful when i called them up, i was given no advice but was just told to contact local police station

sco0ter

As said before there is very little chance you will get it back.... Better get on and change any usernames and passwords that you had on the comp..

teenage_Drama

thanks for reminding me...almost forgot to change all passwords!

teenage_Drama

albertross wrote:

unfortunately not, but if you tell Dell, I think they have a stolen list, should someone ring them for support. Also tell the police, it may get recovered one day.

Don't you have any cover on belongings in the car insurance?

Just a thought, do you use messenger/skype?

I use msn messenger?

albertross_2

In theory, it could be trackable..(thinking out aloud here..)

If you use a router..

The odds are they will switch it on and connect to the internet at some point..

That will leave an ip trace, especially if you use messenger, skype, email etc..

It will also leave a trace with microsoft, when it does a windows update.

Even if they wipe it, and reinstall windows, it will also leave a trace with microsoft.

If they put linux on, (which is unlikely), then there's not much to trace.

The problem you have is that the authorities and microsoft are unlikely to help you.. but technically I reckon that all stolen windows laptops could be tracked down easily when connected to the internet if the will was there.

If you have friends with messenger, then when it connects to the internet (unwiped), then they should be able to tell, and maybe track the ip for you.