How I Busted a Thief Who Tried to Sell My Camera on Craigslist
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#2I would be curious who invited the person, or how the person found out about the party.
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#3Big ups to the folks who created stolencamerafinder.com (looks like one person associated with it is named "Matt"), who gave the author a critical tool.
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#4I've had 3 computers stolen from me in my life. Twice out of my car, and once when my house was broken into.
Just once I wish a thief had been this dumb.
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#5Sorry, but this sounds fake.
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#6This is just like the story of the guy whose stolen bike from Portland showed up in Seattle's Craigslist. IIRC this guy didn't have support from the police and set his own sting operation, the a-ha thing here was that he used Burner to make it look like he had a Seattle area code:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKTdeXH0Iz0&noredirect=1
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#7Sorry, but this sounds fake.
How so? The only thing I'm skeptical about is I would imagine his local PD would be way busy to go on a petty theft bust but other than that it sounds legit.
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#8Big ups to the folks who created stolencamerafinder.com (looks like one person associated with it is named "Matt"), who gave the author a critical tool.
That tool is super convenient. The serial number, as well as the model number, lens info, etc are all stored in the image metadata. Any metadata reader can get the info for you, you can even view it in Lightroom and sort photos by the camera or lens used.
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#9Sorry, but this sounds fake.
Funny I think so to.
I've heard to much of the story before, it seems like they have mashed a few of the classics together to create it.
Edit: Or maybe I just read the original story on Reddit.
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#10Great story and perseverance. Huge props and very happy you were able to get your camera back. This gives us hope when we are faced in this kind of situation. Great read, thanks!