Not my year at all - advice please

[siri+uk]

Hi guys

I bought a macbook last weekend from the local car boot. Guy must have wiped the drive to protect his data which seems logical, managed to install an os on it, now it says stolen, the guy even gave me his phone number so everything seemed legit but it just rings out now. I know what people might think, oh yeah pull the other one, but it cost me ?300 to find this happening. Now to be honest i'm seriously upset by this, do I take it to the police, i'm worried they might not accept my story even tho it's true, wouldn't mind the original owner getting it back tbh as I know how I would feel. Don't know what to do any help or advice would be great

[Bulld0g]

Ring the number he gave you and ask him to tell you what's what.

[siri+uk]

Tried to ring just rings out, i'm absolutely mortified about this

[Shady]

yeah, id probably go to the police.. mind youre not seeing that ?300 nicker again though

[Bulld0g]

Wait till the next time the boot sale is on and go back and see if you can find him. If you do go to the police and it is stolen as shady said your out of pocket for ?300.

[siri+uk]

I'll be going again on saturday with a f*****g 2lb hammer, if I see him it's going right between his eyes

[billy2]

always made it a rule to get reg of car when buys things like this , big thing now is these guys selling there iphones and samsung phones and you have then working for a week or so then reported it to the insurance as stolen and they get your money and a new phone

[mtv1]

am confused { easily done i spose } how does the computer know its stolen ??

try a different os like bunty or debian and move it on

[gc1966]

I'll be going again on saturday with a f*****g 2lb hammer, if I see him it's going right between his eyes

going a bit "peter sutcliffe" there chief

[lagerland]

Violence wont solve anything good fun though................

[thered]

being a tight wad i wouldnt want to lose ?300 so i would try and find a workround the mac book being stolen and just use it, does it do anything or is it locked completely??

chances are he insured it sold it and told whoever that it was stolen to get another

[caveman_nige]

am confused { easily done i spose } how does the computer know its stolen ??

i have the same question...... I am not familiar with macs and their security features

[Hoppy01]

Hi guys

I bought a macbook last weekend from the local car boot. Guy must have wiped the drive to protect his data which seems logical, managed to install an os on it, now it says stolen, the guy even gave me his phone number so everything seemed legit but it just rings out now. I know what people might think, oh yeah pull the other one, but it cost me ?300 to find this happening. Now to be honest i'm seriously upset by this, do I take it to the police, i'm worried they might not accept my story even tho it's true, wouldn't mind the original owner getting it back tbh as I know how I would feel. Don't know what to do any help or advice would be great

The guy didn't wipe it mate, it was probably wiped by the genuine owner remotely using the iCloud..
A don't know much about Mac security but as far as i am aware the owner as a last resort can access the Mac after its stolen, they can nuke the hard drive and enter a password that locks the Mac permanently using a iPhone.

How to Remotely Wipe a Mac

A would hand it in to the police and give them all the info you can..
A know your ?300 down but that's a bitter pill you will have to swallow, if a was handing over ?300 at a car boot sale a would have insisted on much more detail, no disrespect mate but a would never have bought a Mac at a car boot sale, it just doesn't seem the kinda place where someone would sell a genuine Mac..

[bobwill]

change the harddrive

[siri+uk]

The guy didn't wipe it mate, it was probably wiped by the genuine owner remotely using the iCloud..
A don't know much about Mac security but as far as i am aware the owner as a last resort can access the Mac after its stolen, they can nuke the hard drive and enter a password that locks the Mac permanently using a iPhone.

How to Remotely Wipe a Mac

A would hand it in to the police and give them all the info you can..
A know your ?300 down but that's a bitter pill you will have to swallow, if a was handing over ?300 at a car boot sale a would have insisted on much more detail, no disrespect mate but a would never have bought a Mac at a car boot sale, it just doesn't seem the kinda place where someone would sell a genuine Mac..

No probs mate guess it's human nature sometimes, i'm so stupid half the time see a deal that is too good to be true and something takes over me and I never think, maybe after this i'll think twice, then think again