500 EURO reward for finding car by finding laptop

Komawi writes "Greetings, On the night of march 11th my car was stolen (Mercedes Benz, I'm realy fond of that car!), but also my laptop with in it a wireless networkcard with the following MAC address: 00:30:BD:9C:BD:B2 Also a mobile phone was stolen, with IMEI number 351083531088913. If anyone has a way to locate these goods and by this I get back my car, a reward of 500 euros will be given! The goods were taken from Alkmaar, The Netherlands somewhere between 2004-03-11 23:00 and 2004-03-12 07:30. May the force be with you!"

Comments

Running distributed.net?

[Nugget]

Were you running dnetc on the laptop? We've recovered a few pieces of stolen computer equipment over the years when the theives plugged the boxes back in to the net and the installed client software sent back completed work.

Sorry to hear about the theft. I can only imagine how awful it feels.

Re:Running distributed.net?

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, you told us your cell's IMEI and your laptop's MAC. How about your car's numberplate?

Re:Running distributed.net?

[Decado]

Next story will be "I tried ringing the stolen phone, did anyone hear a phone ringing?"

Found.

[blitzoid]

Found it.

Oh, right, you wanted that stuff back. Sorry, I made way more than 500 euros just by parting it out.

Oh crap!

[Dark Lord Seth]

For sale:

Second hand Mercedes, second hand laptop and second hand mobile phone.

Total price: 501

Re:What?

[YetAnotherAnonymousC]

I'm usually the first to bemoan non-news postings, but the fact is that slashdot is also a community (see "Ask Slashdot"). While posting every single theft report doesn't make sense, you have to admit that it would be cool, in this case, if the slashdot community came up with a way to track this auto down using technology, yes?

Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck.

[jdonnis]

No, civilized countries write dates either as DDMMYYYY or YYYYMMDD, you don't just juggle the digits around.

Nobody would write time like HH:SS:MM ? Of course not, it would be just as ridiculous as writing a date like YYYYDDMM it doesn't make any sense.

Or you could write dates like most airlines do 01APR04 or in this case 11MAR04..

You poor poor man

[Em Emalb]

I so sorry about your loss.

I cannot help with your laptop theft, but oh Holy Day! I have been the pleasure of telling you that there is most definitely good news for you today sir!

I am Abdul Shakalakabangbang, from New Timur. Our Prime Minister, may his soul flatulate freely in heaven, was tragically killed in a mushroom stuffing contest. Since I his trusted most aide, he leave me lots of money. Due to political unrest, and a bad case of hemorroids, I am needing to remove this money from the country. This is where you can help me, my new friend.

If you feel most strongly you can help this poor man, please contact me and let us know.

thanks,

Dr Shakalakadangdang

License plate?

[martingunnarsson]

You'd think the license plate number would be a better clue than the MAC address and IMEI code of the electronics, but what the hell, this is slashdot!

Info on the mobile phone.

[shakey_deal]

IMEI number analysis results

Manufacturer Siemens
Model type S55 S30880-S5720
Reference S30880-S5720
Production date N/A
Phone version N/A
Phone GSM phase GSM Phase 2 or higher

IMEI number break-down

Type Approval / Allocation Code (TAC) 351083
Final Assembly Code (FAC) 53
Serial Number (SNR) 108891
Check Digit (CD) 3
Full IMEI presentation 351083-53-108891-3

Re:What?

[TOGA! TOGA TOGA!]

besides, how cool would a story be:

today, a notorious car thief was caught by a mob of computer nerds...

I Found it!!

[Otis2222222]

It was in the conservatory, stolen by Professor Plum, using the lead pipe. Where do I collect my (insert fancy Euro symbol here)500 Reward?

Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck.

[Draknor]

Well, actually you'll find that alot of people in the UK will say "Meet me on the 17th of April, 2004". There is a world outside the US, you know.

Hahahahaha! April Fool's!! Good one!





.... oh wait, you weren't joking.

Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck.

[realkiwi]

Like we say "come and spend your holiday in Russia, your car is already here!".

Most Mercedes stolen in western Europe get a second chance in eastern Europe.

Re:2004-03-11? He's going to need lots of luck.

[dorward]

YYYY-MM-DD is quite standard

Quite standard? You can't get more standard then ISO-standard! :)

The Geek Army Unleashed!

[BigBlockMopar]

with the following MAC address: 00:30:BD:9C:BD:B2 Also a mobile phone was stolen, with IMEI number 351083531088913
Next story will be "I tried ringing the stolen phone, did anyone hear a phone ringing?"

What I'm really worried about is the poor thief. After all, he's just unleashed an unemployed geek army, ready to do battle.

"Cornelius! Look! I saw that MAC address! Hit the gas! Rev up that little Honda Civic! Think of all the anime posters we can buy when we get the reward!"

"Eugene! I was playing with my scanner and I found that IMEI, so I triangulated its location! We can buy t-shirts on Thinkgeek with the reward money! Go Away Or I Will Replace You With A Very Small Shell Script!" [snorting laughter]

And pretty soon, there are 2,500 unemployed virgins with masking tape holding together their glasses converging on the thief's doorstep.

Dude, wherever you are, turn yourself in before it's too late.