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Stolen computer capers frequently culminate with negative consequences and heartbroken owners. Occasionally, instead of the usual stories of compromised personal data and half-witted criminals, the incidents produce heartwarming tales of redemption. A Swedish professor recently experienced such a distressing and eventually gratifying laptop robbery after a repentant thief attempted to atone for his actions. A week after the professor's laptop disappeared after being left in an apartment stairwell, he reportedly received a welcome and unexpected package in the mail. Apparently, the conscientious perp had painstakingly copied the professor's expansive data onto a USB drive and then mailed it to the "delighted" victim. The only thing missing was a remorseful apology -- and the actual machine, of course.
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Subscribe to commentsTrimzuluOct 18th 2010 2:58PM
Unaccepted or unexpected?
Thomas HoustonOct 18th 2010 3:06PM
latter
NigelOct 18th 2010 3:08PM
Hey, if you're going to steal, might as well be nice about it. I wish the worthless contents of my stolen wallets had been returned...
sepiriothOct 18th 2010 3:47PM
@(Unverified) I agree, all they want is your $, its such a pain to replace ID and random things that r in peoples wallets.
fasdgfadOct 18th 2010 5:48PM
My wallet was stolen once, and then mailed back(without the cash of course)
LeeOct 18th 2010 8:12PM
Remember the Seinfeld episode - Jerry's car was stolen, Jerry calls the car phone and the robber & he exchange a hysterical conversation, followed by Kramer asking the guy if he'd drop off his gloves from Jerry's glove compartment. Just like this case (unfortunately), "it's not personal, it's business". Once at work I had my purse stolen, lady behind me had stamps stolen, various things around the office removed as well - I found my purse locked in a filing cabinet across the office, the lady with the stamps had all the stamps stolen except for one left, and the other thefts had similar outcomes - we essentially feel it was someone demonstrating they our items could be stolen, watch out next time - they even knew the office so well as to not be detected by any of the cameras.
MarkOct 18th 2010 9:02PM
And you know the cops dusted the pachage it came in for fingerprints
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