Took to social media for advice, with some friends warning

and unsure the woman is who she claims to be

Woman claims she bought laptop online for $945 but found it was locked

An Australian teacher whose $2,800 laptop was stolen in April was lost for words when a Filipino woman reached out for his password seven months later.

Tasmania’s Damian Bourke had his cutting-edge MacBook Pro pinched from his hotel on the Gold Coast, leaving him sure he would never lay eyes on it again.

But this week he opened a Facebook message from a woman 6,500 km away claiming she bought the laptop online and wanted the rightful owner’s iCloud pincode to unlock it.

Damian Bourke was contacted this week by a Filipino woman requesting the password of his stolen $2,800 laptop

Mr Bourke, who teaches year 5/6 Primary School students in Hobart, told Daily Mail Australia he had long since given up home on being reunited with his beloved new computer.

‘I gave up a long time ago. I’m a teacher so I had a buy a new one for work, and police said there was no signs of forced entry. I strongly suspect it was the cleaner,’ he said.

He said he was taken aback when he opened the plea for the code from a woman named Almira Cintura, who claims she was also a victim in the ordeal.

‘I had to see the funny side and take the good with the bad. I couldn’t believe it,’ he said.

The woman claims she bought laptop online for $945 but found it was locked

The woman messaged him on Facebook requesting his icloud pincode to unlock the stolen computer

Mr Bourke took to social media for advice, with some friends warning it was a scam

Ms Cintura claimed she tried to return the laptop which she bought for $945 to the online seller but they cut off contact.

‘I’m not sure what to think at this point. I don’t know if this lady is who she says is so I will have to think about how to move forward on this one.’