I also believe a locked area wouldn't really prevent it, they would just sign up, but it would put people off from joining, I still haven't joined a lot of the other Australian forums because of this, it just puts me off, like I am not welcome or something. I guess the onus should be on the person for their own security as much as it sucks. I'm sure Gav has enough to do. I do feel sorry for you losing your stuff mate, that really sucks, I hate that shit.