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Hello Reddit, any advice or help in figuring this out would be much appreciated.

I'm looking to buy a second-hand Macbook Pro and found a very good deal on Craigslist for a relatively new model (>$1000 discount). I called the seller (Pete) and turns out it's still available.

As someone who was the victim of Macbook theft in the past, I wanted to make sure the laptop was legit. I asked Pete for the serial number and then double-checked with Apple to confirm it wasn't lost or stolen. Apple confirmed no such report had been made on this particular laptop.

However, many things in our exchange seemed rather suspicious. In increasing order of suspiciousness:

1. He suggests to meet in the outskirts of the town to arrange the deal (but hey maybe he just lives there)
2. According to Pete, the laptop belongs to his roommate and was given as a present by the roommate's parents. Yet, somehow Pete is the one selling it.
3. The Macbook Pro has a 6-month valid Apple Care. In order to transfer Apple Care to me, the original owner has to either (1) provide me with a receipt or (2) call Apple themselves to transfer ownership. I tell Pete and he replies that his roommate's parents are in a humanitarian trip and have no access to internet or phone (**wtf**)
4. I then ask him for his roommate's family name (again, I just want to check that he actually knows the original owner) and he simply doesn't answer the question
5. As I was trying to call him, I get something to the effect "The text messaging subscriber you have tried to reach is unavailable". This means he's using Google Voice i.e. *not his actual phone number*.

On the one hand, I don't understand why he'd risk giving me the laptop serial number if he stole it or found it. The original owner would have most likely reported it to Apple. But then again, all those signs are a bit sketchy.

What do you think Reddit? Am I being paranoid?
<bot>: Dude from craigslist is not using his real phone number and is not the original owner of the laptop he's trying to sell to me