Mesmer
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I think a little healthy paranoia in these circumstances is appropriate - on both sides! Have you thought about her predicament, though? Imagine the scene:
Paris. Evening. Two lovers engage in a post coital cigarette:
"Eh bien, ma chérie," She says to her man, "j'ai trouvé la voiture de mes rêves: un cabriolet CLK500 certains geezer en Angleterre a en vente sur ebay."
(She shakes her hair, and after taking a draw on the cigarette, passes it over...)
"Vraiment, ma chère?" He responds.
(He takes a long draw on the cigarette and while holding the smoke deep in his lungs, squints through the smoke and offers his thoughts on the prospective transaction)
"Comment savez-vous vraiment sa sa voiture et n'a pas été volé? Je veux voir le document d'enregistrement avant même la réservation d'un billet pour aller plus à le voir, et certainement avant de dépenser de l'argent!"
Far be it from me to cast aspersions upon your good character, x332race, that's not my intention, but you've got to admit he's got a point. We don't know that she's up to no good. After all, she may be genuine about the car, and they may even be married - and to each other, too.
The question is: What actions would you take to protect your interests if the situation was reversed?
Paris. Evening. Two lovers engage in a post coital cigarette:
"Eh bien, ma chérie," She says to her man, "j'ai trouvé la voiture de mes rêves: un cabriolet CLK500 certains geezer en Angleterre a en vente sur ebay."
(She shakes her hair, and after taking a draw on the cigarette, passes it over...)
"Vraiment, ma chère?" He responds.
(He takes a long draw on the cigarette and while holding the smoke deep in his lungs, squints through the smoke and offers his thoughts on the prospective transaction)
"Comment savez-vous vraiment sa sa voiture et n'a pas été volé? Je veux voir le document d'enregistrement avant même la réservation d'un billet pour aller plus à le voir, et certainement avant de dépenser de l'argent!"
Far be it from me to cast aspersions upon your good character, x332race, that's not my intention, but you've got to admit he's got a point. We don't know that she's up to no good. After all, she may be genuine about the car, and they may even be married - and to each other, too.
The question is: What actions would you take to protect your interests if the situation was reversed?
While there's nothing wrong with supplying information that's in the public domain the trick with con artists is to start with innocuous requests to " groom " people into information revealing mode Its then all too easy to let slip information which should remain confidential.. Nobody is going to start off with "And what exactly is your bank account number and the name and address of your bank" that's questions 67 and 103- not today next week . So VIN number is fine-- a copy of the V5 is not. Or in case of the "prospective buyer " hustle remember they may not be remotely interested in buying your car but somewhere along the line may need your bank details to arrange a money transfer etc etc 
In these circumstances all you can do is go with your gut--- if it feels iffy it probably is. Get it wrong you lose the sale [ there are other buyers in the world] OR you lose thousands 
French/Albanian/Nigerian/ Russian/Thai 
Usually it was a purchase in an office/saleroom/ store and involved a slightly overweight but pleasant middle aged woman called Edith who had 3 kids going to the local school and was slightly fed up of her job which she had worked in for the last 10 years. It was called the real world.
