How do I know the iphone 5 I want to purchase is factory? unlocked?

how can I tell the iPhone 5 I want to purchase is factory unlocked?

If you take out an ad in the paper, you generally have to provide an address, which the paper should be checking for legitimacy and keeping on file.
If you sell something on ebay, there is at least a dispute mechanism.
craigslist is completely un-vetted. You can use it if you like. As far as I'm concerned, it's the wild-west of the Internet. Anything goes, no-one is held accountable. Sure, you can meet someone in broad daylight in a public place... no garauntee that the phone isn't jailbroken, or hacked, or stolen. At the moment, stolen only matters if it's a CDMA phone, provided you don't mind being charged with receiving stolen property if it gets traced to you.
Hopefully, that will change with the new stolen phone registry that's in the works. Still wouldn't do business on craigslist, though. Maybe I'm just old and crotchety, but I can tell you for sure that no-one there will rip me off.

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