How to be sure that I am not buying a stolen Iphone ?

Hello everyone,
I am at the point of buying a second-hand Iphone 5 (latest os version according to the seller) on the internet and after reading a lot about stolen phones I wanted to be absolutely sure that I am not buying this kind of phone that would be of no use.
To this aim I checked the IMEI number given by the seller on https://www.icloud.com/activationlock/ : the phone is not reported stolen/lost.
However I am still not 100% reassured, as far as I understood for the "Lost my phone" device to be working the lost/stolen phone needs to be connected to the internet or using a simcard right ?
Then is it still possible to be in this situation : someone steals a phone, redraws the sim card and shut down the internet before the owner can lock the phone through the application ? Then somebody buys it and as soon as he inserts a sim card or connects to the wifi /Itunes the phone receives the locking signal and shuts down ?
My apologies for this long post, but as a student I cannot afford loosing my money on this. (well, nobody would!)
Thanks you for your help,
Have a nice day.

You can go here:
https://www.icloud.com/activationlock/
And use the IMEI number to check if Activation Lock is active on the iPhone or not.
You can also request the seller provide a picture of the iPhone turned on.
It should be at the following screen, if it was properly restored, and removed from the previous owner's account.

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