TA seller is not willing to disclose VIN "I understand the purpose of your question, but am leery of giving you the entire number because of cloning. I will give you most of it to authenticate the car if you'd like. "

If the car is the ONLY one with a red interior, it would be pointless to clone it...and impossible to title with the same VIN anyhow.

And you can't run a PHS without a VIN. I know all but the last 5 digits, so all he has to do is cough them up.

Someone is just supposed to drop $100K without questioning what they buy? If so, there are a lot of fools, and a lot of crooks to help them empty their pockets.