This is done all the time for consoles when people are looking for a specific hardware revision.
Fear-mongering about him reporting it stolen is way over the top. This guy probably wants to make sure it either isn’t stolen, wants a specific hardware revision, or wants to make sure you haven’t upgraded any of the components (eg selling the base-model with an upgraded SSD as the higher model).
This is done all the time for consoles when people are looking for a specific hardware revision.
Fear-mongering about him reporting it stolen is way over the top. This guy probably wants to make sure it either isn’t stolen, wants a specific hardware revision, or wants to make sure you haven’t upgraded any of the components (eg selling the base-model with an upgraded SSD as the higher model).