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Only buy bikes being sold at a fair (not suspiciously low) price* from sellers who can answer questions about specs/condition/history.
(* Being offered a bike for free from somebody who wants to get rid of it is an exception to this, obviously.)
Many police services have a serial number lookup. Some people also post what was stolen so a quick search helps too.
Run the frame number through the police, see if it was reported.
