Woman posing as previous owner asks about safe

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...but I've never seen her name written on any document before. So this woman shows up at our house, chattering with me and the hubby, and seems very believable. She says she's expecting her new driver license to be delivered here, and please text her if it comes. I joke with her about the numerous things I've had sent to my previous home since we bought this place and moved in nearly a year ago. We invite her in and she walks around with us a bit chattering about when she lived here, and she's, like I said, quite believable. But in hindsight, she may have looked at pics on Zillow beforehand and been ready to make convincing-sounding conversation about having lived at the house. After leaving, she texts me asking if I know about the secret safe, and if there's anything in it she'll split it with me because she can't remember if she left anything, and when she's not driving she'll text me instructions to get in. I replied with something along the lines of "LOL sounds good." And never heard from her again. This was 2.5 weeks ago. Note, I also never texted her again because I was starting to worry that she wasn't being truthful. Today I received mail for her, but not a DL, it's a change of address confirmation from the USPS changing her address TO our current address. Not good. So. In the moment (2.5 weeks ago) I started to get suspicious because I'd never seen her name on any paperwork. I checked the property records, and she's not the previous owner, or any of the last few (property has changed hands a few times in the past 10 years or so). So I start to think maybe she was the girlfriend of a previous owner, knew safe combo info, and is just hoping there's something left behind in there that she can score. But getting the USPS notification today has me a little more concerned. What...on earth... do you think could be going on here? [Note: I'm using a throwaway account because on my regular account I'm fairly cavalier about where I live, and I'm trying to obfuscate that if possible!]

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