ebay caravan sale

I decided to buy a caravan on ebay, the add is still listed now. A Fleetwood twin axle 2009 for tha great price of £4100.00 delivered.
Although the invoice appeared to be from ebay, it asked me to transfer the money by bank transfer to an account that looked dodgy to me. I should be doing it right now, but I will not.
I received texts and emails from someone called Sarah Neale, she has been mentioned on this forum before, anyway, after hours of trawling the internet, I find that dear Sarah is up to her old tricks and although the ebay invoice looks genuine, it is not.
How many people have not spent time researching listing, I can onle imagine. Sarah and her bank account could be bulging at the seems today.
Take care.

Regards,

<removed> personal information Mike W

Welcome to scamwarners Bob-t,
Please post the email sent to you as this will help others identify and avoid this scam.

We've almost been caught by this one too and I can't believe Barclays are still allowing this to go on! We replied to a lady called Sarah Hudson from Dundee ( who the day before had been in Gloucester she certainly gets about!) about a Bailey Caravan for £4,000. We agreed to take a chance and buy through eBay as she asked but when the invoice appeared it looked suspicious..the English and grammar were poor and odd words appeared in the middle of sentences. Reading some of the posts on here relating to Mr Neale the wording she sent is exactly the same. When we rang eBay they had no record of the item and of course it didn't show up on out purchased items. I googled it and it led me here...needless to say I'm glad I did! I can't believe the extent of this and amount of people they have defrauded, if this serves for nothing else it just shows that they are still out there using slightly different names but still scamming. The account they wanted paying into again was Barclays and the name used was V. Cristea, sort code 20-71-74, account number 53083128. One to watch out for! If I can't see it and pay cash, I won't be buying it!

Report it to the UK police and insist on getting a crime reference number.

If it's not reported it lets everyone off the hook. If the police won't take your report, refer to your local police commissioner.

The police may say that they can't take the report because you didn't lose money, but that only allows the fraudsters to try again. Whenever a bank account is used, the person involved can be identified, whether they are a dupe or a scammer. In either case they can be neutralised. It also enables the police to collect intelligence on how these scammers operate.

Hi All

Like a fool I fell for this scammers fraud and lost a significant sum when purchasing a caravan, both my own bank and Barclays didn't care less about my loss although they are aiding these scammers with a bank account to do the honest people out of their money, the scammers have no morals but what does this say about the banking industry.

Is it one of the regular accounts that's been used to launder stolen money Spammers ?

The situation appears to be getting out of control and certain banks do appear to have a problem that doesn't appear to apply to others.

If this account has been used before then you have very good grounds to take the matter further.

If it's a regular account, then I can guide you through the process you should follow. The police and banks both state categorically that those who launder money will be required to repay the funds to victims.

See this thread - my comment at 7.32 pm refers.

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=64630&start=30

If you tell me it's the renowned 'Barclays Makandu' account that's received your money I will be astonished and very angry.