Scammed by a dumb scammer. What do I do next?

[StuVT]

Long story short. Left £200 deposit via bank transfer delivery scheduled for today. No show. Used another Facebook account and he is now taking viewings for the car tomorrow. He gave me his address and a phone number...
Went back to my normal account and messaged him asking how late he was running and the advert and his profile disappeared.
He's 4 hours from me, but I have his bank details, phone number (he has mine so obviously blocked me once he twigged) and now address. He obviously had more interest than he expected so decided to see how much more he could get.
Would have been nice to get a message explaining and my deposit back but that's society today.

[Simpo Two]

StuVT said:

Long story short. Left £200 deposit via bank transfer delivery scheduled for today. No show. Used another Facebook account and he is now taking viewings for the car tomorrow.

Go round with the balance in cash tomorrow and collect it...

[StuVT]

He's a scammer. Put up a parody advert stating he's a scammer and I've had loads of messages from other people. He's made a significant sum thus weekend from 1 advert alone

[interstellar]

You have to chalk it up.

Sending £200 to someone you don’t know fours hours away is asking for trouble sadly.

[Yellow Lizud]

StuVT said:

Scammed by a dumb scammer. What do I do next?

Not sure why you think the scammer is the dumb one.

What you do next is close all you Facebook accounts and never, ever, have anything to do with it again.
Facebook is the devil incarnate. There isn't a scam or con trick around that doesn't involve Facebook.

Then you go and look at a car local to you, inspect it and speak to the person selling it. If you are buying privately meet the seller at their house (Not the pub car park or some random house they happen to be standing out side of).
If you pay a deposit then use a credit card.
If you wish to pay the balance by bank transfer, do it on the premises when you collect the car.

If the seller doesn't like any of that then walk away.
Then throw a massive party and celebrate the fact you only lost £200 - it could have been a lot worse.

[Sheepshanks]

StuVT said:

He's a scammer. Put up a parody advert stating he's a scammer and I've had loads of messages from other people. He's made a significant sum thus weekend from 1 advert alone

Why would loads of people wanted it - is it cheap or something?

[Dan_1981]

I'd be surprised if the address is genuine

[CanAm]

Dan_1981 said:

I'd be surprised if the address is genuine

Yes it's probably 4 hours away from wherever a potential buyer victim is calling from.