i've just called that number - a southern sounding bloke answered
me - hi is that Nathan?
him - pause ermmmmm no he's not here at the momment
me - could you tell me when he will be back?
him - ermmm i dont know, who is this?
me - my name is sargent jones from the portmouth police and i am investigating a report of fraud regarding the sale of motor vehicles
him - pause - ermmm erm well i dont sell cars
me - so Nathan have you recently advertised a vehicle on ebay ?
him - no mate
me - well unfortuantly for you we have received a report of an attempted fraud regarding the sale of a motor vehicle via ebay and i would be obliged if you could report to your nearest police station and quote incident number 32897 so that we can conduct an interview with you regarding this case
him - ermmmmm big pause - i'm going on holiday for a month today
me - you have 24 hours to do so or we will be visitng the address that this number is registered to - additionally i am obliged by the data protrection act to inform you that this conversation is being monitored and the location of your mobile phone signal is being traced .......
at that point the line went dead
lets hope he either does walk into a cop shop or at the very least he has a few sleepless nights