All you can do now is report it to action fraud. It's a bit late for you now, but for the benefit of other buyers who may be thinking of buying a motor vehicle on eBay I'll repeat the advice I usually give:
If considering buying a motor vehicle through eBay you need to understand that there is NO BUYER PROTECTION WHATSOEVER for vehicles bought here, however you pay and whether by auction or by classified ad. (Neither is there any protection for deposits.)
The result is that eBay motors is a magnet for criminals. In a TV programme about organised crime, a senior police officer reported that one criminal gang alone had registered "multiple hundreds" of fake accounts on eBay to place fraudulent listings for non-existent motor vehicles.
"Selling" a vehicle here can be as simple as copying a picture of it and claiming to be selling it. There is no vehicle, so to succeed scammers have to con you into paying for it unseen. Don't fall for excuses why it isn't available for inspection, or be fooled by promises that eBay or anyone else will hold your payment safe until you have seen and approved the vehicle. They won't!
Don't assume that good feedback means anything - hacked accounts are often used to place fraudulent ads for motor vehicles.
The golden rule when buying from unknown sellers on eBay is not to pay anything, not even a deposit, until you have seen and inspected the vehicle, checked the paperwork and had an HPI check. Then pay in cash, which is the only method of payment that is safe for both buyer and seller.
If a seller comes up with excuses not to accept these conditions, walk away from it.
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