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Having read through this thread, I would be involving the police or at least passing everything received thus far, to them for intelligence purposes. I would also inform Trading Standards or whatever it is they are called these days.
I have a suspicion that Hartwell at Dunstable don't have any clue here what is going on. If this just slips by and turns out not to be legitimate, then some unfortunate person, could be out of pocket to the tune of several thousand pounds.
This goes on all the time, and the Police will not be interested I suspect. The person doing this is almost certainly in West Africa and so there is not much the police can do. Hartwells also probably don't care because they won't be liable for anything.
Fortunately most people will spot what is happening before they get sucked in.
The only thing you could do is tell the website where the fake ad is up, but if you did this another one would pop straight up in its place.