A man says he has lost thousands of pounds to an alleged scam after he tried to repair his mobile home to take his ill wife on holiday.
Michael Diamond, who lives in Holderness, was on the hunt for a new engine for his camper van and said he spotted the perfect match on what he believed was a legitimate car parts website.
He says he paid more than £2,000 to the website, and was told his camper van would be collected from a nearby garage.
But, after nobody turned up, Mr Diamond now fears he has fallen victim to an elaborate scam.
He said: "I waited at a garage close to the Drypool bridge for three hours, and when nobody showed up I started to get suspicious so I called them.
"I was told they could still come to pick up the camper van, but it would be the next day, so I went back home.
It is believed the alleged scammers cloned an existing website to draw customers in, before taking their money and then disappearing.
Mr Diamond said he had no idea the website was an apparent scam.
"The only thing I noticed was they only took payment through a bank transfer. They did not accept debit card or credit cards.
"I thought I was being really careful though. I even spoke to a close friend who works at a bank first to talk to them about the transaction, and they said everything seemed normal.
"£2,000 is a lot of money to anyone, but we only bought the camper van recently as a way of being able to go on holiday more easily.
Mr Diamond said he had reported the incident to Action Fraud, and that they are investigating the case.
He has been left thousands of pounds out of pocket, and does not know whether he will be able to get the money back.
"I used to be a karaoke jockey, and worked all up and down the east coast," he said.
Action Fraud released a statement on the incident.
A spokesman said: "This report was made in January 2019 to Action Fraud and so it's most likely that it is currently being assessed by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.
"Action Fraud has launched a new reporting system, which will improve the service for those reporting fraud. Victims can now can now track the status of and update their report via the new website by inputting their unique NFRC number.
"They can now also see whether a report has been sent to a police force for investigation or if it's still under review."
Action Fraud is the UK's national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, and takes crime and information reports on behalf of the police and gives advice and fraud prevention guidance.
Action Fraud does not have investigation powers, however, the reports taken by Action Fraud are sent to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) which is run by the City of London Police, the national lead force for fraud.
Hull Live has also spoken to the owner of a Wolverhampton-based company who had previously launched a legitimate website of the same name, but that it had never properly been used.
It was this website that the scammers are understood to have cloned.