It's an old, old scam. People come here every day, victims of it. If you Google it to see how huge, ongoing, and highly successful a scam it is, often perpetrated by people outside the U.S.
Of course no boats or vehicles, exist, no such persons as whatever names are used exist, the sob stories are fantasies to justify the stupidly low prices, eBay never has and never will work this way, the invoices and recipts sent will be phony, and the ultimate payment will be in untraceable gift cards so the victims will never recover one dime.
But the conman's old motto that "you can't con an honest man" has some truth in it. People who hope to get something for a fraction of its value due to someone else's misfortune do get stung.
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