Please beware. Many or most fraudsters are very plausible. They often have the knack of "reading" people and how people are most vulnerable to be conned. Like highly successful sales people often have the knack of reading potential customers.
IF there is any scam then it probably relies on the person offering the reward building up a relationship of trust with some of the people who respond sympathetically to the online request for information about the alleged thief.
Then the person offering the reward tells their new friend individually that .... how wonderful .... someone is offering definite information to find the car, but .... the person offering the reward needs to borrow the £250 .... please. And this must be kept quiet so as not to alert the alleged car thief, &c. &c. &c.
One such "loan" is a result. A number of such "loans" is a larger result.
Go do the arithmetic.
And/Or the alleged scammer might be trying to get the bank details of the sympathisers. &c. &c. &c.
P.S. I suspect that with the information provided most inquiry agents could find that alleged thief very quickly for a fee similar to the amount of reward being offered. If the alleged thief exists.
But be sure they do it legally otherwise the customer is liable for the agent's actions.
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