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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are expending eBay to sell cloned automobiles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has learnt .
By LUKE JOHN SMITH
PUBLISHED: 08:14, Tue, May 9, 2017 | UPDATED: 08:14, Tue, May 9, 2017
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eBay con artists are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are allegedly applying auction place eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful vehicle, the BBC has received .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- have scammed eBay buyers out of thousands of pounds .
At least three vehicles in Greater Manchester were involved in the new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 buying a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but mentions no measures have been taken. The culprits have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray alleged:" The police have known about this syndicate since January .
" As a onetime police officer I'm absolutely disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay vendor solicited he compensate with currency on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online payment arrangement .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles was stolen- there was little chance he could get his money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this coin back, ever ," he mentioned .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle theft.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate automobile, including licence sheets, chassis counts and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective purchasers can run a background check on the car and the details will appear to be correct.
An eBay spokesman confirmed to the BBC that the accounts in question had been closed down and included:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we would ask buyers to always compensate via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative alleged:" When "weve received" a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate threat, injure and gamble to the public and allocate officers and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing asks that we may be facing at that particular duration and a decision is then reached on how to respond .
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" We are currently recalling the decision established in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a worked BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."