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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are consuming eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has experienced .
By LUKE JOHN SMITH
PUBLISHED: 08:14, Tue, May 9, 2017 | UPDATED: 08:14, Tue, May 9, 2017
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eBay con artist are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are reportedly consuming auctioneer place eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the name of a legitimate gondola, the BBC has attained .
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Con craftsmen- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- have scammed eBay purchasers out of thousands of pounds .
At least three vehicles in Greater Manchester were involved in the brand-new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 to purchase a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but alleges no action has been made. The convicts have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray read:" The police have known about this syndicate since January .
" As a former police officer I'm absolutely disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay seller sought he pay with money on collect, rather than use the website's secure online fee plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was stolen- there was little chance he could get his fund back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this money back, ever ," he spoke .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle fraud.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful car, including licence sheets, chassis digits and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective customers 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 supplemented:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we were able to request customers to always offer via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman told:" When we receive a report of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, distres and gamble to the public and allocate men and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating requests that we may be facing at that particular term and a decision is then formed on how to respond .
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" We are currently inspecting government decisions became in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a utilized BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."