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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are employing eBay to sell cloned cars and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has attained .
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 using auction place eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the identity of a lawful vehicle, the BBC has noticed .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- have scammed eBay buyers 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 buying a Mercedes from a dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but announces no action has been taken. The crimes have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray alleged:" The police have known about this mob 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 marketer requested he pay with cash on collection, rather than use the website's secure online remittance method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was plagiarized- 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 get this money back, ever ," he announced .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle stealing.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful vehicle, including licence slabs, framework numbers and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective buyers 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 accumulation is very unusual and we would expect purchasers to always compensate via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman did:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, mischief and risk to the public and allocate police and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting asks that we may be facing at that particular day and a decision is then done on how to respond .
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" We are currently assessing government decisions shaped 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 named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."