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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 autoes and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has seen .
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 auctioneer website eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful automobile, the BBC has known .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- have scammed eBay customers 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but articulates no measures have been taken. The culprits have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray answered:" The police have known about this organization since January .
" As a onetime police officer I'm absolutely outraged. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay vendor requested he offer with currency on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online fee system .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this coin 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 coming this coin back, ever ," he remarked .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle crime.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful automobile, including licence dishes, framework crowds 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 contributed:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we were able to invite purchasers to always offer via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative pronounced:" When "weve received" a report of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, impairment and probability to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting requirements that we may be facing at that special term and a decision is then drawn on how to respond .
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" We are currently inspecting the decision did in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exercised BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" scum of the earth ."