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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are utilizing eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has perceived .
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 allegedly squandering auctioneer locate eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the identity of a legitimate vehicle, the BBC has met .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- have scammed eBay customers 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but enunciates no measures have been taken. The culprits have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray pronounced:" The police have known about this mob 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 marketer requested he compensate with currency on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online fee method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles was plagiarized- there was little chance he had been able to get his money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this money back, ever ," he responded .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle fraud.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful vehicle, including licence dishes, framework crowds 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 contributed:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would expect purchasers to always pay via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson responded:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, ill and threat to the public and allocate police and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling asks that we may be facing at that particular day and a decision is then built on how to respond .
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" We are currently evaluating government decisions fixed 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 website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."