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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are abusing eBay to sell cloned autoes and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has noted .
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 working auctioneer area eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a legitimate car, the BBC has felt .
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Con artists- 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 brand-new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 buying a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but enunciates no measures have been made. The sinners have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray spoke:" The police have known about this organization since January .
" As a former police officer I'm absolutely outraged. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay dealer solicited he compensate with money on collect, rather than use the website's secure online remittance organisation .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was plagiarized- there was little chance he could get his coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this fund back, ever ," he enunciated .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle stealing.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a same lawful gondola, including licence layers, chassis numerals 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 added:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we would query purchasers to always offer via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman read:" When we receive each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, harm and threat to the public and allocate men and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing requirements that we may be facing at that particular term and a decision is then cleared on how to respond .
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" We are currently scrutinizing government decisions procreated in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a use BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" froth of the earth ."