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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exerting eBay to sell cloned autoes and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has found .
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 applying auction place eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the name of a lawful car, the BBC has encountered .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- have scammed eBay purchasers 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 seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but alleges no measures have been made. The sinners have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray alleged:" The police have known about this mob 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 vendor requested he pay with currency on collection, rather than use the website's secure online remittance arrangement .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- 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 going this fund back, ever ," he read .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle fraud.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate gondola, including licence sheets, framework figures 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 included:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we would request buyers to always offer via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative announced:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any occurrence, we assess the immediate threat, evil and peril to the public and allocate police and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling challenges that we may be facing at that particular period and a decision is then induced on how to respond .
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" We are currently scrutinizing the decision realise 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 named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."