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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 customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has ascertained .
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 applying auctioneer area eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the name of a lawful car, the BBC has attained .
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Con craftsmen- 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but supposes no measures have been taken. The wrongdoers have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray remarked:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 compensate with currency on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online payment plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that 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 coming this fund back, ever ," he did .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle theft.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful vehicle, including licence layers, chassis digits 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 supplemented:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we were able to ask customers to always offer via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative replied:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, ill and danger to the public and allocate officers and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying requisitions that we may be facing at that particular epoch and a decision is then formed on how to respond .
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" We are currently recalling the decision manufactured in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a utilized BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."