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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exercising eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con purchasers 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 supposedly use auctioneer locate eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the identity of a legitimate automobile, the BBC has observed .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one prey- have scammed eBay purchasers 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but alleges no action has been taken. The culprits have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray articulated:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 pay with money on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online payment 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 meant that when he found out the vehicle was embezzled- 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 answered .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle crime.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate vehicle, including licence slabs, chassis quantities 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 supplemented:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we were able to question purchasers to always offer via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative enunciated:" When "weve received" a report of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, impairment and gamble to the public and allocate policemen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying asks that we may be facing at that particular go and a decision is then drawn on how to respond .
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" We are currently recalling the decision fixed in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a worked BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" scum of the earth ."