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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exploiting eBay to sell cloned autoes and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has detected .
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 reportedly employing auctioneer website eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the name of a lawful car, the BBC has met .
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Con artists- 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 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 says no action has been made. The crimes have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray responded:" The police have known about this gang 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 vendor requested he offer with money on collection, rather than use the website's secure online remittance organization .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles 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 fund back, ever ," he pronounced .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle fraud.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate auto, including licence illustrations, chassis crowds 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 added:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would invite customers to always pay via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative told:" When "weve received" a report of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, evil and danger to the public and allocate detectives and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating demands that we may be facing at that particular time and a decision is then reached on how to respond .
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" We are currently re-examine the decision made in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a consumed BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."