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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are expending eBay to sell cloned automobiles and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has known .
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 expending auction site eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the name of a lawful gondola, the BBC has procured .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- 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 seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but announces no action has been made. The sinners have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray remarked:" The police have known about this organization 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 dealer solicited he offer with currency on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online pay plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- there was little chance he had been able to get his coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this money back, ever ," he supposed .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate automobile, including licence platefuls, chassis multitudes and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective purchasers 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 contributed:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we were able to expect buyers to always offer via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson told:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, suffering and probability to the public and allocate policemen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying expects that we may be facing at that special go and a decision is then obligated on how to respond .
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" We are currently refreshing government decisions originated in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a employed BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."