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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are utilizing eBay to sell cloned automobiles and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has observed .
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 exploiting auction place eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the identity of a lawful vehicle, the BBC has find .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- have scammed eBay buyers 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 buying a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but responds no action has been made. The convicts have still not been 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 vendor requested he compensate with cash on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online fee method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin 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 money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this fund back, ever ," he read .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a same legitimate automobile, including licence plates, chassis amounts 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 computed:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we were able to expect purchasers to always compensate via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative suggested:" When we receive a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, evil and gamble to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the emulating requests that we may be facing at that special term and a decision is then uttered on how to respond .
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" We are currently refreshing government decisions fixed in such a 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 artists as" scum of the earth ."