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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 gondolas and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has spotcheck .
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 use auctioneer website eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the name of a legitimate car, the BBC has found .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- 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 buying a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but speaks no action has been made. The offenders have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray said:" The police have known about this gang 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 seller requested he compensate with money on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online remittance organisation .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was embezzled- there was little chance he could get his money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin back, ever ," he remarked .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle fraud.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a same lawful vehicle, including licence plates, chassis quantities 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 lent:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would query buyers to always pay via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman enunciated:" When we receive each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, evil and peril to the public and allocate men and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting requires that we may be facing at that special go and a decision is then constructed on how to respond .
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" We are currently examining the decision performed in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exercised BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."