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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 cars 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 artists are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are supposedly utilizing auction locate eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the name of a legitimate gondola, the BBC has find .
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Con craftsmen- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- 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 vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but speaks no measures have been made. The sinners have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray remarked:" The police have known about this mob 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 seller sought he compensate with money on collection, rather than use the website's secure online pay organisation .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this fund 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 coming this coin back, ever ," he spoke .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle fraud.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate gondola, including licence sheets, framework figures 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 contributed:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we would ask purchasers to always compensate via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson remarked:" When we receive a report of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, evil and risk to the public and allocate policemen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the emulating necessitates that we may be facing at that special age and a decision is then offset on how to respond .
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" We are currently examining government decisions constructed in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a squandered BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."