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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 witnessed .
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 supposedly using auctioneer area eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful automobile, the BBC has ascertained .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- have scammed eBay purchasers 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but mentions no action has been made. The offenders have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray responded:" The police have known about this organization 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 vendor solicited he offer with cash on collecting, 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 get this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- there was little chance he could 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 remarked .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle crime.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate vehicle, including licence layers, chassis amounts 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 computed:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we would request purchasers to always offer via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman alleged:" When "weve received" a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, trauma and gamble to the public and allocate officers and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling expects that we may be facing at that particular go and a decision is then drawn on how to respond .
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" We are currently scrutinizing the decision cleared 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 area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."