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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are applying eBay to sell cloned cars and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has determined .
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 allegedly consuming auctioneer website eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the name of a legitimate automobile, the BBC has detected .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- 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 buying a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but articulates no action has been made. The delinquents have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray replied:" 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 sought he pay with money on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online fee plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was embezzled- there was little chance he could get his fund back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this fund back, ever ," he said .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle theft.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a similar legitimate vehicle, including licence dishes, framework crowds 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 added:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we would invite customers to always pay via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman answered:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, suffering and peril to the public and allocate patrolmen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating requests that we may be facing at that special epoch and a decision is then prepared on how to respond .
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" We are currently recalling government decisions drew in this 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 labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."