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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are employing eBay to sell cloned autoes and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has received .
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 exerting auction place eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the identity of a legitimate car, the BBC has learnt .
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Con masters- 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 new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 to purchase a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but pronounces no action has been taken. The wrongdoers have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray told:" The police have known about this syndicate since January .
" As a former police officer I'm absolutely outraged. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay marketer requested he compensate with currency on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online fee arrangement .
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 stolen- 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 get this money back, ever ," he answered .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle crime.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate car, including licence slabs, framework counts 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 supplemented:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we would expect customers to always pay via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said:" When we receive each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, injure and danger to the public and allocate policemen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying demands that we may be facing at that particular day and a decision is then moved on how to respond .
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" We are currently examining the decision realized in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exerted BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."