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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 purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has ascertained .
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 site eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a legitimate automobile, the BBC has attained .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one prey- 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but supposes no action has been taken. The offenders have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray did:" 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 marketer solicited he compensate with currency on collecting, 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 get this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was plagiarized- there was little chance he had been able to get his fund back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this money back, ever ," he announced .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle theft.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a same legitimate automobile, including licence slabs, chassis amounts 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 collect is very unusual and we were able to invite customers to always compensate via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson articulated:" When "weve received" a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, impairment and hazard to the public and allocate men and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing challenges that we may be facing at that particular term and a decision is then impelled on how to respond .
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" We are currently examining the decision manufactured in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a expended BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."