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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are using eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has spotcheck .
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 exercising auctioneer locate eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a legitimate auto, the BBC has observed .
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Con craftsmen- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- 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 buying a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but says no measures have been made. The wrongdoers have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray responded:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 sought he compensate with currency on collect, rather than use the website's secure online pay arrangement .
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 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 money back, ever ," he mentioned .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle stealing.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate car, including licence dishes, chassis numbers and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective buyers 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 included:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we would question purchasers to always pay via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative articulated:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, ill and threat to the public and allocate police and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling requirements that we may be facing at that special experience and a decision is then compiled on how to respond .
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" We are currently remembering the decision shaped in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a applied BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."