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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 automobiles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has learnt .
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 reportedly working auction area eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a lawful vehicle, the BBC has learnt .
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Con masters- 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 incident to the police, but enunciates no measures have been made. The crooks have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray did:" The police have known about this syndicate since January .
" As a former police officer I'm absolutely disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay dealer requested he pay with cash on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online remittance plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- 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 going this fund back, ever ," he suggested .
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 platefuls, framework 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 added:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we were able to request buyers to always compensate via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative alleged:" When we receive each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, harm and threat to the public and allocate detectives and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying asks that we may be facing at that particular age and a decision is then induced on how to respond .
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" We are currently recalling the decision reached in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exercised BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."