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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are squandering eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con purchasers 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 auctioneer area eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the name of a legitimate gondola, the BBC has find .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- have scammed eBay buyers 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 seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but pronounces no action has been taken. The crooks have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray responded:" 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 seller solicited he offer with currency on collection, 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 money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was embezzled- 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 going this fund back, ever ," he added .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle crime.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a similar lawful gondola, including licence sheets, chassis crowds and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective purchasers 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 were able to ask customers to always pay via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman enunciated:" When "weve received" a report of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, injure and probability to the public and allocate detectives and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the competing expects that we may be facing at that particular era and a decision is then made on how to respond .
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" We are currently scrutinizing government decisions impelled in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a employed BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" froth of the earth ."