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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 purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has find .
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 reportedly applying auction website eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful gondola, the BBC has perceived .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- 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 dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but responds no measures have been taken. The crimes have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray said:" The police have known about this mob 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 vendor solicited he compensate with money on collect, rather than use the website's secure online payment arrangement .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out the vehicle was stolen- 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 getting this coin back, ever ," he remarked .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle stealing.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a same lawful car, including licence layers, framework quantities 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 query customers to always offer via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman articulated:" When we receive each of these reports of any occurrence, we assess the immediate threat, mischief and jeopardy to the public and allocate detectives and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting necessitates that we may be facing at that special occasion and a decision is then fixed on how to respond .
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" We are currently inspecting the decision compiled 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 labelled the con artists as" scum of the earth ."