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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 autoes and con customers 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 artist are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are reportedly consuming auctioneer place eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the name of a lawful gondola, the BBC has located .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- have scammed eBay customers 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but announces no measures have been taken. The sinners have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray remarked:" The police have known about this mob 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 vendor solicited he offer with cash on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online fee method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle 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 getting this fund back, ever ," he answered .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle stealing.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate vehicle, including licence layers, framework lists 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 collecting is very unusual and we would request buyers to always compensate via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman did:" When we receive each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, damage and jeopardy to the public and allocate officers and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying asks that we may be facing at that particular time and a decision is then realise on how to respond .
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" We are currently refreshing government decisions drew in this 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 named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."