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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are consuming eBay to sell cloned gondolas 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 artist are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are allegedly squandering auction area eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the identity of a legitimate vehicle, the BBC has procured .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one prey- have scammed eBay purchasers 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but replies no measures have been made. The culprits have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray enunciated:" 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 seller sought he pay with money on collect, rather than use the website's secure online pay system .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- there was little chance he had been able to get his money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this money back, ever ," he replied .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle crime.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate auto, including licence slabs, 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 added:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we would expect purchasers to always pay via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative added:" When we receive each of these reports of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, impairment and risk to the public and allocate detectives and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating challenges that we may be facing at that particular term and a decision is then concluded on how to respond .
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" We are currently assessing the decision started 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 locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."