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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are employing eBay to sell cloned autoes and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has noted .
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 supposedly exercising auctioneer place eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the name of a legitimate auto, the BBC has seen .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- have scammed eBay buyers 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 replies no action has been made. The wrongdoers have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray enunciated:" The police have known about this organization since January .
" As a onetime police officer I'm absolutely outraged. 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 collect, rather than use the website's secure online payment structure .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this fund back, ever
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That follows when he found out private vehicles was stolen- there was little chance he had been able to 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 supposed .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle theft.
The stolen vehicle is given the identity of a similar legitimate auto, including licence platefuls, chassis figures 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 query customers to always offer via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman enunciated:" When we receive a report of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, trauma and risk to the public and allocate detectives and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the emulating requests that we may be facing at that particular term and a decision is then determined on how to respond .
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" We are currently discussing government decisions offset in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a worked BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."