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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are expending eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con customers 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 allegedly exploiting auctioneer area eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a lawful gondola, the BBC has obtained .
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Con craftsmen- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but does no measures have been made. The delinquents have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray suggested:" The police have known about this mob 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 vendor solicited he pay with money on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online remittance system .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this money 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 get this fund back, ever ," he replied .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a same lawful gondola, including licence sheets, chassis digits and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective customers 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 invite customers to always compensate via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman responded:" When we receive a report of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, impairment and jeopardy to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the competing asks 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 examining 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 consumed BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."