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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exercising eBay to sell cloned automobiles and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has noticed .
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 exploiting auctioneer area eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful gondola, the BBC has concluded .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- 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 seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but responds no action has been taken. The delinquents have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray enunciated:" The police have known about this gang 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 compensate with currency on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online payment plan .
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 plagiarized- there was little chance he could get his money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this coin back, ever ," he enunciated .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle theft.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate auto, including licence platefuls, framework crowds 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 computed:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we would ask customers to always pay via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman enunciated:" When we receive a report of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, ill and risk to the public and allocate detectives and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing demands that we may be facing at that particular occasion and a decision is then uttered on how to respond .
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" We are currently evaluating the decision constituted in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a abused BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."