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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 found .
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 employing auction locate eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a legitimate automobile, the BBC has noticed .
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Con artists- 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 brand-new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 buying a Mercedes from a dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but alleges no action has been made. The crimes have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray replied:" 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 seller requested he offer with currency 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 coming this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was plagiarized- 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 coming this fund back, ever ," he mentioned .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle crime.
The stolen vehicle is given the identity of a same legitimate gondola, including licence layers, chassis amounts 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 lent:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would ask customers to always compensate via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman did:" When we receive each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, suffering and threat to the public and allocate officers and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating requirements that we may be facing at that particular season and a decision is then realized on how to respond .
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" We are currently remembering the decision impelled in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exploited BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" scum of the earth ."