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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 automobiles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has experienced .
By LUKE JOHN SMITH
PUBLISHED: 08:14, Tue, May 9, 2017 | UPDATED: 08:14, Tue, May 9, 2017
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eBay con artists are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are reportedly use auction website eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful auto, the BBC has noticed .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- 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 dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but speaks no measures have been taken. The offenders have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray articulated:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 marketer solicited he pay with money on collection, rather than use the website's secure online pay arrangement .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles 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 getting this coin back, ever ," he read .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle theft.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate vehicle, including licence plates, framework figures 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 contributed:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would question customers to always compensate via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative articulated:" When "weve received" a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, mischief and peril to the public and allocate patrolmen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating demands that we may be facing at that special go and a decision is then compiled on how to respond .
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" We are currently scrutinizing government decisions started in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a applied BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."