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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are abusing 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 artists are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are supposedly use auctioneer site eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a lawful car, the BBC has observed .
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Con artists- 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 enunciates no measures have been taken. The culprits have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray told:" The police have known about this mob 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 seller sought he compensate with currency on collect, rather than use the website's secure online pay structure .
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 the vehicle was stolen- 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 get this money back, ever ," he supposed .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle crime.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful automobile, including licence slabs, 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 included:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we were able to invite purchasers to always pay via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative did:" When we receive a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate threat, impairment and probability to the public and allocate police and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the emulating requires that we may be facing at that special age and a decision is then reached on how to respond .
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" We are currently reviewing government decisions concluded in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exercised BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."