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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 cars and con customers 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 supposedly abusing auction area eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the name of a lawful auto, the BBC has determined .
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Con masters- 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 buying a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but replies no action has been taken. The sinners 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 vendor requested he compensate with currency on collect, rather than use the website's secure online payment 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 the vehicle 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 get this coin back, ever ," he announced .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle crime.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful automobile, including licence plates, framework numerals 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 computed:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we would request purchasers to always offer via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative spoke:" When we receive a report of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, impairment and risk to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling requires that we may be facing at that particular term and a decision is then manufactured on how to respond .
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" We are currently remembering the decision realise in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a worked BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."