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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are squandering eBay to sell cloned vehicles 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 abusing auctioneer place eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the identity of a lawful car, the BBC has seen .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- have scammed eBay purchasers 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but tells no measures have been taken. The crooks have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray said:" The police have known about this organization since January .
" As a former 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 requested he pay with currency on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online payment structure .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting 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 coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin back, ever ," he said .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle stealing.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful gondola, including licence platefuls, framework lists 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 collect is very unusual and we were able to ask purchasers to always offer via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative announced:" When "weve received" a report of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, harm and hazard to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating challenges that we may be facing at that special time and a decision is then performed on how to respond .
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" We are currently reviewing government decisions constructed in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a utilized BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."