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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 autoes and con purchasers 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 artist are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are supposedly working auction place eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the name of a legitimate vehicle, the BBC has attained .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but suggests no action has been taken. The delinquents have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray alleged:" The police have known about this organization 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 dealer sought he compensate with money on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online remittance 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 embezzled- there was little chance he had been able to get his fund back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this money back, ever ," he announced .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle fraud.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful gondola, including licence layers, framework numbers 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 accumulation is very unusual and we would expect customers to always offer via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman did:" When we receive a report of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, impairment and threat to the public and allocate officers and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating challenges that we may be facing at that particular time and a decision is then done on how to respond .
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" We are currently scrutinizing the decision realise in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a worked BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."