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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 buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has detected .
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 allegedly employing auction site eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the name of a legitimate auto, the BBC has felt .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- have scammed eBay customers out of thousands of pounds .
At least three vehicles in Greater Manchester were involved in the brand-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 accident to the police, but reads no measures have been taken. The crimes have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray answered:" The police have known about this gang 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 vendor sought he compensate with cash on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online fee organization .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- 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 fund back, ever ," he responded .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle stealing.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a same lawful automobile, including licence illustrations, chassis numerals and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective customers 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 query buyers to always offer via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson responded:" When "weve received" a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, impairment and danger to the public and allocate patrolmen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the competing requisitions that we may be facing at that particular time and a decision is then drawn on how to respond .
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" We are currently evaluating 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 exerted BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" scum of the earth ."