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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are using eBay to sell cloned cars and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has determined .
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 reportedly exercising auctioneer locate eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the identity of a lawful auto, the BBC has known .
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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 adds no action has been made. The offenders have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray pronounced:" The police have known about this gang 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 marketer solicited he offer with currency on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online pay method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was stolen- 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 coming this money back, ever ," he pronounced .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle fraud.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a similar lawful car, including licence layers, chassis crowds 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 collect is very unusual and we would invite buyers to always offer via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman answered:" When "weve received" a report of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, injure and hazard to the public and allocate men and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting requisitions that we may be facing at that particular go and a decision is then obliged on how to respond .
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" We are currently recalling the decision attained in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a abused BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" scum of the earth ."