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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are abusing eBay to sell cloned automobiles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has obtained .
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 squandering auctioneer site eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the name of a legitimate car, the BBC has received .
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Con creators- 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 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 alleges no action has been made. The delinquents have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray spoke:" The police have known about this gang since January .
" As a former police officer I'm absolutely disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay vendor solicited he offer with cash on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online pay plan .
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 money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this fund back, ever ," he read .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle fraud.
The stolen vehicle is given the identity of a similar lawful gondola, including licence dishes, chassis quantities 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 included:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we were able to question purchasers to always pay via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman read:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, evil and threat to the public and allocate patrolmen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing requirements that we may be facing at that special occasion and a decision is then obliged on how to respond .
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" We are currently discussing government decisions performed in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a use BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."