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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 autoes and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has observed .
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 reportedly employing auctioneer site eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a lawful auto, the BBC has concluded .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- 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 incident to the police, but speaks no action has been taken. The convicts have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray enunciated:" The police have known about this organization 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 vendor requested he compensate with cash on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online pay organisation .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles was embezzled- there was little chance he could get his money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin back, ever ," he read .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle fraud.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful auto, including licence sheets, chassis digits 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 collecting is very unusual and we were able to query purchasers to always compensate via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman did:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, impairment and threat to the public and allocate detectives and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting requires that we may be facing at that particular time and a decision is then constructed on how to respond .
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" We are currently scrutinizing the decision reached in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exercised BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."