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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exploiting eBay to sell cloned automobiles and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has discovered .
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 abusing auctioneer website eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the name of a legitimate automobile, the BBC has noticed .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one prey- 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 vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but answers no action has been taken. The delinquents have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray said:" The police have known about this organization 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 requested he offer with currency on collect, 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 coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was plagiarized- there was little chance he could get his coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this fund back, ever ," he suggested .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle crime.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate vehicle, including licence dishes, chassis digits 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 contributed:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we were able to question customers to always compensate via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative said:" When "weve received" a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, harm and likelihood to the public and allocate police and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing asks that we may be facing at that particular occasion and a decision is then concluded on how to respond .
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" We are currently examining the decision saw 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 site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" scum of the earth ."