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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 cars and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has perceived .
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 exploiting auctioneer area eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the name of a lawful automobile, the BBC has located .
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Con craftsmen- 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 vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but pronounces no measures have been taken. The crimes have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray spoke:" The police have known about this mob 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 solicited he compensate with currency on collect, rather than use the website's secure online remittance method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- 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 get this fund back, ever ," he said .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle theft.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a same lawful gondola, including licence layers, chassis multitudes and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective buyers 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 lent:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we were able to request buyers to always pay via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative alleged:" When we receive each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, harm and likelihood to the public and allocate men and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting requests that we may be facing at that particular era and a decision is then met on how to respond .
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" We are currently reviewing government decisions attained in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a applied BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."