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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are expending eBay to sell cloned automobiles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has encountered .
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 supposedly expending auctioneer website eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a legitimate automobile, the BBC has perceived .
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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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but does no measures have been made. The sinners have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray supposed:" The police have known about this syndicate since January .
" As a former 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 currency on collection, rather than use the website's secure online payment plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- 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 coming this coin back, ever ," he supposed .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle crime.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a similar lawful auto, including licence layers, framework numbers 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 lent:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we were able to ask buyers to always compensate via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson suggested:" When we receive each of these reports of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, trauma and probability to the public and allocate policemen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling demands that we may be facing at that special meter and a decision is then moved on how to respond .
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" We are currently reviewing the decision procreated in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a utilized BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."