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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exerting eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has received .
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 exerting auction place eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a legitimate auto, the BBC has spotcheck .
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Con craftsmen- 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 brand-new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 to purchase a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but announces no measures have been made. The convicts have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray read:" The police have known about this mob 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 marketer requested he compensate with money on collection, rather than use the website's secure online fee structure .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles 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 money back, ever ," he said .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle crime.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a same lawful car, including licence layers, framework numerals 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 supplemented:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we were able to question buyers to always pay via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative pronounced:" When we receive each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, ill and threat to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying requests that we may be facing at that particular hour and a decision is then established on how to respond .
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" We are currently reviewing government decisions compiled 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 locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."