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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exercising eBay to sell cloned gondolas 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 artist are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are reportedly exploiting auctioneer area eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the identity of a lawful gondola, the BBC has received .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- 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 replies no action has been made. The convicts have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray enunciated:" The police have known about this mob 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 dealer solicited he pay with cash on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online pay organization .
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 the vehicle was stolen- 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 going this fund back, ever ," he announced .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle steal.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful car, including licence platefuls, chassis multitudes 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 computed:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we were able to expect purchasers to always pay via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman replied:" When we receive a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate threat, ill and risk to the public and allocate police and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating expects that we may be facing at that special occasion and a decision is then moved on how to respond .
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" We are currently examining the decision shaped in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a worked BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."