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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are employing eBay to sell cloned cars and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has ascertained .
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 abusing auction place eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the name of a legitimate automobile, the BBC has seen .
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Con creators- 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but reads no measures have been made. The sinners 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 vendor sought he pay with currency on collect, rather than use the website's secure online payment structure .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- there was little chance he could get his fund back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this fund back, ever ," he mentioned .
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 legitimate auto, including licence dishes, chassis digits 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 added:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we would invite customers to always offer via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson replied:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, damage and gamble to the public and allocate officers and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting involves that we may be facing at that special go and a decision is then represented on how to respond .
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" We are currently remembering the decision induced 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 site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."