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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are utilizing eBay to sell cloned gondolas and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has known .
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 exerting auctioneer website eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the name of a lawful vehicle, the BBC has known .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- have scammed eBay buyers 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 dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but supposes no action has been taken. The culprits have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray did:" The police have known about this organization 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 pay method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles 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 getting this fund back, ever ," he suggested .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate automobile, including licence sheets, framework numbers and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective purchasers 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 query buyers to always offer via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson supposed:" When "weve received" a report of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, distres and peril to the public and allocate officers and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying expects that we may be facing at that particular period and a decision is then obliged on how to respond .
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" We are currently scrutinizing government decisions represented 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 place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."