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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exploiting eBay to sell cloned automobiles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has discovered .
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 reportedly exerting auctioneer area eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful automobile, the BBC has obtained .
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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 new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 buying a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but remarks no action has been made. The crimes have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray mentioned:" The police have known about this gang since January .
" As a onetime police officer I'm absolutely disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay seller solicited he compensate with cash on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online pay plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles was embezzled- 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 told .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle theft.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate vehicle, including licence slabs, framework crowds 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 collecting is very unusual and we would expect buyers to always offer via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman replied:" When we receive each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, distres and gamble to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating involves that we may be facing at that particular meter and a decision is then manufactured on how to respond .
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" We are currently refreshing government decisions realise in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a used BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."