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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 autoes 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 allegedly employing auctioneer area eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the name of a legitimate auto, the BBC has noticed .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- 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 incident to the police, but answers no action has been made. The crimes have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray announced:" The police have known about this mob 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 seller sought he compensate with cash on collect, rather than use the website's secure online payment arrangement .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- there was little chance he could get his coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this coin back, ever ," he said .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle steal.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a same lawful auto, including licence layers, framework amounts and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective buyers 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 collection is very unusual and we would ask customers to always compensate via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson spoke:" When we receive each of these reports of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, mischief and danger to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling asks that we may be facing at that particular hour and a decision is then fixed on how to respond .
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" We are currently inspecting government decisions determined in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a use BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" scum of the earth ."