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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are squandering eBay to sell cloned cars and con purchasers 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 artists are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are supposedly working auction site eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the identity of a legitimate gondola, the BBC has noted .
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Con masters- 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but does no action has been taken. The crimes have still not get 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 disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay marketer sought he compensate with cash on collecting, 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 coming this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was stolen- there was little chance he had been able to get his fund back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this fund back, ever ," he said .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle steal.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a same lawful auto, including licence plates, chassis lists 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 computed:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would query purchasers to always pay via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative alleged:" When we receive each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, mischief and peril to the public and allocate detectives and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying requirements that we may be facing at that particular season and a decision is then uttered on how to respond .
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" We are currently refreshing the decision originated in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exercised BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."