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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are working eBay to sell cloned cars and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has spotcheck .
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 exerting auctioneer place eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the name of a legitimate car, the BBC has discovered .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- have scammed eBay purchasers 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but alleges no action has been taken. The crimes have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray said:" 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 marketer requested he pay with currency on collection, rather than use the website's secure online remittance system .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows 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 going this fund back, ever ," he responded .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle steal.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a same legitimate automobile, including licence slabs, 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 invite customers to always compensate via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, harm and gamble to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the competing expects that we may be facing at that special season and a decision is then constructed on how to respond .
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" We are currently assessing 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 use BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."