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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are use eBay to sell cloned cars and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has concluded .
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 allegedly applying auctioneer website eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the name of a lawful automobile, the BBC has discovered .
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Con craftsmen- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but mentions no action has been taken. The crooks have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray supposed:" The police have known about this organization since January .
" As a former police officer I'm absolutely disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay dealer solicited he compensate with currency on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online remittance organization .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- 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 getting this money back, ever ," he answered .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle crime.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a same legitimate automobile, including licence layers, framework digits 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 collect is very unusual and we were able to request customers to always compensate via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman responded:" When "weve received" a report of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, damage and jeopardy to the public and allocate patrolmen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the competing requests that we may be facing at that special day and a decision is then attained on how to respond .
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" We are currently inspecting government decisions did in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a utilized BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."