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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are employing eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has found .
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 supposedly exercising auction website eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a lawful automobile, the BBC has ascertained .
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Con craftsmen- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but articulates no measures have been made. The culprits have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray enunciated:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 vendor solicited he offer with cash on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online fee organization .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going 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 responded .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle steal.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate car, including licence sheets, framework multitudes 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 supplemented:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we would invite customers to always pay via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson did:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, harm and danger to the public and allocate police and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing requires that we may be facing at that special time and a decision is then attained on how to respond .
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" We are currently assessing government decisions saw in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a consumed BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" scum of the earth ."