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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 vehicles and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has noted .
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 lawful gondola, the BBC has located .
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Con craftsmen- 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 answers no action has been taken. The crimes have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray read:" The police have known about this gang 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 marketer solicited he compensate with currency on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online fee structure .
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 embezzled- 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 fund back, ever ," he read .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle crime.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a same lawful gondola, including licence platefuls, chassis 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 supplemented:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would request customers to always offer via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative replied:" When we receive a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate threat, impairment and peril to the public and allocate detectives and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the emulating challenges that we may be facing at that particular meter and a decision is then become on how to respond .
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" We are currently inspecting government decisions started in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a abused BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."