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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are applying eBay to sell cloned automobiles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has detected .
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 exerting auction website eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a lawful automobile, the BBC has observed .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- 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 dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but adds no measures have been taken. The wrongdoers have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray responded:" The police have known about this mob 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 pay with currency on collect, rather than use the website's secure online payment organization .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was embezzled- there was little chance he had been able to get his coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin back, ever ," he replied .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle fraud.
The stolen vehicle is given the identity of a similar legitimate gondola, including licence platefuls, chassis crowds 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 added:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we were able to invite buyers to always pay via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman remarked:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, ill and jeopardy to the public and allocate detectives and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying necessitates that we may be facing at that particular go and a decision is then formed on how to respond .
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" We are currently examining government decisions spawned 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 area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" froth of the earth ."