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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 purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has witnessed .
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 reportedly expending auctioneer site eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the identity of a lawful vehicle, the BBC has witnessed .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one prey- have scammed eBay buyers out of thousands of pounds .
At least three vehicles in Greater Manchester were involved in the brand-new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 buying a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but articulates no action has been made. The offenders have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray added:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 vendor requested he offer with money on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online remittance method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting 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 going this coin back, ever ," he articulated .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle crime.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful car, including licence platefuls, chassis digits 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 lent:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would ask customers to always compensate via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman added:" When we receive each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, suffering and jeopardy to the public and allocate detectives and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating asks that we may be facing at that particular experience and a decision is then established on how to respond .
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" We are currently recollecting the decision manufactured in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a used BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" scum of the earth ."