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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are squandering eBay to sell cloned autoes and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has attained .
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 employing auctioneer site eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a legitimate automobile, the BBC has concluded .
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Con masters- 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 brand-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 says no action has been taken. The delinquents have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray suggested:" The police have known about this gang 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 marketer solicited he pay with currency on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online payment system .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles 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 get this fund back, ever ," he told .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate vehicle, including licence layers, framework figures and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective customers 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 query buyers to always compensate via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative suggested:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, impairment and hazard to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling asks that we may be facing at that particular era and a decision is then represented on how to respond .
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" We are currently reviewing the decision constituted 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 named the con artist as" scum of the earth ."