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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 autoes and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has located .
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 auctioneer site eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the identity of a lawful vehicle, the BBC has attained .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one prey- 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but says no measures have been made. The culprits have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray announced:" The police have known about this gang 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 sought he pay with cash on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online pay structure .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows 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 fund back, ever ," he pronounced .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle crime.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate automobile, 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 added:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we would question buyers to always offer via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative announced:" When we receive each of these reports of any occurrence, we assess the immediate threat, mischief and risk to the public and allocate detectives and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying involves that we may be facing at that particular term and a decision is then done on how to respond .
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" We are currently refreshing the decision shaped 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 locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."