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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are abusing eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has acquired .
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 supposedly using auction website eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a legitimate auto, the BBC has received .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- 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 buying a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but pronounces no action has been made. The culprits have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray alleged:" 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 collection, rather than use the website's secure online pay plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles 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 coming this coin back, ever ," he articulated .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle steal.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a similar legitimate automobile, including licence illustrations, framework crowds 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 collection is very unusual and we were able to request buyers to always compensate via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative spoke:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, impairment and risk to the public and allocate police and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating demands that we may be facing at that particular go and a decision is then drawn on how to respond .
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" We are currently discussing the decision made in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a employed BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."