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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are consuming eBay to sell cloned autoes and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has noted .
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 squandering auctioneer locate eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the name of a legitimate car, the BBC has noticed .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but mentions no measures have been made. The crooks have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray replied:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 vendor solicited he offer with money on collect, rather than use the website's secure online payment structure .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this money 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 getting this money back, ever ," he responded .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle fraud.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a similar legitimate vehicle, including licence slabs, framework counts 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 added:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we were able to query buyers to always compensate via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative articulated:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, impairment and peril to the public and allocate detectives and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating requisitions that we may be facing at that special term and a decision is then prepared on how to respond .
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" We are currently assessing the decision represented in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a utilized BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" scum of the earth ."