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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are working eBay to sell cloned autoes and con customers 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 artist are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are reportedly employing auctioneer locate eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the identity of a legitimate car, the BBC has determined .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- 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 seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but speaks no action has been taken. The crooks have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray enunciated:" 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 marketer solicited he compensate with cash on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online pay system .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was plagiarized- there was little chance he could get his money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this money back, ever ," he spoke .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle stealing.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a same lawful gondola, including licence sheets, chassis figures 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 collect is very unusual and we would question buyers to always offer via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative articulated:" When we receive each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, mischief and jeopardy to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying expects that we may be facing at that particular hour and a decision is then stirred on how to respond .
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" We are currently examining the decision acquired in such a 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 labelled the con artists as" scum of the earth ."