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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are use eBay to sell cloned cars and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has witnessed .
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 allegedly exercising auctioneer website eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful automobile, the BBC has noticed .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- have scammed eBay purchasers 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 accident to the police, but reads no measures have been made. The wrongdoers have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray alleged:" The police have known about this gang since January .
" As a former police officer I'm absolutely outraged. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay seller requested he offer with money on collect, rather than use the website's secure online fee organisation .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was stolen- there was little chance he had been able to get his money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this money back, ever ," he enunciated .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a same lawful gondola, including licence sheets, chassis multitudes 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 supplemented:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we were able to invite purchasers to always compensate via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman read:" When "weve received" a report of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, trauma and probability to the public and allocate officers and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling requires that we may be facing at that special period and a decision is then prepared on how to respond .
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" We are currently inspecting the decision saw in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a used BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."