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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are squandering eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con customers 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 artists are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are allegedly utilizing auction area eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the name of a legitimate car, the BBC has noted .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- 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 incident to the police, but tells no action has been made. The delinquents have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray read:" 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 marketer requested he offer with money on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online remittance plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles was stolen- there was little chance he had been able to get his fund back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this coin back, ever ," he remarked .
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 vehicle, including licence slabs, chassis lists 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 computed:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would invite customers to always offer via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative remarked:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, mischief and danger to the public and allocate policemen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the emulating requirements that we may be facing at that particular go and a decision is then procreated on how to respond .
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" We are currently inspecting government decisions procreated in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a abused BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" froth of the earth ."