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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exercising eBay to sell cloned cars and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has obtained .
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 supposedly utilizing auctioneer area eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a lawful gondola, the BBC has found .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but does no measures have been made. The wrongdoers have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray mentioned:" 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 seller solicited he offer with currency on collect, rather than use the website's secure online fee plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out the vehicle was embezzled- 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 coming this money back, ever ," he did .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle crime.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a similar lawful auto, including licence layers, chassis multitudes and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective buyers 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 collect is very unusual and we would expect purchasers to always offer via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson responded:" When we receive a report of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, evil and jeopardy to the public and allocate detectives and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling asks that we may be facing at that particular epoch and a decision is then constructed on how to respond .
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" We are currently assessing government decisions fixed in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exploited BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."