Title : Buyer clicked 39;buy it now39; then never turned up. Waited two weeks. No
link : Buyer clicked 39;buy it now39; then never turned up. Waited two weeks. No
Buyer clicked 39;buy it now39; then never turned up. Waited two weeks. No
eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are expending eBay to sell cloned autoes and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has detected .
By LUKE JOHN SMITH
PUBLISHED: 08:14, Tue, May 9, 2017 | UPDATED: 08:14, Tue, May 9, 2017
10
4
Ebay car scam conning motorists out of thousandsGETTY
eBay con artist are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are reportedly using auction website eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful gondola, the BBC has felt .
-- ADVERTISEMENT --
Con craftsmen- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- have scammed eBay buyers 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 .
RELATED ARTICLES
DVLA car tax SCAM- DO NOT OPEN to this email if you see it
Car insurance scam could be expensing you an extra PS90 a year, here i ...
Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but speaks no action has been taken. The crooks have still not get 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 outraged. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
The simple-minded stairs YOU is a requirement to take to avoid being spoofed in an online victimize
Mon, April 10, 2017
MAKE sure you are protected against the latest online attacks by following these simple gradations .
PLAY SLIDESHOW
Ensure you're protected against online attacks by following these steps EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS* GETTY
1 of 13
Ensure you're protected against online attacks by following these steps
Mr Murray said the eBay dealer sought he pay with currency on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online pay structure .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was embezzled- 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 going this money back, ever ," he responded .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle theft.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a same lawful car, including licence platefuls, chassis quantities and accompanying documentation.
man upset after being scammedGETTY STICK IMAGE
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 collection is very unusual and we were able to invite customers to always offer via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman read:" When we receive a report of any happen, 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 playing expects that we may be facing at that particular go and a decision is then performed on how to respond .
eBay helps users to sell items this spring
Play Video
" We are currently recalling the decision uttered in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a worked BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."