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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 automobiles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has attained .
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 squandering auctioneer place eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the identity of a legitimate car, the BBC has detected .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- have scammed eBay purchasers out of thousands of pounds .
At least three vehicles in Greater Manchester were involved in the brand-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 reads no measures have been made. The crimes have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray mentioned:" The police have known about this organization 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 compensate with cash on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online fee method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming 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 coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin back, ever ," he announced .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle stealing.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a same lawful vehicle, including licence slabs, 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 supplemented:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we were able to ask buyers to always offer via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson suggested:" When we receive a report of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, harm and hazard to the public and allocate men and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing necessitates that we may be facing at that special time and a decision is then spawned on how to respond .
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" We are currently assessing the decision realise in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a applied BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."