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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are working eBay to sell cloned autoes and con buyers 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 artist are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are supposedly consuming auctioneer area eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the identity of a legitimate car, the BBC has learnt .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one prey- 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but pronounces no measures have been made. The delinquents have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray answered:" The police have known about this mob since January .
" As a onetime police officer I'm absolutely outraged. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay marketer solicited he pay with cash on collection, rather than use the website's secure online fee structure .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was embezzled- there was little chance he could get his money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this fund back, ever ," he told .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle stealing.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a same lawful car, including licence platefuls, framework amounts 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 added:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we were able to invite buyers to always pay via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman suggested:" When we receive each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, damage and probability to the public and allocate officers and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing requirements that we may be facing at that special hour and a decision is then realized on how to respond .
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" We are currently assessing 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 exerted BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."