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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 purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has witnessed .
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 use auctioneer place eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the name of a legitimate gondola, the BBC has known .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one prey- 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but pronounces no measures have been taken. The culprits have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray added:" 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 ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay dealer solicited he pay with currency on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online remittance organisation .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- 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 money back, ever ," he mentioned .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle stealing.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful vehicle, including licence illustrations, chassis digits and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective customers 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 buyers to always compensate via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said:" When we receive a report of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, distres and risk to the public and allocate patrolmen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating requirements that we may be facing at that particular era and a decision is then manufactured on how to respond .
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" We are currently re-examine the decision reached in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a squandered BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" scum of the earth ."