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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exerting eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has received .
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 applying auction area eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the name of a legitimate auto, the BBC has seen .
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Con masters- 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 accident to the police, but remarks no measures have been made. The crooks have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray remarked:" The police have known about this gang since January .
" As a former police officer I'm absolutely disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay vendor sought he pay with cash on collect, rather than use the website's secure online payment arrangement .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was stolen- there was little chance he could get his fund back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this coin back, ever ," he said .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle theft.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a same lawful gondola, including licence plates, chassis digits and accompanying documentation.
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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 collecting is very unusual and we were able to query customers to always pay via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson did:" When we receive a report of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, harm and threat to the public and allocate men and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting requisitions that we may be facing at that particular go and a decision is then started on how to respond .
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" We are currently re-examine 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 applied BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."