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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are expending eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has find .
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 allegedly utilizing auctioneer site eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful gondola, the BBC has received .
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Con masters- 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 brand-new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 buying a Mercedes from a dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but reads no measures have been taken. The delinquents have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray suggested:" The police have known about this mob 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 marketer solicited he compensate with currency 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 coming this fund 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 coming this coin back, ever ," he did .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle stealing.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate vehicle, including licence plates, framework lists 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 included:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we would ask customers to always pay via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman pronounced:" When we receive a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, mischief and peril to the public and allocate patrolmen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing requires that we may be facing at that particular occasion and a decision is then performed on how to respond .
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" We are currently refreshing government decisions represented in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a expended BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" froth of the earth ."