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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 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 reportedly consuming auction area eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the identity of a lawful vehicle, the BBC has noted .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- 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 dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but enunciates no action has been taken. The convicts have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray articulated:" The police have known about this mob since January .
" As a onetime police officer I'm absolutely disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay dealer sought he pay with currency on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online pay organisation .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows 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 money back, ever ," he mentioned .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate car, including licence layers, framework 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 added:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would ask buyers to always pay via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative replied:" When we receive each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, injure and probability to the public and allocate patrolmen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating requests that we may be facing at that particular season and a decision is then fixed on how to respond .
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" We are currently refreshing government decisions cleared in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a abused BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."