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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are abusing eBay to sell cloned autoes and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has observed .
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 employing auction place eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a legitimate car, the BBC has experienced .
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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 dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but reads no measures have been made. The delinquents have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray added:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 offer with money on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online remittance method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was plagiarized- 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 fund back, ever ," he suggested .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle fraud.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate auto, including licence illustrations, 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 computed:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we were able to expect buyers to always pay via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative supposed:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, ill and peril to the public and allocate policemen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the emulating necessitates that we may be facing at that particular season and a decision is then constituted on how to respond .
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" We are currently reviewing government decisions obliged in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a utilized BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."