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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 autoes and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has located .
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 website eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a lawful car, the BBC has seen .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- have scammed eBay purchasers 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 seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but remarks no measures have been taken. The sinners have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray suggested:" 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 dealer sought he compensate with money on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online payment system .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this money back, ever
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That meant that when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- 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 fund back, ever ," he replied .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle stealing.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate car, including licence slabs, framework amounts and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective buyers 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 accumulation is very unusual and we were able to request customers to always compensate via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson spoke:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, trauma and hazard to the public and allocate policemen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting challenges that we may be facing at that special time and a decision is then made on how to respond .
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" We are currently remembering the decision induced 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 area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."