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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are applying eBay to sell cloned cars and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has acquired .
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 exercising auctioneer website eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the name of a legitimate vehicle, the BBC has seen .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- have scammed eBay buyers 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but pronounces no action has been taken. The culprits have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray spoke:" The police have known about this gang since January .
" As a former police officer I'm absolutely outraged. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay seller requested he compensate with currency on collection, rather than use the website's secure online remittance plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle 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 told .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a similar lawful gondola, including licence platefuls, framework quantities and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective customers 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 collecting is very unusual and we were able to invite purchasers to always compensate via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson announced:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, trauma and danger to the public and allocate police and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating asks that we may be facing at that particular era and a decision is then prepared on how to respond .
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" We are currently inspecting the decision represented in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exploited BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."