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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are use eBay to sell cloned cars and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has perceived .
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 expending auction site eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the name of a legitimate vehicle, the BBC has find .
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Con craftsmen- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- have scammed eBay customers 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but announces no action has been taken. The wrongdoers have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray spoke:" The police have known about this gang 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 marketer sought he pay with currency on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online remittance system .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out the vehicle was embezzled- there was little chance he could get his coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this money back, ever ," he told .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle fraud.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a same legitimate car, including licence slabs, chassis 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 computed:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we would request customers to always compensate via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman announced:" When we receive a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, injure and probability to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the competing requests that we may be facing at that particular meter and a decision is then constituted on how to respond .
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" We are currently remembering government decisions uttered in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a consumed BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."