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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 gondolas and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has find .
By LUKE JOHN SMITH
PUBLISHED: 08:14, Tue, May 9, 2017 | UPDATED: 08:14, Tue, May 9, 2017
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eBay con artists are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are allegedly use auctioneer area eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the name of a lawful auto, the BBC has found .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one prey- 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but says no measures have been made. The offenders have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray pronounced:" The police have known about this organization 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 requested he offer with cash on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online fee organization .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was stolen- there was little chance he had been able to 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 enunciated .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle stealing.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate vehicle, including licence layers, chassis figures 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 lent:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we would expect buyers to always offer via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman remarked:" When we receive each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, ill and peril to the public and allocate patrolmen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling demands that we may be facing at that special epoch and a decision is then met on how to respond .
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" We are currently remembering the decision did in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a used BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" scum of the earth ."