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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exploiting eBay to sell cloned vehicles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has known .
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 using auctioneer site eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the identity of a legitimate automobile, the BBC has concluded .
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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 new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 to purchase a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but tells no action has been made. The sinners have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray pronounced:" The police have known about this organization since January .
" As a onetime police officer I'm absolutely outraged. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay marketer solicited he pay with cash on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online remittance organization .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles was embezzled- there was little chance he had been able to get his coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this coin back, ever ," he articulated .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a same lawful automobile, including licence plates, framework numbers 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 collection is very unusual and we would query customers to always compensate via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, damage and jeopardy to the public and allocate patrolmen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling requests that we may be facing at that special hour and a decision is then stimulated on how to respond .
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" We are currently assessing government decisions reached in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a expended BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."