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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are using eBay to sell cloned cars and con customers 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 supposedly squandering auction area eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful gondola, the BBC has known .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- 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 remarks no action has been taken. The convicts have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray told:" 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 solicited he pay with cash on collect, rather than use the website's secure online pay organisation .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles 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 get this fund back, ever ," he enunciated .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle theft.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a same lawful automobile, including licence layers, framework crowds 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 request customers to always pay via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman articulated:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, mischief and hazard to the public and allocate men and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling involves that we may be facing at that particular experience and a decision is then manufactured on how to respond .
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" We are currently reviewing the decision spawned in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exerted BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" scum of the earth ."