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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are consuming eBay to sell cloned autoes and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has procured .
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 exerting auction site eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful automobile, the BBC has felt .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- 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 accident to the police, but adds no action has been taken. The wrongdoers have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray replied:" The police have known about this mob 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 vendor sought he offer with money on collect, rather than use the website's secure online remittance arrangement .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles was stolen- there was little chance he had been able to get his money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this coin back, ever ," he enunciated .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a same lawful auto, including licence illustrations, chassis quantities and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective buyers 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 added:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we would query purchasers to always pay via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative remarked:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any occurrence, we assess the immediate threat, harm and jeopardy to the public and allocate detectives and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating necessitates that we may be facing at that special go and a decision is then established on how to respond .
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" We are currently discussing the decision acquired in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a used BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."