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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 cars and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has received .
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 employing auctioneer area eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the name of a legitimate automobile, the BBC has witnessed .
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Con craftsmen- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- have scammed eBay purchasers 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 dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but does no action has been taken. The convicts have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray mentioned:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 requested he offer with currency on collection, rather than use the website's secure online fee method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was embezzled- there was little chance he could get his money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this money back, ever ," he read .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle stealing.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate automobile, including licence sheets, chassis numerals 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 lent:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would ask purchasers to always pay via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson pronounced:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, suffering and peril to the public and allocate police and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the competing asks that we may be facing at that special hour and a decision is then concluded on how to respond .
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" We are currently recollecting government decisions shaped 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 place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."