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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 autoes and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has ascertained .
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 squandering auctioneer area eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the identity of a legitimate car, the BBC has found .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- 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 buying a Mercedes from a marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but responds no action has been made. The delinquents have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray answered:" 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 seller requested he compensate with currency on collection, rather than use the website's secure online payment plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this money 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 going this coin back, ever ," he answered .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle stealing.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a same lawful vehicle, including licence layers, chassis figures and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective purchasers 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 supplemented:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we were able to invite purchasers to always offer via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman responded:" When "weve received" a report of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, distres and peril to the public and allocate police and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing demands that we may be facing at that particular occasion and a decision is then stirred on how to respond .
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" We are currently scrutinizing government decisions cleared 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 labelled the con artists as" scum of the earth ."