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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 purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has determined .
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 using auctioneer area eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the identity of a lawful automobile, the BBC has found .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- 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 buying a Mercedes from a dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but suggests no action has been taken. The offenders have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray responded:" The police have known about this organization since January .
" As a former 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 compensate with money on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online pay structure .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out the vehicle was stolen- 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 spoke .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a similar legitimate gondola, including licence sheets, chassis amounts 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 computed:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we were able to expect purchasers to always offer via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman did:" When "weve received" a report of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, damage and probability to the public and allocate policemen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing expects that we may be facing at that special epoch and a decision is then done on how to respond .
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" We are currently scrutinizing the decision shaped in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a worked BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."