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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are use eBay to sell cloned gondolas and con purchasers 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 utilizing auctioneer site eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the name of a legitimate gondola, the BBC has witnessed .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- have scammed eBay customers 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 incident to the police, but does no action has been taken. The convicts have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray enunciated:" 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 seller sought he pay with money on collect, rather than use the website's secure online fee system .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle 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 coming this money back, ever ," he replied .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle stealing.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful automobile, including licence dishes, framework multitudes 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 lent:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we were able to question purchasers to always offer via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman read:" When "weve received" a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, distres and gamble to the public and allocate officers and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting asks that we may be facing at that particular occasion and a decision is then moved on how to respond .
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" We are currently evaluating government decisions started in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a use BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" scum of the earth ."