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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are expending eBay to sell cloned autoes and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has witnessed .
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 reportedly expending auction site eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the name of a legitimate car, the BBC has ascertained .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but speaks no measures have been made. The crooks have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray announced:" 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 solicited he pay with cash on accumulation, 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 getting this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- 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 money back, ever ," he alleged .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle stealing.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful vehicle, including licence sheets, chassis multitudes 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 supplemented:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we would query purchasers to always compensate via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman told:" When we receive each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, ill and risk to the public and allocate police and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the competing necessitates that we may be facing at that special hour and a decision is then become on how to respond .
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" We are currently recalling the decision reached in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exploited BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."