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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are applying eBay to sell cloned automobiles and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has felt .
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 website eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the name of a lawful gondola, the BBC has found .
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Con creators- 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 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 mentions no measures have been made. The culprits have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray read:" The police have known about this syndicate since January .
" As a former police officer I'm absolutely disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay vendor solicited he pay with money on collection, rather than use the website's secure online remittance organisation .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out private vehicles 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 get this fund back, ever ," he said .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle fraud.
The stolen vehicle is given the identity of a similar legitimate car, including licence slabs, framework counts and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective customers 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 added:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we were able to expect buyers to always pay via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman added:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, injure and risk to the public and allocate police and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying requirements that we may be facing at that particular day and a decision is then performed on how to respond .
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" We are currently recollecting government decisions fixed in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a employed BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."