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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are squandering eBay to sell cloned autoes and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has detected .
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 squandering auctioneer place eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the identity of a legitimate vehicle, the BBC has received .
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Con craftsmen- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- have scammed eBay buyers 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but answers no action has been made. The offenders have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray enunciated:" The police have known about this gang 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 seller solicited he offer with money on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online remittance structure .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out the vehicle was stolen- there was little chance he could get his coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this coin back, ever ," he suggested .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate car, including licence platefuls, framework numbers 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 collection is very unusual and we would request purchasers to always compensate via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said:" When "weve received" a report of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, mischief and likelihood to the public and allocate detectives and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting challenges that we may be facing at that particular age and a decision is then fixed on how to respond .
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" We are currently assessing the decision moved 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 place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."