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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are utilizing eBay to sell cloned autoes and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has learnt .
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 exerting auctioneer area eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the identity of a lawful automobile, the BBC has obtained .
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Con craftsmen- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- 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 seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but announces no action has been taken. The delinquents have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray mentioned:" The police have known about this gang 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 dealer sought he compensate with money on collection, rather than use the website's secure online pay arrangement .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was plagiarized- 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 going this money back, ever ," he added .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle stealing.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate automobile, including licence platefuls, chassis digits 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 collection is very unusual and we would query customers to always pay via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman spoke:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, suffering and jeopardy to the public and allocate officers and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating requires that we may be facing at that special go and a decision is then acquired on how to respond .
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" We are currently discussing the decision became in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a use BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."