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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exercising eBay to sell cloned cars and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has ascertained .
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 allegedly utilizing auctioneer site eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the name of a legitimate auto, the BBC has detected .
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Con craftsmen- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one prey- 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 buying a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but reads no measures have been made. The crimes have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray suggested:" The police have known about this organization since January .
" As a onetime 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 requested he compensate with money on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online remittance organization .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles 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 get this coin back, ever ," he said .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle stealing.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a similar lawful auto, including licence illustrations, chassis counts 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 added:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we were able to question purchasers to always pay via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman read:" When "weve received" a report of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, mischief and hazard to the public and allocate policemen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating requisitions that we may be facing at that special hour and a decision is then cleared on how to respond .
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" We are currently discussing the decision started 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 place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."