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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exerting eBay to sell cloned cars and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has received .
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 reportedly expending auction area eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the name of a legitimate gondola, the BBC has seen .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- have scammed eBay purchasers out of thousands of pounds .
At least three vehicles in Greater Manchester were involved in the brand-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 accident to the police, but announces no measures have been made. The delinquents have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray enunciated:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 requested he offer with cash 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 getting 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 money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this coin back, ever ," he enunciated .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle theft.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a same legitimate auto, including licence layers, 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 computed:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we were able to expect buyers to always compensate via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman alleged:" When we receive each of these reports of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, injure and threat to the public and allocate policemen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the emulating involves that we may be facing at that special day and a decision is then offset on how to respond .
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" We are currently refreshing government decisions constituted in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a abused BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."