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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are using eBay to sell cloned gondolas and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has located .
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 supposedly squandering auctioneer site eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the name of a lawful car, the BBC has seen .
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Con masters- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one prey- have scammed eBay customers 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but pronounces no measures have been made. The crimes have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray replied:" 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 pay with money on collection, rather than use the website's secure online payment plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this coin back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out the vehicle 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 coin back, ever ," he told .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle stealing.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a same lawful vehicle, including licence slabs, chassis quantities 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 included:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we would invite purchasers to always offer via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman added:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any occurrence, we assess the immediate threat, mischief and danger to the public and allocate police and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting necessitates that we may be facing at that particular hour and a decision is then drawn on how to respond .
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" We are currently recalling government decisions established in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exercised BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" scum of the earth ."