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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are working eBay to sell cloned autoes and con purchasers 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 applying auctioneer site eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a lawful automobile, the BBC has find .
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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 to purchase a Mercedes from a marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but announces no measures have been made. The offenders have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray suggested:" 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 dealer solicited he compensate with cash on collection, rather than use the website's secure online payment method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this money 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 coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this coin back, ever ," he answered .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle crime.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a same legitimate auto, including licence sheets, chassis lists and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective customers 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 collect is very unusual and we would invite buyers to always compensate via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson replied:" When "weve received" a report of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, suffering and risk to the public and allocate detectives and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling requests that we may be facing at that particular go and a decision is then performed on how to respond .
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" We are currently scrutinizing the decision obliged in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a exerted BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."