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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 autoes and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has noticed .
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 squandering auctioneer website eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the name of a lawful vehicle, the BBC has attained .
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Con artists- 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 new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 buying a Mercedes from a dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but pronounces no measures have been made. The crooks have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray spoke:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 offer with cash on collection, rather than use the website's secure online payment arrangement .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was embezzled- 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 fund back, ever ," he mentioned .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle fraud.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a same lawful gondola, including licence layers, framework lists 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 contributed:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we would query buyers to always pay via the scaffold when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said:" When "weve received" a report of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, injure and danger to the public and allocate officers and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling involves that we may be facing at that particular duration and a decision is then seen on how to respond .
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" We are currently reviewing government decisions drew in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a worked BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."