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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are expending eBay to sell cloned gondolas and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has witnessed .
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 utilizing auctioneer website eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful gondola, the BBC has attained .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- have scammed eBay buyers 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 marketer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but says no measures have been made. The crooks have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray added:" 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 vendor sought he compensate with money on collection, rather than use the website's secure online payment system .
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 the vehicle 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 fund back, ever ," he replied .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle steal.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a same lawful vehicle, including licence platefuls, 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 computed:" Cash on accumulation is very unusual and we would ask purchasers to always compensate via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson answered:" When we receive a report of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, evil and jeopardy to the public and allocate officers and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting requirements that we may be facing at that particular day and a decision is then uttered on how to respond .
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" We are currently remembering the decision cleared in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a expended BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."