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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are abusing eBay to sell cloned autoes and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has known .
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 exercising auction place eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the name of a legitimate automobile, the BBC has experienced .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one victim- have scammed eBay customers 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but answers no action has been made. The sinners have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray articulated:" The police have known about this organization 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 marketer sought he compensate with currency on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online payment 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 follows 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 getting this coin back, ever ," he supposed .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle theft.
The stolen vehicle is given the identity of a same legitimate car, including licence dishes, chassis lists 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 lent:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we were able to expect customers to always offer via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said:" When "weve received" a report of any occurrence, we assess the immediate menace, mischief and gamble to the public and allocate officers and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the emulating necessitates that we may be facing at that special occasion and a decision is then offset on how to respond .
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" We are currently reviewing government decisions formed in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a used BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" scum of the earth ."