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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exercising eBay to sell cloned gondolas and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has obtained .
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 site eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles under the identity of a lawful gondola, the BBC has find .
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Con craftsmen- 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 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 answers no action has been taken. The culprits have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray replied:" The police have known about this gang since January .
" As a former 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 currency on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online fee structure .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was embezzled- 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 said .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle theft.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a similar lawful auto, including licence sheets, framework 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 supplemented:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we were able to request customers to always compensate via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative alleged:" When we receive a report of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, impairment and gamble to the public and allocate men and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the emulating involves that we may be facing at that particular go and a decision is then compiled on how to respond .
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" We are currently evaluating government decisions spawned in this 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 artists as" froth of the earth ."