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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 cars and con purchasers 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 artist are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are reportedly squandering auctioneer website eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful vehicle, the BBC has determined .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- 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 dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but announces no measures have been taken. The offenders have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray responded:" 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 vendor solicited he pay with money on accumulation, rather than use the website's secure online pay method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this coin back, ever
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That meant that when he found out the vehicle was stolen- there was little chance he could get his money back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this money back, ever ," he supposed .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle steal.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful vehicle, including licence sheets, framework multitudes 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 lent:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would ask purchasers to always pay via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman remarked:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, harm and threat to the public and allocate policemen and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the contesting necessitates that we may be facing at that special duration and a decision is then impelled on how to respond .
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" We are currently refreshing government decisions realise in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a squandered BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."