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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are employing eBay to sell cloned autoes and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has find .
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 auctioneer area eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the identity of a legitimate vehicle, the BBC has received .
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Con masters- 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 to purchase a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but answers no measures have been taken. The crimes have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray added:" The police have known about this organization since January .
" As a former police officer I'm absolutely disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay dealer requested he compensate with cash on collection, rather than use the website's secure online remittance structure .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of going this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was plagiarized- 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 getting this money back, ever ," he mentioned .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle theft.
The embezzled vehicle is given the identity of a similar legitimate gondola, including licence sheets, framework crowds 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 contributed:" Cash on collection is very unusual and we would request customers to always compensate via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman alleged:" When we receive a report of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, suffering and threat to the public and allocate police and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling involves that we may be facing at that particular epoch and a decision is then constructed on how to respond .
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" We are currently refreshing the decision made in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a applied BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."