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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 vehicles and con customers 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 artists are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are allegedly exercising auction website eBay to sell stolen vehicles under the identity of a lawful auto, the BBC has witnessed .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one martyr- have scammed eBay buyers 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 seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but announces no action has been made. The sinners have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray did:" The police have known about this syndicate since January .
" As a onetime police officer I'm absolutely disgusted. How can you have any trust in the police ?"
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Mr Murray said the eBay marketer solicited he compensate with currency on collect, rather than use the website's secure online fee method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of coming this coin 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 announced .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common procedure of vehicle crime.
The stolen vehicle is given the identity of a same legitimate gondola, including licence sheets, chassis multitudes and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective buyers 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 collect is very unusual and we would invite customers to always pay via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman told:" When we receive a report of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, impairment and likelihood to the public and allocate detectives and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the competing challenges that we may be facing at that special meter and a decision is then induced on how to respond .
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" We are currently remembering the decision induced 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 locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."