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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are use eBay to sell cloned vehicles 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 allegedly applying auctioneer area eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful auto, the BBC has obtained .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one casualty- have scammed eBay purchasers 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 suggests no action has been taken. The wrongdoers have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray supposed:" The police have known about this gang 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 seller solicited he pay with cash on collection, 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 going this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was plagiarized- 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 get this money back, ever ," he said .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle theft.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the name of a similar lawful gondola, including licence layers, framework numbers 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 collecting is very unusual and we were able to query customers to always pay via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman enunciated:" When "weve received" a report of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, evil and danger to the public and allocate patrolmen and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the playing involves that we may be facing at that particular era and a decision is then procreated on how to respond .
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" We are currently remembering the decision acquired in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a consumed BMW on the area.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" froth of the earth ."