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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 automobiles and con buyers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has procured .
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 exerting auction site eBay to sell embezzled vehicles under the name of a lawful gondola, the BBC has procured .
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Con artists- 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 brand-new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 buying a Mercedes from a dealer in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the incident to the police, but alleges no action has been made. The crooks have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray answered:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 vendor requested he compensate with money on collect, rather than use the website's secure online remittance method .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this money back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was stolen- there was little chance he could get his coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this money back, ever ," he announced .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle steal.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate gondola, including licence sheets, framework figures 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 ask customers to always compensate via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman enunciated:" When "weve received" a report of any happen, we assess the immediate threat, ill and risk to the public and allocate police and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the competing requests that we may be facing at that particular hour and a decision is then seen on how to respond .
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" We are currently assessing government decisions acquired in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a use BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" scum of the earth ."