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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are consuming eBay to sell cloned gondolas and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has encountered .
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 abusing auctioneer place eBay to sell embezzled vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful vehicle, the BBC has observed .
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Con masters- 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 seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but tells no measures have been made. The crimes have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray responded:" The police have known about this syndicate since January .
" As a onetime 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 sought he pay with cash on collect, rather than use the website's secure online pay system .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this fund back, ever
Graham Murray
That meant that when he found out private vehicles was embezzled- 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 going this fund back, ever ," he told .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common programme of vehicle theft.
The stolen vehicle is given the identity of a same legitimate automobile, including licence plates, framework crowds and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective purchasers 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 included:" Cash on collect is very unusual and we would invite buyers to always offer via the pulpit when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson supposed:" When we receive a report of any incident, we assess the immediate menace, ill and gamble to the public and allocate detectives and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the vying expects that we may be facing at that particular day and a decision is then stirred on how to respond .
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" We are currently reviewing the decision determined in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a expended BMW on the website.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artists as" froth of the earth ."