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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are using eBay to sell cloned gondolas and con purchasers 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 artist are scamming motorists out of thousands of pounds online
Thieves are supposedly employing auctioneer locate eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a legitimate auto, the BBC has felt .
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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 new con.
One victim, a retired police officer, was conned out of PS17, 000 buying a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but answers no action has been taken. The culprits have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray responded:" The police have known about this gang since January .
" As a former 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 solicited he pay with cash 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 money back, ever
Graham Murray
That follows when he found out the vehicle was stolen- 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 get this money back, ever ," he said .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common approach of vehicle fraud.
The stolen vehicle is given the name of a same legitimate vehicle, including licence dishes, chassis figures 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 lent:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we would question purchasers to always offer via the stage when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative spoke:" When "weve received" each of these reports of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, ill and peril to the public and allocate officers and resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling challenges that we may be facing at that particular term and a decision is then uttered on how to respond .
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" We are currently re-examine the decision moved in such a case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a squandered BMW on the locate.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artist as" scum of the earth ."