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eBay car scam- Thieves are conning motorists out of thousands online, here is how
CON ARTISTS are exploiting eBay to sell cloned gondolas and con customers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has discovered .
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 reportedly exploiting auctioneer website eBay to sell stolen vehicles for the purposes of the identity of a legitimate car, the BBC has found .
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Con artists- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one prey- 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 supposes no action has been made. The offenders have still not get caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray answered:" The police have known about this organization 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 marketer sought he compensate with currency on collecting, rather than use the website's secure online payment structure .
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 plagiarized- there was little chance he had been able to get his coin back.
" It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of get this coin back, ever ," he pronounced .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common technique of vehicle steal.
The embezzled vehicle is given the name of a similar legitimate vehicle, including licence layers, chassis 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 computed:" Cash on collecting is very unusual and we were able to query buyers to always compensate via the platform when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman enunciated:" When we receive a report of any happen, we assess the immediate menace, injure and threat to the public and allocate police and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the rivalling requires that we may be facing at that particular occasion and a decision is then procreated on how to respond .
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" We are currently recalling the decision made in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a employed BMW on the place.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and labelled the con artists as" scum of the earth ."