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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 automobiles and con purchasers out of thousands of pounds, a BBC investigation has find .
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 exploiting auction area eBay to sell plagiarized vehicles for the purposes of the name of a lawful car, the BBC has met .
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Con creators- dubbed" scum of the earth" by one scapegoat- 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 buying a Mercedes from a vendor in Rochdale .
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Former copper Graham Murray reported the accident to the police, but answers no measures have been taken. The sinners have still not been caught .
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Murray read:" The police have known about this syndicate 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 marketer solicited he pay with currency on collect, rather than use the website's secure online remittance plan .
It was PS17, 000 just gone, and I knew there was little or no chance of getting this fund 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 going this coin back, ever ," he supposed .
The scam is known as car cloning, which is a common method of vehicle theft.
The plagiarized vehicle is given the identity of a same lawful auto, including licence sheets, chassis counts and accompanying documentation.
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Two motorists were scammed out of over PS17, 000 each
Prospective customers 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 accumulation is very unusual and we would request purchasers to always compensate via the programme when purchasing ."
A Greater Manchester Police representative added:" When we receive a report of any incident, we assess the immediate threat, impairment and gamble to the public and allocate men and natural resources accordingly .
" We do this with full consideration of all the participating requires that we may be facing at that special age and a decision is then performed on how to respond .
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" We are currently recalling the decision determined in this case ."
Another victim was a man from Forfar in Tayside who was scammed out of PS18, 300 when buying a worked BMW on the site.
Mr Alexander said he was " gutted" and named the con artist as" froth of the earth ."