A COWDENBEATH man has admitted “clocking” the mileage of cars he was selling and making more than £18,000 in the scam.

Conman Joseph Lowther sold cars around the country after tampering with their mileage readings to increase their value.

Lowther, 37, of Johnston Park, Cowdenbeath, appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court on Thursday.

He admitted that between June 6 and October 20, 2014, he formed a fraudulent scheme and committed offences at Peterborough, Kilwinning, Cowdenbeath, Aberdeen, St Andrews and elsewhere.

On each occasion, he tampered with the mileage to show a lower figure.

He pretended to Geovan Boreman that a Vauxhall Zafira he was buying had a lower recorded mileage than its true mileage, having altered it, and obtained £1,900 by fraud.

He committed the same offence with Lorna Moseley, selling her a Land Rover Freelander and obtaining £3,000 by fraud.

Lowther also obtained £3,000 fraudulently from Anthony Jones, over the sale of a Land Rover Freelander.

Colin Stevenson was also conned out of £3,000, when he bought a Land Rover Freelander.

Robert Paterson was another victim of Lowther over the sale of a VW Fox, where £1,575 was obtained fraudulently.

Becky Anderson bought a Mini Cooper and was conned out of £3,000.

Lowther defrauded Richard Grant out of £850 in the sale of a Toyota Celica.

Another victim of the clocking scam was Richard McDade, defrauded out of £1,900 when he bought a Vauxhall Astra.

Sheriff Craig McSherry called for reports and Lowther will be sentenced on June 7.