What are the consequences of being suspected of telecommunications fraud?

The consequences of being suspected of telecommunications fraud are criminal liability.

Telecommunications fraud refers to the criminal act of fabricating false information and setting up scams through phone calls, the Internet and text messages, committing remote, non-contact fraud on victims, and inducing victims to make payments or transfers. Usually To achieve the purpose of deception by impersonating others and counterfeiting or counterfeiting various legal appearances and forms.

Common scenarios of telecommunications fraud include the following:

1. Impersonating social security, medical insurance, bank, telecommunications and other staff;

2. Pretending to be a postal worker Personnel, etc.;

3. Fraud by selling cheap air tickets, train tickets and prohibited items as bait;

4. Fraud by pretending to be an acquaintance;

5 , Using the big prize to commit fraud;

6. Using unsecured loans to commit fraud;

7. Using false advertising information to commit fraud;

8. Taking advantage of high salaries Recruitment for fraud;

9. Fictitious car, house, and education tax refunds for fraud;

10. Use of bank card consumption for fraud;

11. Fictional kidnapping , car accident fraud;

12. Using remittance information to commit fraud;

13. Using false lottery information to commit fraud;

14. Using false stock information to commit fraud Fraud;

15. WeChat chat and pretending to be friends to borrow money;

16. Fictitious money seeking for a child, matchmaking and other frauds;

17. Miracle doctor superstitious fraud;

18. Trick victims into installing software such as the so-called "criminal wanted tracing system", "online inventory system", and "protect account security".

The relief measures for telecommunications fraud are as follows:

1. Timely collect relevant evidence and report the case to the public security organs;

2. File an incidental civil lawsuit;

3. File a claim for infringement damage with the telecommunications operator;

4. Pay attention to the protection of personal information.

Legal Basis

"Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 266: Crime of Fraud: Defrauding public or private property, if the amount is relatively large , shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance, and shall also or solely be fined; if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined; if the amount is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances If the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or have property confiscated. If this law provides otherwise, the provisions shall prevail.