What is telecom fraud? What are the consequences of telecom fraud?

What is telecom fraud?

We often hear who has been cheated by telecom, so what is telecom fraud?

Telecom fraud refers to the criminal act of fabricating false information, setting up a scam, implementing remote and non-contact fraud on the victim and inducing the victim to make money or transfer money through telephone, internet and SMS. Usually, the purpose of cheating is achieved by impersonating others and counterfeiting or forging various legal coats and forms.

Common forms of telecom fraud are:

1. Loans and credit cards.

1. False loans

Criminal suspects generally publish advertising information for handling loans through online media, telephone calls, text messages, social tools, etc., and then pretend to be bank or loan company staff to contact the victim to obtain victim information. Trick the victim into transferring money and remittance on the grounds of collecting handling fees, paying annual interest, security deposit, taxes, agency fees, etc., or by testing repayment ability, brushing water, adjusting interest rates, reducing interest rates, improving credibility, etc. Other criminal suspects commit fraud by defrauding the victim's bank account, password and other information to directly transfer and consume.

2. False credit card handling

Criminal suspects generally publish advertising information on credit card handling through online media, telephone, text messages, social tools, etc., and then pretend to be employees of banks and financial companies to contact the victims, falsely claiming that they can handle credit cards (activating flower buds, JD.COM white bars, etc.), so as to trick the victims into transferring money and remittance on the grounds that they need cost money, margin, handling fee, service fee, brushing water, etc., thus committing fraud.

III. False cash withdrawal

The criminal suspect pretends to be the staff of banks, loan companies, online lending platforms (borrowing money, JD.COM gold bars, 36 IOUs, etc.) and internet financial platforms (spending money, white bars, etc.), falsely claiming that he can help credit cards and credit APP accounts to withdraw cash, and tricking the victims into transferring money and remittance on the grounds that they need margin, handling fees, service fees, and brushing water.

2. Brush-off rebate category

Criminal suspects promote part-time advertisements through websites, recruitment platforms, QQ, WeChat, SMS, Tik Tok and other channels, and recruit people to brush off online part-time jobs on the grounds that the online shop needs to quickly refresh the transaction volume, online praise and credibility. The criminal suspect used words to trick the victim, made a shopping payment operation on the link or APP provided by him, and promised to return the shopping expenses after the transaction, with an extra commission. Generally, in the process of swiping the bill, when the victim swipes the first bill, the criminal suspect will give the victim a small rebate to taste the sweetness. When the transaction amount of the victim swipes the bill becomes larger, the suspect will refuse to refund the money for various reasons and pull it black.

In addition to paying bills on shopping websites, the rebate category also includes brushing fans and praising them on the grounds of falsely claiming that Tik Tok, Aauto Quicker and other live video software have increased their popularity; Lying that the gambling network is doing activities and brushing lottery tickets; Those who falsely claim that the stock market promotes trading activity and brush stock transactions are similar to the traditional brush list. The suspects all take part-time brush list as a guide, and promise to return the money and commission. When the victim brushes the first order, the suspect will also give the victim a small rebate to taste the sweetness. When the transaction amount of the victim's brush list becomes larger, the suspect will refuse to return the money for various reasons and pull it black.

IV. Pretending to be logistics customer service

After a criminal suspect purchases the buyer information and express information of a shopping website through illegal channels, he pretends to be a staff member of a logistics company such as express delivery, freight forwarding and warehousing, claiming that the victim's express delivery is lost, and can give the victim a refund, claim compensation, tax refund, etc., to trick the victim into transferring money and remittance, or according to the inducement of the criminal suspect, input his bank card and other information into a webpage popped up by a QR code, and then input the mobile phone verification code, the money in his bank card will be transferred away.

What are the consequences of telecom fraud?

The sentencing standards for telecom fraud are as follows:

1. Those with relatively large amounts shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance.

2. 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 but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.

3. If the amount is especially huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 1 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.

Article 266 of the Criminal Law stipulates that whoever defrauds public or private property in a relatively large amount shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only 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 but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 1 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.