What is telecommunication network fraud?

Telecommunication network fraud refers to fraud through telephone network and short messages. According to the regulations, telecom fraud refers to the crime of defrauding the victim by telephone, internet, SMS, etc., inducing the victim to make money or transfer money, and defrauding public and private property. If the amount is relatively large, he 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 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.

Characteristics of telecommunication network fraud crime;

1, criminal activities spread widely and developed rapidly. Criminals often take advantage of people's psychology of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and release false information to the masses by fabricating false telephone calls and text messages. In a very short time, the scope of publication is very wide, and the scope of infringement is very large, so the scope of loss is also very wide.

2. The means of information fraud are updated very quickly. At first, I just bought a "local cannon" with very little money to get short messages, and later it developed into any software and radio station that displayed numbers. On the internet, this has become a highly intelligent scam. From the perspective of fraud excuses, from the most primitive winning fraud and consumption information to kidnapping, extortion, telephone arrears, car tax refund and so on. Criminals can always come up with all kinds of tricks. Just like "guess who I am", some even directly send money fraud, and everyone may have received such fraud. Everyone thought it was strange at first. Can this kind of deception cheat money? You can really cheat money. Because many people in China are doing business and have rich contacts with each other, we agreed to give you a sum of money in business. I just received this news, so I made a sum of money. There are even various excuses such as posing as telecom personnel and public security personnel saying that you are involved in drug trafficking and money laundering. And said that the public security organs will investigate you like this. Deceptions are constantly being refurbished, and the frequency of renovation is high. Sometimes even a month or two will produce new tricks, which are hard to prevent.

3, gangs commit crimes and have strong anti-investigation ability. Criminal gangs generally adopt long-distance and non-contact fraud. The internal organization of criminal gangs is very strict. They adopt enterprise operation and have a fine division of labor. Some people are responsible for buying mobile phones, opening bank accounts, making phone calls and transferring money. The division of labor is very fine, and the next process does not know the situation of the previous process. This has also brought great difficulties to the public security organs.

To sum up, telecom fraud refers to the criminal behavior that criminals fabricate false information and set up scams by telephone, internet, SMS, etc., and implement remote and non-contact fraud on the victims to induce the victims to remit or transfer money to the criminals. Criminals usually impersonate others and forge various legal coats and forms or forged forms to achieve the purpose of cheating.

Legal basis:

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 266

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 shall 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 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.