What is SMS fraud?

SMS fraud is a criminal case, which is investigated by public security organs. Explanations of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud Article 5 If fraud is attempted, the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, it shall be convicted and punished. Using telecommunications technologies such as sending short messages, making phone calls and the Internet to defraud an unspecified majority, and the amount of fraud is difficult to verify. However, in any of the following circumstances, it shall be deemed as "other serious circumstances" as stipulated in Article 266 of the Criminal Law, and shall be convicted and punished for fraud (attempted): (1) Sending more than 5,000 fraudulent short messages; (2) Making more than 500 fraudulent phone calls; (3) The fraudulent means are bad and serious. If the number of acts specified in the preceding paragraph reaches more than ten times the standards specified in Items (1) and (2) of the preceding paragraph, or if the fraudulent means are particularly bad and the harm is particularly serious, it shall be deemed as "other particularly serious circumstances" as stipulated in Article 266 of the Criminal Law, and shall be convicted and punished for fraud (attempted). Article 5 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud.