Can I call the police for a roadside chess scam?

Legal analysis: Roadside chess scam can call the police. Fraud refers to the act of defrauding large amounts of public or private property by fabricating facts or concealing the truth for the purpose of illegal possession.

On July 14, 2021, the anti-fraud early warning SMS 12381 was officially launched, enabling real-time SMS early warning for potential fraud victims for the first time. The system can automatically analyze and discover potential victim users based on the case-involved numbers provided by the public security organs using big data, artificial intelligence and other technologies

Legal basis: "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China"

< p>Article 266: Whoever defrauds public or private property and the amount is relatively large shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance. If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance. If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to not less than three years but not more than ten years. If the amount of the penalty is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or to life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or have property confiscated. If this law provides otherwise, the provisions shall prevail.

Article 192. Whoever uses fraud methods to illegally raise funds for the purpose of illegal possession, and the amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances. , shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or have property confiscated.

If a unit commits the crime in the preceding paragraph, the unit shall be fined, and the person directly in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.