Laws and regulations on illegal mass texting

Article 266 of the Criminal Law stipulates that the crime of fraud refers to the act of fabricating facts or concealing the truth for the purpose of illegal possession, and defrauding a large amount of public or private property. For the crime of * * * accomplice fraud, the amount of the crime is determined by the amount of the actor's participation in * * * accomplice fraud, and the punishment is based on the actor's position, role and illegal income in the crime. Fraud has been started, but the property cannot be obtained due to reasons other than the will of the actor, which is an attempted fraud. Attempted fraud, if the circumstances are serious, should also be convicted and punished according to law. The behavior of mass fraudulent SMS should be convicted of fraud.

In order to effectively punish and prevent telecom fraud, according to the provisions on attempted crime in the General Principles of Criminal Law, the judicial organs issued the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Fraud Criminal Cases, which came into effect on April 8, 20 1 1, focusing on cracking down on telecom fraud, determining conviction and sentencing standards, criminal circumstances, In particular, the investigation of criminal responsibility for new criminal activities such as telecom fraud has been clearly stipulated: the amount of telecom fraud is difficult to verify, but those who send more than 5,000 fraudulent text messages or make more than 500 fraudulent calls, or whose fraudulent means are bad and harmful, can be investigated for criminal responsibility for fraud (attempted).