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 and setting up a scam by telephone, internet, SMS, etc., and implementing remote and non-contact fraud on the victim to induce the victim to make money or transfer money. Usually, the purpose of cheating is achieved by impersonating others and forging various legal coats and forms.

Common forms of telecom fraud:

1, loan, credit card.

I. False loans

Ordinary criminal suspects publish advertising information about handling loans through online media, telephone, text messages and social tools. , and then pretend to be employees of banks and loan companies to contact the victims, get the information of the victims, and trick the victims into transferring money and remittance on the grounds of collecting handling fees, paying annual interest, deposits, taxes and fees, and agency fees. Or by testing the repayment ability, brush the water, adjust the interest rate, lower the interest rate, and improve the credibility. Other criminal suspects commit fraud by defrauding the victim's bank account number, password and other information to directly transfer consumption.

Second, the false agency credit card

General criminal suspects publish advertising information about handling credit cards through online media, telephone calls, short messages and social tools. , and then pretend to be the staff of banks and financial companies to contact the victims, falsely claiming that they can apply for credit cards (activate flower buds, JD.COM white bars, etc. ), on the grounds of cost, deposit, handling fee, service fee, brushing water, etc., to trick the victim into transferring money and remittance. , thus committing fraud.

3. False withdrawals and cash withdrawals

The criminal suspect impersonates the staff of banks, loan companies and online lending platforms (borrowing money, JD.COM gold bars, 360 IOUs, etc.). ) and the internet financial platform (spend money, white bars, etc. ), lied that he can help the credit card and credit APP account to withdraw cash, and tricked the victim into transferring money and remittance on the grounds that he needed margin, handling fee, service fee, running water, etc., thus implementing fraud.

2. Brush rebate category

Criminal suspects promote part-time advertisements through websites, recruitment platforms, QQ, WeChat, SMS, Tik Tok and other channels, and recruit people to do part-time online billing on the grounds that opening an online shop needs to quickly refresh the transaction volume, online praise and credibility. The criminal suspect tricked the victim with words, 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 brushing the bill, when the victim brushes the first bill, the criminal suspect will give the victim a small rebate to let the victim taste the sweetness. When the transaction amount of the victim's bill becomes larger, the suspect will refuse to refund the money for various reasons.

In addition to the payment form of shopping websites, there are also fans and praises on the grounds that live video software such as Tik Tok and Aauto Quicker are falsely claimed to enhance their popularity; Lie that the gambling network is doing activities and brushing lottery tickets; Those who lie that the stock market promotes trading activity and brush stock trading are similar to the traditional brush list. The suspects are all guided by part-time brushing, and promise to return money and commission. When the victim brushes the first order, the suspect will also give the victim a small rebate to let the victim taste the sweetness. When the amount of the victim's single transaction becomes larger, the suspect will refuse to pay back the money for various reasons.

Fourth, posing as logistics customer service.

After the criminal suspect purchased the buyer information and express information of the shopping website through illegal channels, he pretended to be the staff of logistics companies such as express delivery, freight forwarding and warehousing, claiming that the victim's express delivery was lost. He can give the victim a refund, claim settlement, tax refund, etc. Trick the victim into transferring money, or according to the inducement of the criminal suspect, enter his bank card and other information into the webpage popped up by the QR code, and enter the verification code of the mobile phone, and 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, if the amount is relatively large, it 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 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.

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 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.