Common types of online fraud
1, false consultation information
The industry that is negatively affected by false consultation information on the Internet is the securities industry. Black hands in the stock market or insiders of securities companies disclose false information on the Internet to drive up the stock price. After the deceived investors raised the stock price, they began to sell the stock. According to the BBC, the share price of Coburg Group, a British coffee roasting company, has soared recently. The company's investigation found that this was mainly caused by an anonymous person spreading the news that the company might be about to transform on the Internet. To this end, Koberg Group had to issue a statement to clarify. In addition, some British companies found that in some online chat rooms, some investors tried to manipulate the stock price by providing false information in order to profit from it.
People who publish false consultation information have two intentions: one is to make a profit, and the other is to play a prank, but it brings great losses to the victims and has a great negative impact on the Internet environment. Netizens should treat the information on the internet differently, which is not necessarily true. After all, the network is virtual.
2. Online auction
Online auction and online shopping are undoubtedly the hot spots of online consumption. While providing convenience for consumers, it also triggered many related complaints. Among them, the most common complaint is that after the buyer pays successfully in the auction, either the goods are not received at all, or the goods received are completely different from what he saw online.
3. Fraud related to Internet services
Consumers have seen some online advertisements, saying that as long as they register on a website for free, the website will provide free internet access. When you register, the website needs your credit card information, but it promises that you will never be charged. After registration, they will let you download the software you need to surf the internet, saying it is for you. Don't you know, this software has a virus. Once installed in a computer, every time you click on the internet device, the computer will crash and you can't get on the internet at all. At the same time, your credit card has been stolen many times. It's a fake to provide internet service. The real purpose of this scam is to get your credit card information.
4. Information/adult service scam
"Adult content" websites usually have many customers. Some people pay to download photos from these websites. Some scams are aimed at this kind of consumers, providing photos of "adult content" as bait for free. As a result, customers unconsciously downloaded a dialing software when downloading photos. After that, their computer automatically dialed an international call through this dialing software. It was not until the customer received a huge telephone bill that he realized that he had been cheated.
5, buying computer software scam
I bought a computer software, which is much cheaper than other online stores. When you download software, fraudsters download computer viruses to you, steal information from your computer, and then use this information to commit crimes online.
6. Internet part-time job
Criminals use the Internet to post part-time recruitment information, and use "Taobao swiping cash back" as bait to post part-time advertisements with Taobao reputation on the Internet to induce victims to place orders in Taobao shops they provide, and promise to return the order money and commission to the victim's account after the victim pays the money. However, after the victim operated, the criminals said that they had to take another photo to return the order money, which led to netizens being cheated.
7. Loan application fee
Some people offer low-interest housing or car loans online, and the application conditions are quite relaxed. It is said that as long as the loan application fee is paid, the loan can be guaranteed. As a result, after the application fee was collected, there was no news. This scam uses low-interest loans as bait to defraud the application fee.
8. Credit card application
Some people find it difficult to apply for a credit card because their credit history is poor. This scam is aimed at this consumer, saying that it is to provide them with a "letter-free" credit card, and as long as the applicant pays the application fee, it is guaranteed to issue him a credit card. As a result, the applicant paid the application fee and still couldn't get the credit card. This is a scam aimed at defrauding the credit card application fee.
As can be seen from the above example, there are many kinds of online fraud, and the means of deception are changing with each passing day, which makes people hard to prevent. So, how can we avoid becoming a victim of online scams? First of all, we must raise awareness of prevention. Secondly, while maintaining personal vigilance, report some suspicious behaviors to consumer organizations or the media in time, so that they can urge relevant departments to carry out further investigations and prevent more consumers from being victimized.
9. Lease fraud
The usual tactics of criminals are: criminals publish false rental information, often luring renters into being fooled by good lots and cheap prices, asking renters to pay a deposit or rent in advance, and defrauding renters of cash on the grounds of "going on a business trip abroad".
10, pretending to be a leader
By stealing the QQ number of the company manager or senior manager, the criminals contacted the company's financial personnel through QQ under a false identity, invited customers to dinner, went on business trips without money, and transferred business, so that the company employees remitted money to the other bank account and defrauded a lot of property.
Legal basis:
Criminal procedure law
Article 110 Any unit or individual who discovers criminal facts or suspects has the right and obligation to report to the public security organ, the people's procuratorate or the people's court. Victims have the right to report and accuse criminal facts or criminal suspects who infringe their personal and property rights to public security organs, people's procuratorates or people's courts. Public security organs, people's procuratorates or people's courts shall accept reports, complaints and reports. If it does not belong to its own jurisdiction, it shall be transferred to the competent authority for handling, and the informant, complainant and informant shall be notified; For those who are not under their jurisdiction and must take emergency measures, they should take emergency measures first and then transfer them to the competent department. Where a criminal surrenders himself to a public security organ, a people's procuratorate or a people's court, the provisions of the third paragraph shall apply.
criminal law
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.