If you are defrauded online, you can report the case directly to the local public security agency. If the case is filed for investigation by the public security agency and the suspect is captured, the money you were defrauded can be recovered. But if the time is too long or the suspect cannot be caught, the chance of recovering the defrauded money is very small. With the development and popularization of the Internet, more and more scammers have transferred their crime methods to online platforms, and people who are not careful enough can easily be deceived online. Some scammers are so hateful that they directly ask for money from each other in the form of dating. What's more, after gaining the victim's trust, the victim is allowed to invest or gamble online, which directly causes the victim to suffer heavy losses.
Article 266 of the "Chinese People's Liberation Army and National Criminal Law" Whoever defrauds public or private property, if the amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall be fined concurrently or solely. fine; 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; if the amount is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment and shall also be fined or his property shall be confiscated.