What is Internet fraud?

Internet fraud usually refers to in order to achieve a certain purpose on the network in various forms to others to obtain property fraud.

The main behavior of the crime, the link occurs on the Internet, with the method of fictitious facts or concealment of the truth, the fraudulent acquisition of a larger amount of public and private property behavior.

The Chinese People's **** and the Criminal Law of the State of Article 266: Fraudulent public or private property, the amount of larger, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, detention or control, and or a single fine.

If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, the penalty shall be fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years, and a fine; if the amount is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, the penalty shall be fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment, and a fine or confiscation of property.

Network fraud crime is the virtualization of space, behavioral concealment

Network fraud is not like the traditional I Chad cheating has a specific crime scene, the place of the crime and the result of the location is not the same, the perpetrator and the victim do not need to meet, generally only through online chat, e-mail and other means of contact, you can complete the crime in the virtual space.

Suspects in the moment of crime intentionally use fictitious facts, concealment of identity, coupled with a variety of agents, anonymous services, so that the real identity of the subject of the crime depth of concealment, so that it is difficult to determine the location of the suspect.

At the same time, the fraudsters often also use fake ID cards for bank cards, off-site withdrawals, electric live "black card" and other means of concealment, and immediately destroyed online and offline evidence, making the degree of concealment higher, resulting in a sharp rise in network fraud crimes, the fight against the difficulty of increasing.

Reference to the above:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Network Fraud