Telecom fraud refers to the criminal behavior that criminals fabricate false information and set up scams by telephone, internet, SMS, etc., and implement remote and non-contact fraud on the victims to induce the victims to remit or transfer money to the criminals.

Second, the characteristics of telecom fraud

1. The prisoner will not contact the victim directly, but will contact the victim through the internet (such as QQ and WeChat) to induce the victim to transfer money. Under the guise of national public relations, companies, hospitals, friends, etc. They demanded money from the victims.

2. The target of crime is wide, and the target of infringement has no other characteristics except geographical concentration. The victims include all social strata, and the scope of victims is very wide.

Criminals usually commit crimes in gangs and quickly divide money into multiple accounts. Some criminal gangs are even outside the country, making it extremely difficult to solve crimes.

4. Illegal funds flow quickly. If the victim fails to find out that he was cheated in time, he can't protect his property by freezing his account, and it is even more difficult to get it back.

Third, the common means of telecom fraud

The fraudulent means of prisoners are becoming more and more abundant, and it is becoming more and more difficult to prevent. Here are some common fraud methods to share with you.

1, "Public Security Law" and other organs for help: pretending to be a public security law organ, scaring the victim by illegal means, defrauding information such as ID number and bank card number, and asking the victim to transfer funds to the designated "safe account".

2. "Airline" reminds flight cancellation/change: pretending to be an airline, asking for correct information such as name and flight, and asking the victim to transfer money to pay the handling fee.

3. Relatives and friends are in urgent need of remittance: pretending to be relatives and friends and "borrowing money" by accidents such as car accidents.

4. Win the prize! Mobile phone number drawing: prompt the victim to win the prize and ask him for handling fees and other expenses.

5. Online shopping fraud: prisoners set up fake shopping websites or shops such as WeChat and Taobao. Once the victim places an order to buy goods, he asks for remittance for various reasons, or asks for information such as bank card number and password to commit fraud.

6. High-paying recruitment fraud: the prisoner lures the victim with a high monthly salary, and then asks him for training fees, clothing fees and other expenses.

Fourth, prevention methods.

1, avoid personal information disclosure, and don't believe lies such as "bank accounts involve crimes".

2. Don't trust the phone calls and text messages of strangers easily. Don't transfer money easily, don't believe in profiteering means such as online billing, and the public security department won't have the requirements of transferring money and setting passwords.

3. If you receive a phone call, text message or bad information from a stranger, you should take the initiative to report it to the local public security or telecommunications regulatory authorities.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) to recover the cheated money.

1. Immediately report the case to the local public security bureau, explain the process of being cheated, and provide the prisoner's mobile phone number, bank card number, Alipay account number and other information.

2. Go to the financial department to freeze the account to prevent the prisoner from transferring money. It would be much more convenient to know that the prisoner's account has been frozen. You can call the bank's customer service phone or bank online, enter the wrong password five times in a row after entering the account, and you can freeze the account for 24 hours and continue to operate the next day.

Don't try to reconcile with the prisoner and claim your property after you find yourself cheated. This will remind prisoners and transfer funds more quickly.

Extended data:

Online shopping fraud mainly has the following eight ways:

First, it lied that its goods were goods or articles confiscated by the customs, and asked netizens to pay a certain deposit, deposit and deposit;

The second is to lie about the card list when the netizen places an order, and ask the netizen to pay again or place an order again;

The third is to lie that the Alipay system is being maintained and ask netizens to remit money directly to their designated bank account;

The fourth is to lie about the failure of the shopping website system and ask netizens to pay again;

The fifth is to lie that online stores are engaged in promotional lottery activities and need to pay certain handling fees.

Sixth, when netizens bought plane tickets online, the criminal suspect lied that the identity information provided by the netizens was wrong and asked the netizens to reissue the tickets;

Seventh, lie that qualification verification is needed and ask netizens to pay the verification qualification fee;

Eight is to lie that there is no goods in the store, but a friend's store has goods, and recommend a seemingly similar website.

References:

Zhuji Municipal People's Government-Anti-telecom fraud tips