Officials of the Ministry of Public Security reveal in detail why telecommunication network fraud has become a public hazard.

　　"The situation of telecommunication network fraud is very serious, not only making money, but also killing people recently. This summer vacation, three students died after being defrauded, two of them died suddenly and one committed suicide, which caused the whole society to shake. It can be seen that telecommunication network fraud has become a public hazard in the whole society and really needs to be severely cracked down. "

　　September 19th & mdash; On the 25th, 2016 National Cyber Security Publicity Week was held in full swing all over the country. On the same day, Chen Shiqu, deputy inspector of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, appeared in the "money shield National Anti-fraud Public Welfare Forum" held by Ali in Wuhan, revealing in detail the telecom network fraud. "It seems to be a simple problem, but now it has become a public hazard."

　　There were nearly 600,000 telecommunication network fraud cases last year.

　　"More than a decade ago, the biggest threat was serious violent crime, which seriously infringed on the rights and interests of the people. Today, serious violent crimes in the country are declining, and the detection rate is increasing. On the contrary, telecommunication network fraud has become a public hazard. " Chen Shiqu said, "It is generally understood that fraud is not a violent crime, and it is generally not in contact with the parties. If it is in contact, it will be a peaceful way and will not threaten the personal safety of ordinary people, but now it has just appeared."

　　Chen Shiqu revealed that there were nearly 600,000 cases of telecommunication network fraud last year, and it is expected that there will be more cases this year than last year. In terms of the amount involved, the traditional theft and robbery can rob tens of thousands of yuan, even if it is more. The telecommunication network fraud is millions and tens of millions of yuan. The victim was cheated by 117 million yuan in a single day, and an elderly person in Hong Kong was cheated by more than 50 million Hong Kong dollars.

　　"General theft may not steal 10 million yuan or 100 million yuan in 10,000 cases, but telecommunication network fraud can be done. In some cases, the money cheated is not much, but the consequences are very serious. Just as three students have little money in poverty, they have the consequences of death after being cheated for thousands of dollars. " Chen Shiqu said.

　　Why hasn’t telecommunication network fraud been going on for so many years, and it has become more and more serious? According to Chen Shiqu’s analysis, there are many reasons for this. One of the most important points is that telecommunication network fraud is a new type of crime in general, which is quite different from traditional theft and robbery crimes. "For example, there is no scene at first. Generally, there is a scene of theft and robbery, and criminals and victims are in remote non-contact. If you want to chase, you can only track the phone calls made by criminals, the information sent by criminals and the flow of funds involved. The evidence collection of telecommunication network fraud is actually very different from the previous evidence collection. "

　　Chen Shiqu admits that at present, many public security organs may have the same understanding of telecommunication network fraud crime as the previous theft fraud crime, and the requirements for obtaining evidence have not been adjusted in time. According to the original evidence collection standard, it is very difficult to track telecommunication network fraud. "In fact, telecommunication network fraud criminals have deceived many people by calling and sending text messages. In the past, it was when each case was deceived and when the money was remitted. Only when it was clear can it be finalized. Now the liar doesn’t remember, because he lied too much, so it is very difficult to obtain evidence. "

　　The payment security virus Trojan "casually changing the number" makes people hard to prevent.

　　Nowadays, the information network is developing rapidly, which facilitates the life of the public, including the convenience brought by the payment system when consuming. Chen Shiqu pointed out that the rapid development of telecommunication network has also brought many problems, which have been exploited by criminals, and some loopholes have not been remedied in time. "For example, the problem of mobile phone real-name registration system, the recent three telecom network frauds that caused the death of students, the mobile phone number used by criminals did not use their own names, or even their real names. It is very difficult for the police to trace it!"

　　In view of the recent prominent payment security, especially the third-party payment, Chen Shiqu revealed that the third-party payment has developed rapidly. "For example, some POS machines have no real names, and they are also used by criminals, and it is difficult to trace them." Many telecommunication network frauds call the victims from abroad, showing the phone number of the mainland public security law, and mastering the personal information of the victims. There are many people who are cheated. Once they are cheated, they are basically bankrupt.

　　Chen Shiqu further explained that criminals have a POS machine that can be modified. When you swipe your card normally, you will record the information, and then send the cardholder’s account and password to the designated mailbox. Then sell the POS machine to a merchant, who may not know it, thinking that he is collecting money normally, but in fact, all the information that has been swiped has been sent to the designated mailbox, and the criminals know how much money is in the account from the mailbox. Instead of picking it up, he sold it to others. This card has a password and contains 500,000 yuan. You give me 100,000 or 200,000, and I will sell it to you. It is very difficult for the public security organs to trace it. How on earth did he get this password? There are loopholes in the distribution process of POS machines, so people can’t add something that steals personal card information and can’t find it.

　　"Like payment security, not everyone can make it very clear. Criminals use these loopholes to cheat everyone of their money. It is really difficult to rely solely on the masses to prevent it. When we go shopping, it is impossible to ask the POS machine if there is any problem. Therefore, it is difficult for relevant departments to supervise POS machines, and this thing should be prevented. "

　　Talking about the problem of "casually changing the number" of fraudulent calls, Chen Shiqu insisted that "it should also be intercepted technically." He asked, "Why does the phone call from abroad show the phone number of the domestic public security law?"

　　"Personal defense alone is hard to prevent." Chen Shiqu, for example, said that problems such as virus Trojans would not be infected without clicking the link, but if they are infected, technical measures should be taken, and security software should be installed on mobile phones, such as Alibaba’s money shield. In some cases, just like the POS card swiping, people can’t prevent it no matter how strong their awareness is. When they go shopping normally, there is a problem with the POS machine, and the POS machine can’t be dismantled. This requires relevant departments and related enterprises to develop technical prevention measures.

　　"Call transfer" fraud was cheated by hundreds of people in Jiangsu.

　　Chen Shiqu believes that to solve the problem of telecommunication network fraud, first of all, the public security organs should crack down severely, and the scammers should be arrested and severely sentenced in order to play a deterrent role.

　　He revealed that in the next step, the Ministry of Public Security will issue a judicial interpretation together with the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the Supreme People’s Law to solve the problem that criminals’ modus operandi is completely different from previous fraud crimes, and make some adjustments in the standard of proof and the requirements for obtaining evidence. "In general, it will intensify punishment. We found that many criminals in telecommunication network fraud cases were sentenced lightly. They made millions of dollars, but they were sentenced very lightly after being caught. This is definitely no way to curb crime. "

　　The second is that relevant banks and operators should earnestly assume their responsibilities. Tens of millions of dollars cheated by telecommunication network fraud will be quickly decomposed into hundreds of accounts when they arrive at the swindler’s account, and then tens of thousands of dollars in one account will be quickly "decomposed" downwards, and finally they may be withdrawn from the ATM in Taiwan Province. Banks should take the initiative to find out that they can’t wait for the victim to call the police before tracing, and the alarm is often lagging behind. This kind of money should be monitored if it is "decomposed" in this way of distribution.

　　Third, relevant units and enterprises should strengthen the research and development of technical preventive measures. If technical precautions are strong, it will be difficult for criminals to succeed. In addition to the crackdown by public security organs, relevant departments should take measures, such as Beijing has made it clear that all non-real-name registration system users’ phones will be shut down before October 15th, and measures will be introduced nationwide, which will be announced in a few days, so as to make up for these loopholes. When a criminal knows that he is using an unregistered phone card or a bank card opened under someone else’s identity, he will have no fear when committing a crime.

　　Finally, each of us should enhance our anti-fraud awareness and ability to recognize fraud. Some criminals’ fraud methods are somewhat problematic, such as "paying a lot of money for children" and "winning prizes". If we don’t know anything, we will be easily cheated.

　　In terms of enhancing the public’s ability to identify telecommunication network fraud, Chen Shiqu said that some telecommunication network fraud is really difficult to identify. "For example, the recent popular number-changing fraud. The criminal sends a short message to a person first ‘ Who am I? I changed my number recently. You delete my original number ’ . Most people will believe it and change it according to the other party’s short message. The key point is that criminals will set a call transfer number later. Sometimes the victim calls the liar and actually answers the victim’s friend. I’m an old friend when I call a new number. I’m sure I’ll believe it. Borrowing money will usually be given after a while. Hundreds of people in Jiangsu have been cheated and millions have been cheated. "

　　Chen Shiqu said that the fraudulent methods of "call transfer" should be known to the public. "If you don’t know, more than 90% of people will be fooled. Therefore, it is necessary to reveal these tricks, so that the public can be vigilant and enhance their anti-fraud ability. It’s not good to know only about prevention, but not about deception. "

　　"Telecommunication network fraud is generally preventable, not a serious violent crime, but actually a way of deception. Criminals mainly rely on deception! As long as you have enough anti-fraud awareness and know the modus operandi of criminals, most people will not be cheated. " Chen Shiqu said positively.

　　Chen Shiqu was the director of the Anti-trafficking Office of the Ministry of Public Security for many years. From wishing that there is no abduction in the world to wishing that there is no fraud in the world, Chen Shiqu called on the National Cyber Security Publicity Week in 2016, "All sectors of society should work together to prevent the hard-earned money of ordinary people from being transferred to the pockets of scammers!"

　　Zhongqing Online, Wuhan, September 21st, China Youth Daily, Zhongqing Online reporter He Chun Zhong