Marriage and dating sites play the role of "matchmaker", but they also become "fertile ground" for criminals to commit fraud
Be wary of the "sweet trap" of dating online dating
"I hope that he will stay in it for the rest of his life, and never come out to harm others!" This is the last sentence Ding Hong (pseudonym) said to the prosecutor handling the case during his lifetime.
In October 2020, Ding Hong, who was diagnosed with depression due to debt pressure and trauma, ended her young life.
The man who made Ding Hong sad was her ex-husband Zhu Wen (pseudonym).
Only 5 months after they met, the two got married.
The marriage lasted less than two months. On July 21, 2020, the two registered for divorce.
Zhu Wen has borrowed more than 500,000 yuan from Ding Hong for this seemingly ordinary flash marriage.
Among them, most of the loans are raised by Ding Hong loans.
It is understood that within two years, Zhu Wen successively defrauded more than 3.5 million yuan from 12 victims by disguising his identity.
On November 9, 2020, the People's Court of Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province sentenced Zhu Wen to 14 years imprisonment and fined 140,000 yuan for fraud.
Was deceived to loan more than 500,000 yuan to "boyfriend"
At the beginning of 2020, Ding Hong met Zhu Wen, a "police policeman" through the marriage and love platform, and Zhu Wen posted photos of various work and life "police officers".
When questioned by the prosecutor, Ding Hong said that this handsome young man gave her a sense of security.
After the first meeting, the two began to communicate frequently.
Zhu Wen often wears a police uniform to pick up Ding Hong from get off work and take her to the house as a guest, and then the two establish a romantic relationship.
It didn't take long for this "sweet love" to change its flavor.
Zhu Wen began to borrow money from Ding Hong for various reasons: work transfers require management, and the turnover of funds in arrears is not working well... Zhu Wen's loan amount is getting larger and more frequent.
In May 2020, Zhu Wen took Ding Hong to Anhui for a "tour" and showed off the textile factory he was operating.
Zhu Wen told Ding Hong that the textile mills were not doing well in the near term and their capital turnover was not working well.
If he is known by the unit because of a funding dispute, his job cannot be kept.
Zhu Wen borrowed money from Ding Hong again.
"Why don't you borrow money from your parents?" Ding Hong was skeptical.
Previously, in Zhu Wen's description, his family conditions were good.
Zhu Wen said that he is a child of a foster family and is not close to his biological parents or adoptive parents.
Since childhood, Zhu Wen could only work hard alone.
Ding Hong felt sympathy instantly, thinking that Zhu Wen would return part of the loan from time to time. Ding Hong felt that he was not a liar, but a reliable man.
In just a few months, Ding Hong lent Zhu Wen more than 500,000 yuan in total.
In the meantime, Ding Hong repeatedly urged to no avail.
In order to appease Ding Hong, Zhu Wen proposed to marry Ding Hong with a certificate.
After the two got the certificate, Zhu Wen left early and returned late, and even refused to go home for various reasons such as overtime and social entertainment.
Ding Hong felt sad and disappointed with Zhu Wen. Every time he called to quarrel, Zhu Wen took the initiative to ask for a divorce.
After several quarrels, Ding Hong agreed to divorce.
She thought that she could start a new life with the loan back, but this matter is far from over.
On the second day of the divorce, Ding Hong received a call from a strange woman.
The other party claimed to be Zhu Wen's fiancee.
The two have known each other for more than a year, and are about to get married, and have been pregnant for more than 8 months.
Thinking back to Zhu Wen borrowing money over and over again, Ding Hong felt that something was wrong the more he thought about it, and Ding Hong chose to call the police.
On July 29, the Wujiang police filed a case for investigation and arrested Zhu Wen the next day. All kinds of fake professional clothing and forged real property certificates were found in Zhu Wen's home.
The deceptive career of "Uniform Master"
After interrogation, investigation and evidence collection, the police found that the pregnant woman Liu Fang (pseudonym) was also one of the victims of this case.
The day after divorcing Ding Hong, Zhu Wen and Liu Fang went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register their marriage.
After checking the documents of the two persons, the staff of the Civil Affairs Bureau suddenly recognized Zhu Wen, "Did you not come for a divorce yesterday?" Zhu Wen looked embarrassed, and Liu Fang walked away on the spot.
After returning home, Liu Fang and Zhu Wen had a big quarrel.
After Zhu Wen's stalking, Liu Fang considered the child to be born and chose to believe him again.
It was not until the police brought the captured Zhu Wen to Liu Fang's home to identify the scene, that Liu Fang completely discovered the truth.
As the person in charge of a certain company, Liu Fang also had doubts about Zhu Wen's "lawyer" status.
In fact, Zhu Wen, who claimed to have "good family conditions," dropped out of junior high school. After seeing the prosperous cities, Zhu Wen felt that his income from part-time work was far from reaching the desired level of consumption. He began to "take shortcuts" as he was greedy for pleasure.
Since 2000, in the past 20 years, Zhu Wen has been detained or imprisoned 7 times for fraud.
Every time he cheated, Zhu Wen would pretend to be a successful person who was born in a senior intellectual family and has a certain social status.
In addition, he will also "package" the content of Moments and publish the corresponding work scene or status.
After making sufficient preparations, he began to select “prey” on major marriage and love websites, with independent bosses and other older independent women with better economic conditions as the mainstay.
After locking the target, Zhu Wen will take the initiative to contact the other party.
In the process of getting along with each other, Zhu Wen will also take the initiative to show good, using rhetoric to win the favor of the other party, and determine the relationship in a short time.
He even visits the woman's parents on New Year's Day, so that they can feel sincere and warm.
After the victimized women fell into the trap of gentleness, Zhu Wen began to find ways to cheat money.
Once the other party has doubts or claims the arrears, he takes the initiative to take out multiple property certificates to show the woman his "financial power."
To make the victim relax his vigilance, Zhu Wen also made up a "mother" who has the status of a teacher, and the "mother" promised the victim to "cover the bottom" for the debt of the "son".
According to the case-handling prosecutor of the Wujiang District People’s Procuratorate, Zhu Wen’s uniforms were purchased online, and his real property certificates were also forged.
Houses and cars are rented out.
Zhou Hao, a lawyer from Beijing Weiheng Law Firm, analyzed that the suspect's behavior in this case had violated the crime of bluffing and deceiving under the Criminal Law.
The "Criminal Law" clearly stipulates that anyone who pretends to be a staff member of a state agency shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, surveillance, or deprivation of political rights; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years.
Anyone who pretends to be a people's police to bluff and deceive shall be severely punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Why do dating sites become "fertile ground" for fraud
According to Xue Lijuan, prosecutor of the First Procuratorate of the Wujiang District People's Procuratorate, there were 12 female victims in this case.
Under the elaborate lies, these victims were forced to sell their houses, lost their jobs, and carried heavy debt burdens.
In addition, Liu Fang is also facing difficulties in raising children independently.
The most regrettable thing is that there are victims who have lost their lives.
Xue Lijuan said that such marriage scams often target more than one target.
Most criminals will target multiple targets and defraud multiple victims at the same time.
"The criminal suspect is extremely selfish, and he doesn't even think about where the victim's money comes from, and how it will affect his life after being deceived."
Yao Jiecheng, deputy director of the First Procuratorate of the Wujiang District People’s Procuratorate, said that online dating is becoming more and more popular, but platform users should maintain the necessary vigilance when the other party makes unreasonable requests. It must be rationally rejected to prevent being fooled by sweet words and causing unnecessary losses and injuries.
Yao Jiecheng analyzed that in online dating, dating sites play the role of "matchmaker", but they have also become "fertile ground" for criminals to commit fraud.
After years of development, although dating websites have gradually got rid of the extensive and disorderly development model, with the escalation of criminal means and the continuous improvement of social legal requirements, dating websites urgently need to assume the corresponding main responsibilities and strictly implement real-name authentication and real-name registration. Do a good job in the verification and review of users' basic information, and provide users with more authentic, safe and standardized services.
Yao Jiecheng emphasized that relevant platforms and departments should also effectively identify the abnormal information of suspected illegal and criminal accounts, improve the reporting and complaint mechanism, and take timely measures such as blocking, closing accounts, and blacklisting publicity.
Relevant regulatory authorities should also increase investigations and crackdowns, and gradually improve the approval and supervision of the online marriage and love market.
Yao Jiecheng suggested that to eliminate such scams, it is necessary to strengthen the coordination of public security, Internet information, market supervision and other departments, increase the crackdown on the sales of police uniforms and other standard clothing, comprehensively investigate the uniform production enterprises and clothing markets of public officials, and strictly prevent illegal manufacturing, Trafficking, cleaning up illegal online sales information, interviewing and punishing businesses and platforms that violate regulations in accordance with the law, and earnestly maintaining the specificity and seriousness of public officials’ uniforms.
Huang Shan Zuo Zhiyue China Youth Daily · China Youth Daily reporter Li Chao Source: China Youth Daily