A "chance encounter" made the woman fall into the gambler's trap
Six routines used in "sweet trap"
The temperamental beauty who took the initiative to add friends was actually a member of a live broadcast fraud gang. The prince charming, whom I met by chance, turned out to be a gambler with high debts. The dream romance was broken in an instant, and eventually ended up with both people and money... Marriage and love scams continued to rise, and the Haidian Court recently sorted out the close The typical cases of marriage and love scams concluded in the past three years are analyzed, and the common routines of such scams are summarized from them to help everyone break the "sweet trap".
▶Case 1◀
Beauty took the initiative to add friends to lead him into the live broadcast room
After graduating from university, 26-year-old Wang Jie (pseudonym) has never had a girlfriend.
One day, he suddenly received an application from a WeChat friend. From the avatar, he was a sweet-looking and temperamental girl.
Although he was a little skeptical, Wang Jie still passed the other party's friend application.
The woman claimed to be Xu and mistakenly added Wang Jie's WeChat account, but the two parties chatted and found that there were many points of interest in common. As a result, the more they talked, the more speculative they made, and they made an appointment to meet the next day.
The next day, Xu arrived as scheduled. Wang Jie saw that it was not a "fake", Xu was indeed young and beautiful as shown by his head.
In a coffee shop, Xu talked to Wang Jie about his life experience.
"I am 22 years old this year, not long after graduating from junior college, and I just joined a company to engage in clerical work." Xu said that he came from a well-off family and was not short of money. His father was a small business and his mother was a teacher.
Speaking of emotional experience, Xu became depressed, "I had a first boyfriend in college, but he was drinking, gambling, and cheating on my girlfriends. We broke up recently." As he talked, Xu cried and watched. The girl opposite, Li Hua brought rain, and Wang Jie felt painful, but he didn’t know that the above were all Xu’s lies, and she was about to get into the topic:
“I’m not in a bad mood. I have a friend who does live broadcast. Sometimes, it’s a pastime to take me to the broadcast. If you have time, you can follow me.”
He was born innocent, emotionally frustrated, young and beautiful... Wang Jie was tempted by Xu. Since then, he has become a "iron fan" in Xu's live broadcast. In less than a month, he spent tens of thousands of yuan in "fighting". Bounty".
Wang Jie didn't know that he had been deceived until the police came.
It turned out that Xu was just the "front" of this gang.
The police found that the gang had a clear division of labor. Wang, Liu, and Xiong jointly established a technology company and cooperated with a live broadcast platform. Cao served as the "supervisor", Xu served as the anchor, and recruited multiple people. For assistance, the victim can be induced to enter the live broadcast platform to watch the live broadcast of the anchor through the pretence of making friends and falling in love through the Internet, thereby defrauding the victim's bounty.
From July 2 to August 8, 2019 alone, the amount of fraud by this group amounted to more than 310,000 yuan.
■Scam dismantling
During the trial, the judge also figured out the gang's main means of committing crimes.
First, we must filter "customers".
Personal information is hunted mainly through marriage and dating websites, marriage and love apps, Tieba, Cheyouhui, etc. "Customers" are between 22 and 28 years old. They are too young and have no economic foundation, and too old have no hope of development; careers are chosen by their side Generally, there is no customer group for long-term female companions.
Then, "add friends".
The criminals send friend applications to the target group. Once approved, they can use fixed words and personal interests derived from the preliminary analysis to attract the attention of the target and increase intimacy.
Subsequently, the "front" was dispatched to divert traffic.
Xu used a fabricated lie to first arouse the other party's sympathy, and then "inadvertently" revealed the anchor's identity, and then used the excuses of making friends and falling in love to let the other party take the initiative to watch the live broadcast.
Finally, it is to ask for "reward" for various reasons.
After introducing the "client" into the live broadcast room, the anchor asks the other party to make gifts based on birthdays, performances, gifts, etc.
The court found that a group of five people including Wang Mou used the Internet to defraud multiple people with a huge amount of money, and their actions constituted a crime of fraud.
Based on each defendant's role in this case, his attitude toward guilty confession, and other sentencing circumstances, the five defendants were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from two years and six months to six years and six months, and corresponding fines were imposed.
▶Case 2◀
"Chapter encounter" love made her deceive millions
Although the Internet is the hardest hit area for marriage and love scams, offline marriage scams are constantly being updated and upgraded. Some people even completed a scam by creating a "random encounter" in a specific place, and Ms. Lin unfortunately fell into the trap.
The victim, Ms. Lin, has a high degree of education, high income, and mature mind. She belongs to a senior white-collar worker who is often referred to as a senior white-collar worker. She met Ge during a ride-hailing ride and was eventually defrauded of 1.3191 million yuan.
Ms. Lin and Ge became acquainted with each other by carpooling. Ge pays attention to appearance and talks very well, and soon got acquainted with Ms. Lin.
During the chat, after learning about Ms. Lin's occupation and economic situation, Ge became more enthusiastic.
Gradually, the two changed from friends to lovers.
Ge told Ms. Lin that he was a small accomplished businessman, and Ge was elegant and decent from dress to behavior, winning Ms. Lin's trust and heart.
In fact, at this time Ge was struggling with gambling debts and usury, and his expensive clothes and lavish shots were all borrowing money.
After that, for more than a year, Ms. Lin became Ge's ATM. He fabricated various reasons and defrauded Ms. Lin of 1.3191 million yuan.
■Scam dismantling
After the incident, Ms. Lin regretted it.
"I didn't doubt it." Ms. Lin said that when he asked Ge to pay back the money, he promised that the two would get married soon. When a certain repays the money, he writes an IOU, and even says to sell the house to repay the money.
"I think talking about money hurts feelings, so I didn't force him anymore." Ms. Lin chose to call the police until the amount was too large.
After arriving in the case, Ge did not refund the money involved in the case.
During the trial, Ge denied that he was defrauding, saying that his relationship with Ms. Lin was regarded as a private loan, which was based on the daily expenses of the relationship, or because of the gift that Ms. Lin gave to him, he claimed that he was not guilty.
The court found that from the beginning of fictitious identity and concealment of facts, to gambling after borrowing money from Ms. Lin, repaying loan sharks, and refusing to repay the money with various reasons, Ge always defrauded others for the purpose of illegal possession. , Constitutes a crime of fraud.
In the end, the court sentenced Ge to 12 years in prison, deprived of political rights for 3 years, and fined him 120,000 yuan.
The judge pointed out that whether it is online dating or offline "getting together", do not trust the other side's words, you must verify the true information of the person. In addition to observing and making friends, you must also understand a person's inner life and the other person's real life and work situation. , This is the first step in self-protection.
In addition, in a passionate love, once you withdraw money, especially if you have repeatedly borrowed money and fail to repay it, the person concerned must be alert to whether it is a fraud and can call the police if necessary.
Weapon
See through the six routines of marriage and love scams
According to statistics, from January 1, 2018 to the second quarter of this year, the Haidian Court concluded a total of 45 criminal cases involving marriage and dating fraud. Among them, 1 case was concluded in 2018, 14 cases were concluded in 2019, and 25 cases were concluded in 2020. Each year has a substantial increase over the previous year.
In the first two quarters of this year, 5 such cases were concluded.
Court statistics found that currently, the use of Internet dating fraud is prominent. Among all 45 cases, 16 cases were met through online platforms such as dating websites and online games, accounting for 35.6%.
In addition, from the perspective of the gender of the defendant and the victim, the main pattern of criminal cases of marriage and dating fraud is still "male swindle", with 35 cases, accounting for 77.8%, and females are still the main victims of this type of scam.
In marriage and dating fraud cases, the victims are mostly between 25 and 45 years old.
Although the scams are becoming increasingly diverse, the court has analyzed from them that six common routines in marriage and love scams are:
① Fictional identity, weaving aura.
Unemployed defendants account for the largest proportion of criminal cases of marriage and dating fraud. Their favorite professions include teachers, police officers, military personnel, company executives, etc. These professions usually have the characteristics of higher income, relatively stable environment, and higher social recognition. , By fabricating this identity, it is very easy to be favored in the marriage and dating market.
②Hidden marriage and pretend to be single.
Of the 45 marriage and dating fraud cases, 14 were the defendants concealing their true marital status and interacting with others.
③ Change the name to "sex" to hide the truth.
Some defendants used false names in their interactions with the victims in order to avoid legal investigation after the incident and increase the concealment of fraudulent behaviors. Some male defendants “changed their genders” and pretended to be females when interacting with the victims.
④ Cast the net extensively and make breakthroughs in key points.
The lawbreakers contacted multiple victims at the same time through the Internet, and then sought a breakthrough.
⑤ Short-term contacts, excuses for money.
In real cases, the cheating party usually asks the other party for money on the basis of family illness, company turnover, repayment of credit cards, and payment for entrusted matters within a month or even more than ten days after dating.
⑥ Pretending to make a false promise, taking the opportunity to defraud money.
In order to achieve the purpose of defrauding money, some people usually resort to deceitful means, promises to get married, etc., to speed up the process of asking for money.
Suggest
Marriage and dating websites should establish a "blacklist" and share it on the whole network
The judge believes that for many victims, the lack of self-prevention awareness in marriage and dating is the most fundamental reason for the success of fraud.
The judge suggested that the professional status, family members, and property status of the other party must be verified.
In addition, the core of preventing fraud in marriage and dating is "money."
In order to defraud money, scammers usually ask for money for various reasons after a short time of contact. They must be vigilant about this and seek help in time if they are found to have been scammed.
In response to the increasingly prominent "Internet dating" scam, the court recommended that platform responsibilities be strengthened. Love and marriage websites should strengthen cooperation with administrative functions, and conduct full-process supervision and risk warnings starting from user registration information.
For example, when registering as a member of a dating website, relevant departments such as the public security organs should make necessary risk notifications; during video chats, they should also provide necessary risk warnings on the platform for sensitive information related to property; In case of violations of laws and crimes, the platform shall be handed over to relevant departments for handling in a timely manner.
At the same time, a "blacklist" is established.
For those who have maliciously registered on the marriage and love website and used marriage and love to defraud the record, they should set up a block when registering again to prevent criminals from continuing to deceive.
In addition, the sharing of information between different dating websites should also be opened up. For people on the information blacklist, each dating website should refuse to become a registered member.
Our reporter Gao Jian