Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 29th, title: Help?
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—— Beware of the "help letter" trap behind the case of electric fraud
Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Chang
At present, various types of telecommunications network scams are characterized by a complete chain and clear division of labor, which increases the confusing nature of scams and the difficulty of preventing and cracking down on them.
Among them, some people are engaged in false account registration, mobile phone bank card opening, trading, or providing “services” such as “receiving codes” and “running points”. the way.
Since the beginning of this year, in accordance with the Ministry of Public Security’s “Net Network 2021” special operation deployment, Beijing police have cracked a number of suspected crimes of helping information cybercriminals (hereinafter referred to as “crimes of helping letters”). The crime of helping trust", how to avoid falling into the trap.
Three types of "help letter" activities show a high incidence
According to the data on major cases handled by prosecutors nationwide from January to September recently released by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, in terms of prosecution charges, the fourth place was “trust crimes” with 79,307 persons, a year-on-year increase of 21.3 times.
Legal experts pointed out that this reflects that telecommunications network fraud is still very rampant at the emerging stage; on the other hand, while the judicial organs are cracking down on illegal crimes of telecommunications network fraud, they have also strengthened their crackdown on the “crime of helping trust” related to it. With the investment of a large amount of judicial resources, the number of prosecutions for "helping trust crimes" has also risen sharply.
The full name of "crime of helping trust" is "crime of helping information cybercriminal activities", which is a crime added in the criminal law based on the traditional joint crime theory.
The reporter combed through the cases cracked by the Beijing police and found that the current three types of illegal crimes suspected of "helping letters" are prominent.
——Help overseas fraud gangs "run points" to launder money.
From April to early September of this year, the suspect, Chang, hired multiple people in a house in Shijingshan, and used overseas social software to receive the stolen money transfer order form from the upstream suspect.
After receiving the order, the gang members used two platforms with servers located outside of the country to transfer the stolen money to the next-level bank card, with a daily "running score" of several million yuan.
According to the Shijingshan Public Security Bureau, when the gang was destroyed, it was discovered that the gang deliberately prepared a generator to prevent accidental power outages in the hidden dens from affecting orders.
The gang members have been criminally detained in accordance with the law.
——Provide batch social media accounts and “unblock” banned accounts for fraudulent groups to illegally obtain and provide.
In the suspected "trust crime" gang destroyed by the Haidian Public Security Bureau, several suspects have registered a certain dating app account through illegal technical means in batches since October last year, and sold them to overseas fraud gangs for the use of "killing pig disk" scams. In another case, the criminal gang provided “unblocking” the blocked social media accounts and “services” for sending fraudulent information emails. They used various methods to enable downstream fraudsters to use the same The number has committed crimes many times.
Statistics show that the above two cases are related to more than 700 electronic fraud cases nationwide, involving a total amount of 53.2 million yuan.
——Provide "service" for sending and receiving SMS verification codes.
In a case suspected of helping information cybercriminals uncovered by the Miyun Public Security Bureau, the suspect Wang took advantage of his position to purchase more than 2,000 real-name phone cards from recruitment units such as construction sites at a price of 30 yuan each in many places across the country. It is illegal to provide others with receiving verification codes.
According to the reporter's understanding, by "receiving codes", a large number of social App accounts can be registered in a short period of time, and power fraud gangs can use them for "killing pigs" and other scams.
Some people are pitted for small profits, some knowingly commit crimes
The reporter learned that some criminals used profit as bait to induce some people to open cards, or declared to the outside world that they handled bank cards and public accounts at high prices. Some people "entered into the hole" for small gains. , He also entered the punishment list.
Zhang Na (pseudonym), 25, was told by her unit that the bank card she provided as a salary card was frozen when she went through the entry procedures.
According to Zhang Na's recollection, this card was deceived when she was in college. A total of 5 cards were issued at that time, and she got 300 yuan for herself.
Judging from the bank flow it retrieved, the transaction funds of these bank cards were all transferred on the same day after entering.
An experienced anti-fraud policeman told reporters that this situation was obviously used for telecommunications network fraud and became a "tool man."
"Freezing the bank card is not the main problem. She is very likely to be included on the disciplinary list, which will have a great impact on her life." The police said.
During the interview, the reporter discovered that some gangs used value-added telecommunications business qualifications to "sell dog meat" and use their landline numbers to engage in electronic fraud.
In the case detected by the Haidian Public Security Bureau, a company used the establishment of a call center as an excuse to access the line and contract more than 20,000 landline numbers.
However, the company used the landline number obtained to sublet for profit, and did not stop its violations after repeated warnings by the relevant units.
On November 10 this year, the police carried out a network closure operation and arrested a total of 13 suspects including the company’s legal representative Wang Mo. It was initially verified that the company’s landline number was involved in more than 200 telecommunications network fraud cases across the country.
Strengthen warnings and propaganda, continue to strike accurately
Interviewed public security police and legal practitioners believe that it is necessary to further strengthen the publicity of typical cases of "trust crimes", profoundly reveal the harm of telecommunications and network fraud crimes, and strengthen warning education, especially for school students and labor-intensive employment enterprises. The masses' awareness and ability to prevent telecommunications network fraud will build a solid barrier against illegal crimes against telecommunications network fraud.
In addition, the reporter combed through multiple public judgment documents and found that in terms of the defendant's occupation of the crime of "helping trust", unemployed persons were the main criminal group.
These defendants received "card collection" advertisements posted by social platforms or friends, at prices ranging from 200 yuan to 2,000 yuan, used personal information to process bank cards and then sold them to others, and were used by others for telecommunications network fraud.
Therefore, Internet social platforms need to establish a security compliance system and a closed-loop risk management system for assessment and prevention, audit discovery, governance and disposal, and early warning and pre-treatment of various types of illegal information.
Respondents said that the illegal opening of "two cards" has a serious impact on the occurrence of telecommunications network fraud cases. It is necessary to further promote the "broken card" action to curb the high incidence of telecommunications network fraud cases.
While focusing on cracking down on the "two-card" acquisition and sales personnel, "run-off" intermediaries and other personnel, a number of institutions and industries involved in the case were severely punished in accordance with the law, and the focus was on strengthening law enforcement inspections and urging rectification.