Online fortune-telling "master", changed the "vest" or a liar
□ Our reporter Wang Ying
Ms. Song from Yantai, Shandong entered a live broadcast room called "Fuyuantang" while swiping her mobile phone video. The female anchor claimed to be able to tell fortunes and to cure diseases.
Ms. Song asked the "master" to look at her son's marriage and fortune by providing the eight characters of the birth date, and spent more than 30,000 yuan to resolve the bad luck.
After a period of time, Ms. Song did not feel any changes in her life and her family, but the "master" also used various words to stimulate Ms. Song to continue to spend money to eliminate disasters. Only then did Ms. Song realize that she was deceived, so she Call the police.
It was verified by the police in Yantai, Shandong that female anchor Liu Mouling defrauded many people as a "master", and the amount involved in the case amounted to more than 200,000 yuan.
"Detailed criticism of eight characters", "Experts look at pictures"... Once upon a time, the fortune-teller who sat on the side of the street and called himself "Sai Banxian" is now hard to find.
However, with the development of the Internet, fortune-telling information such as "free online horoscope" and "online divination to ask fortune and luck" flooded major social platforms and websites, and even the "AI free intelligent fortune-telling" app appeared.
Regardless of whether traditional fortune-telling is metaphysical culture or feudal superstition, the so-called "masters" and "big data" who hide behind the screen in "cyber vests" are most likely to be "obstacles" by online fraud gangs, not only leaking victims The personal privacy of the users will also make them fall into the trap of online fraud.
"God operator" is actually an online fraud gang
A few years ago, the Sina Weibo V account "Kanxiang Zen Master" had more than 12 million followers. He claimed to be an "expert member of the Chinese Academy of Fengshui Culture" and "the founder of Huizhou Xiangxue Culture", and he often posted on Weibo. Fortune analysis, respected by fans.
As everyone knows, the "master" hiding behind the big V account is actually a fraud gang with a clear division of labor. ” Waiting for the popular comments on Weibo’s big V account, and then using the WeChat account to pretend to be a “master” to deceive, it has been successful many times.
In May 2019, the Ningguo police in Anhui received a report from a netizen that the "Xuanxiang Master" followed by his Weibo said that his luck was not good and he needed to order a transfer instrument from a well-known temple.
Later, the netizen paid tens of thousands of yuan through WeChat, but found that the mailing address was not the location of the temple, but Xuancheng, Anhui.
The Ningguo police immediately launched an investigation and uncovered seven criminal gangs engaged in online fraud under the guise of a media company, involving more than 60 online Weibo V accounts, with fans ranging from several million to more than 10 million, and a large number of victims. All over the country.
According to the police handling the case, the gang was divided into a Weibo group and a WeChat group before defrauding, to conduct pre-job training for the gang members and teach them "speaking skills".
When committing the crime, the gang publishes facial and fortune comments on Weibo in response to current social hotspots, attracting the attention of fans, and then organizes accomplices to post.
Once there is a fan inquiries, the suspects in the Weibo group will immediately push it to the accomplices in the WeChat group, and finally use WeChat to pretend to be a "master" to give advice, sell "magic tools", and do things to defraud money.
Coincidentally, the police of Liangjiang New District in Chongqing also destroyed a gang that used online fortune-telling as a guise to conduct online fraud by reading palms, measuring horoscopes, and selling "disaster elimination and blessing" products during the "Yunjian" operation. The amount of fraud reached 2,400. more than ten thousand yuan.
Online fortune-telling puts on a "smart" coat
The "Rules of Law Daily" reporter found that there are generally fixed routines for using online fortune-telling to carry out fraud.
First, criminal suspects or criminal gangs will package a "master" identity and distribute so-called "free" fortune-telling services through online platforms.
Once a victim comes to consult, the suspect will gain the trust of the victim through training "talk skills", and successfully obtain the victim's gender, age, occupation and other information.
Next, the other party will tell the victim that there will be "unexpected omens" such as a bumpy life, a bad career, and physical illness in the near future.
When the victim is worried about his own future and destiny, the other party takes the opportunity to collect red envelopes to solve the disaster for his "change of luck", and at the same time sell "consecrated" amulets, protection beads and other products, in order to defraud more money.
The reporter found that in addition to the online fortune-telling scam artificially controlled by criminal gangs, there is another kind of scam that puts on a "smart" coat. By filling in the birthday or scanning the face and hands of netizens, you can use big data. Life Luck".
"It solves the mystery of your fortune change by integrating modern artificial intelligence and big data, as well as the knowledge of Zhouyi's humanistic thought, numerology, and physiognomy that have been inherited in China for 5,000 years." Open the mobile app market, the reporter randomly searches To an "AI fortune-telling" software that calculates fortune by scanning your face.
The reporter randomly selects an online portrait to scan, and the software automatically generates a facial report, but it costs 108 yuan to see it, and the limited-time special also costs 68 yuan.
The software page shows that more than 200,000 people have paid for facial reports.
A program technical expert from a domestic Internet company said in an interview that these "AI fortune-telling" software essentially do not have the ability to develop and calculate AI technology, and it is even more impossible to use AI technology to realize the calculation of human destiny.
This kind of "AI fortune-telling" software sounds very smart, but in fact, the technology content is not high, and it is not difficult to make.
"Let's not say whether the programmers of these software really understand the Five Elements and Eight Characters. Even if the conclusion is very inaccurate, most netizens will not argue with them because of dozens of dollars. After all, the birth date and eight characters are mastered by the other party." Beijing Hui Liu Zifei, a lawyer at Du Law Firm, told reporters.
Suspected of committing a crime in the name of "fortune-telling"
The reason why online fortune-telling is rampant is mainly that people have the fear of future uncertainty and want to seek psychological comfort through fortune-telling.
Therefore, the Internet fortune-telling without leaving home came into being, and the result of the calculation is nothing more than lamenting the injustice of fate or waiting for the arrival of good luck.
There are also some video platforms that live broadcast divination. Under the background of some "support", some netizens with a herd mentality are also eager to try.
"When the 'masters' speak wholeheartedly, everyone thinks it's accurate. In fact, this is similar to the Barnum effect in psychology." Liu Zifei analyzed, "People often think that a general and general personality description is very accurate. Revealing their own characteristics, it is easy to be seated. When netizens realize that they have been deceived, they have been 'blocked'."
So, is online fortune-telling suspected of breaking the law?
Liu Zifei said that the online fortune-telling composed of various words and routines is suspected of fraud and infringing on the personal and property rights of netizens. It is not only illegal but also suspected of illegal crimes.
Article 15 of the "Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services" clearly stipulates that Internet information service providers shall not produce, reproduce, publish, or disseminate information containing content that undermines the state's religious policy and promotes cults and feudal superstitions.
Article 5 of the "Administrative Measures for the Security Protection of Computer Information Networks in International Networking" also clarifies that no unit or individual may use the Internet to make, copy, consult and disseminate propaganda of feudal superstition, obscenity, pornography, gambling, violence, murder, terror, and instigation of crimes. Information.
Article 27 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law stipulates that "organizing, instigating, coercing, enticing, inciting others to engage in cult or cult activities, or using cult, cult, or superstitious activities to disrupt social order and harm the health of others" shall be punished by a 10-year sentence. Those who are detained for not less than 15 days but may be fined not more than 1,000 yuan; if the circumstances are relatively minor, they may be detained for not less than 5 days but not more than 10 days, and may be concurrently fined not more than 500 yuan.
"Many 'masters' lied about 'magical powers' and used the method of fictitious facts to defraud others for the purpose of illegal possession, which is suspected of fraud." Liu Zifei said.
As for how to eradicate online fortune-telling scams, the relevant person suggested that netizens should first look at it rationally, beware of being deceived, and not trust the so-called people who know the destiny.
Secondly, the state should increase the supervision of network platforms and users, improve relevant laws and regulations as soon as possible, and deal with problems in a timely manner to create a green and healthy network environment.