Internet fraud usually refers to the fraudulent means of obtaining other people's property in various forms on the Internet for a certain purpose. The main act or link of a crime occurs on the Internet, and a large amount of public or private property is defrauded by fabricating facts or concealing the truth.
The industry that is negatively affected by false consultation information on the Internet is the securities industry. Black hands in the stock market or insiders of securities companies disclose false information on the Internet to drive up the stock price. After the deceived investors raised the stock price, they began to sell the stock. According to the BBC, the share price of Coburg Group, a British coffee roasting company, has soared recently. The company's investigation found that this was mainly caused by an anonymous person spreading the news that the company might be about to transform on the Internet.
To this end, Koberg Group had to issue a statement to clarify. In addition, some British companies found that in some online chat rooms, some investors tried to manipulate the stock price by providing false information in order to profit from it.
Article 266 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)? Whoever defrauds public or private property in a relatively large amount shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
From March 2002 1 March1March 3 1 March, the top three types of online fraud cases were: online part-time, impersonating customer service, and making friends online.